<p>When I'm working with DataBound controls in ASP.NET 2.0 such as a Repeater, I know the fastest way to retrieve a property of a bound object (instead of using Reflection with the Eval() function) is to cast the DataItem object to the type it is and then use that object natively, like the following:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;%#((MyType)Container.DataItem).PropertyOfMyType%&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>The problem is, if this type is in a namespace (which is the case 99.99% of the time) then this single statement because a lot longer due to the fact that the ASP page has no concept of class scope so all of my types need to be fully qualified.</p>

<pre><code>&lt;%#((RootNamespace.SubNamespace1.SubNamspace2.SubNamespace3.MyType)Container.DataItem).PropertyOfMyType%&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Is there any kind of <code>using</code> directive or some equivalent I could place somewhere in an ASP.NET page so I don't need to use the full namespace every time?</p>

I believe you can add something like:
```
```
<%@ Import Namespace="RootNamespace.SubNamespace1" %>
```
```
At the top of the page.