You can create more than one type with the same name, as long as the exist in different namespaces. But within a particular namespace, the name of every type must be unique.
In the example below, we declare a Dog class in both the EarthDogs and AlienDogs namespaces.
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| namespace EarthDogs{ public class Dog { public string Name { get; set; } public void Bark() { Console.WriteLine("Woooof"); } }}namespace AlienDogs{ public class Dog { public string Name { get; set; } public void Bark() { Console.WriteLine("Snarkzuggrootzen"); } }} |
(In practice, for these classes, you’d probably instead declare a Dog parent class and subclasses EarthDogand AlienDog, which would override the Bark method).