Internal in C# vs. Friend in VB

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I'm trying to convert some code from VB to C#. I made a "friend" function in VB as "internal" in C#. However, friend functions can be called without an object unlike internal functions. So, I made the internal function static so that I could call it using the class name (similar to how the friend function worked). I'm not very happy with this. Is there a better way to do this ? Classes A and B are in the same assembly of course.

What I have tried:

C#

class A{
internal void function(){//do something}
}
class B{
void CallFunction(){A.function(); //not possible !
}
}

Posted 15-Mar-17 2:28am

Swathi R

Updated 15-Mar-17 2:35am

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Graeme_Grant · Answer 1 · 2017-03-15T02:34:00

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Have a look at this chart. It will answer this and many other questions for you... VB.NET and C# Comparison[^] ... it helped me with my transition to C#.

Posted 15-Mar-17 2:34am

Graeme_Grant

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Swathi R 15-Mar-17 8:39am

Thanks for the chart. But I already have done what is mentioned in the chart (conversion of "friend" to "internal"). My question is beyond that.

Graeme_Grant 15-Mar-17 10:22am

Your question indicates that you are still struggling with it. The chart clears up the confusion conveyed in your question. If you aren't confused, then maybe you need to express that more clearly in the question being asked. Then we can give a more informed response.

OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2017-03-15T02:35:00

VB's Friend is the equivalent of C#'s internal - it does not allow you to access the method without an instance just by using the class name in either language. To do that in VB, you specify Shared - for C# it's static.

I suspect that your VB methods are marked as Friend Shared rather than just Friend - which would allow them instance-free access, just like a C# internal static method.