static imports in c#

Question

Does C# has feature like Java\'s static imports?

so instead of writing code like

FileHelper.ExtractSimpleFileName(file)

I could wr

Answer 1

No, such feature doesn't exist in C#. You need to specify the class that the static method belongs to unless you are already inside a method of this same class.

In C# though you have extension methods which kind of mimic this.