The type 'RangeTree<,>' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced.

[erotavlas]

I have added RangeTree 1.0.5 to a class library project targeting .NET 4.5.2 using NuGet. The reference seems to be ok and I am able to create the Range item, comparer and so on.

public class RangeItem : IRangeProvider<int>
{
    public Range<int> Range { get; set; }
    public NamedEntity entity { get; set; }
}

public class RangeItemComparer : IComparer<RangeItem>
{
    public int Compare(RangeItem x, RangeItem y)
    {
        return x.Range.CompareTo(y.Range);
    }
}

Then in my main class I create an instance of RangeTree

public class projectAtype
{
    public RangeTree<int, RangeItem> rTree;

    public myClass(){
          rTree = new RangeTree<int, RangeItem>(new RangeItemComparer());
          ...
     }
     ....
 }

Then I have a WPF project targeting the same version of .NET 4.5.2. and I add a project reference to the class library project

Inside the code behind of MainWindow, I can create an instance of the class library type

public partial class MainWindow : MetroWindow
{
     projectAtype myClass = new projectAtype();
     public MainWindow()
     {
        InitializeComponent();

        myClass.rTree.Add(.....   <--cannot access rTree object inside myClass instance
     }
}

The result is this

I cannot access the rTree property. It says I need to adda reference to RangeTree in the WPF application.

[apacha]

Are you working with Visual Studio 2015? If yes, I will try to see if I can reproduce (and hopefully fix) this issue.

[erotavlas]

Yes VS 2015

Later on I was thinking maybe this is correct behavior? To use it that way don't I need a reference in the WPF app anyway because to add items to the data structure I need to create RangeItem objects. I can't do that without a reference to the library in the WPF app.

In the end however my solution was to create a wrapper method for Add, Query, etc...that I call from the WPF app, that way there is no need to create the RangeItem from there and the Range Tree is entirely invisible from that project.

[apacha]

Yes, abstracting Add, Query etc. is definitely the right way to go. Otherwise you will need the reference. I'm therefore closing this issue now.