Visual Studio: Is there a "move class to different namespace" refactoring?
I'm doing some architectural cleanup that involves moving a bunch of classes into different projects and/or namespaces. Currently I'm moving the files by hand, building, and then manually adding using Foo statements as needed to resolve compilation errors. Anyone know of a smarter way of doing this? (We're a CodeRush and Refactor! shop, but I'd be interested to hear if Resharper has support for this)
Answer
Visual Studio 2010 has the possibility to rename a namespace. Place the cursor over the namespace name and press F2. Or simply rename it in the code and press Shift+Alt+F10, Enter after seeing the red squiggle appear.
Reharper can also rename namespaces. Quote:
The Rename Namespace refactoring allows users to rename a specific namespace and automatically correct all references to the namespace in the code. The following usages are renamed:
- Namespace statements
- Using directives
- Qualified names of types