How to add a using directive outside a namespace using Roslyn?

Question

I have a CSharpSyntaxRewriter that adds a new using directive to my file:-

public class AddUsingDirective : CSharpSyntaxRewriter
{
    public override SyntaxNode VisitNamespaceDeclaration(NamespaceDeclarationSyntax node)
    {
        // this adds the using directive inside the namespace not outside
        node = node.AddUsings(SyntaxFactory.UsingDirective(SyntaxFactory.ParseName("MyCompany.MyProject.DataAccessLayer.Abstractions"))).NormalizeWhitespace();

        return base.VisitNamespaceDeclaration(node);
    }
}

The problem is that is adds the new using directive inside the namespace but I want to add it to the other existing namespaces above the namespace declaration. Any ideas how I can do this?

Once you've got the NamespaceDeclarationSyntax it's too late -- the only thing you can change is the namespace declaration, and you want to change something outside of the namespace declaration. You need to be editing the CompilationUnit, see here — canton7
– canton7, Commented Jan 16, 2023 at 11:39

scccboom · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-18 06:12:38Z

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public override SyntaxNode VisitCompilationUnit(CompilationUnitSyntax node)
{
    // this adds the using directive inside the namespace not outside
    node = node.AddUsings(SyntaxFactory.UsingDirective(SyntaxFactory.ParseName("MyCompany.MyProject.DataAccessLayer.Abstractions"))).NormalizeWhitespace();

    return base.VisitNamespaceDeclaration(node);
}

answered Jan 18, 2023 at 6:12

scccboom

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