S3903 — Types should be defined in named namespaces

Language
C#
Type
Bug
Severity
Major

Why is this an issue?

Types are declared in namespaces in order to prevent name collisions and as a way to organize them into the object hierarchy. Types that are defined outside any named namespace are in a global namespace that cannot be referenced in code.

Noncompliant code example


public class Foo // Noncompliant
{
}

public struct Bar // Noncompliant
{
}

Compliant solution


namespace SomeSpace
{
    public class Foo
    {
    }

    public struct Bar
    {
    }
}

or alternatively in C#10 and above


namespace SomeSpace;
public class Foo
{
}

public struct Bar
{
}

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