How to alias a type with a using directive in my Razor view?

Question

I need to alias a type with a using directive, which is normally done like so:

using LocalResources = Resources.Admin.SomeResource;

How can I do this inside my Razor view so that I can then use it like @LocalResources.FirstName?

Answer 1

Here is how

@using File = System.IO.File //at the top of the page then 
// use @File any where in the cshtml page.

Answer 2

Razor does not currently support type or namespace aliasing. This is something that we might consider for future versions.