static imports in c#

Question

Does C# has feature like Java's static imports?

so instead of writing code like

FileHelper.ExtractSimpleFileName(file) 

I could write

ExtractSimpleFileName(file) 

and compiler would know that I mean method from FileHelper.

Answer 1

Starting with C# 6.0, this is possible:

using static FileHelper;  // in a member ExtractSimpleFileName(file) 

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However, previous versions of C# do not have static imports.

You can get close with an alias for the type.

using FH = namespace.FileHelper;  // in a member FH.ExtractSimpleFileName(file) 

Alternatively, change the static method to an extension method on the type - you would then be able to call it as:

var value = file.ExtractSimpleFileName(); 

Answer 2

No, such feature doesn't exist in C#. You need to specify the class that the static method belongs to unless you are already inside a method of this same class.

In C# though you have extension methods which kind of mimic this.