.net - VB.NET Module - Can I force the use of <Module_Name>.Public_Member_Name when accessing pub. Members?

Question

I have a situation where I have several VB.NET Modules in the same Logical-Module of a large application.

I would like the update function of each module to be public, but I would like users to be forced to qualify the function call with the module name.

ModuleName.Update()

instead of

Update()

Is this possible?

Thanks.

Answer 1

No.

The VB.NET specifications automatically use Type Promotion to allow this behavior to occur. The only way to avoid this is to have a type at the namespace that has the same name (Update) which would prevent (defeat) the type promotion provided in VB.NET.