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Building an API structure, members of a module are scoped to wrong namespace

I'm using Visual Studio 2013, trying to develop an own API that has this members structure:

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The problem is that the members of the Extensions module are exposed in Elektro.Xml.Extensions but also in Elektro.Xml :

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Why happens this? and how to fix it?.

Extensions.vb

Public Module Extensions

#Region " Public Extension Methods "

#Region " Type Conversion "

    <Extension>
    Public Function ToXDocument(ByVal sender As XmlDocument) As XDocument
       ...
    End Function

#End Region

#End Region

End Module

XmlUtil.vb

Public NotInheritable Class XmlUtil

#Region " Public Methods "

    Public Shared Function XmlBeautifier(...) As String
        ...
    End Function

#End Region

End Class
Solution

  • Examining a random 3rd party API in github (something that I normally do to discover new techniques and acquire knowledge) I found that to solve this issue the developer just could set the HideModuleName attribute to the module and voilá.