Do you use one class per file?

Last updated by Brook Jeynes [SSW] 9 months ago.See history

Each class definition should live in its own file. This ensures it's easy to locate class definitions outside the Visual Studio IDE (e.g. SourceSafe, Windows Explorer)

The only exception should be classes that collectively forms one atomic unit of reuse should live in one file.

class MyClass
{
    // ...
}

class MyClassAEventArgs
{
    // ...
}

class MyClassBEventArgs
{
    // ...
}

class MyClassAException
{
    // ...
}

class MyClassBException
{
    // ...
}

Bad example - 1 project, 1 file

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