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I have:

BeginPackage["Test1`"];
ClearAll[f];
f::usage = "";
Begin["`Private`"];
f[x_AA]:= 1;
f[x_BB]:= 2; 
End[];
EndPackage[];

When later, on a notebook, after the call package successful with:

<<Test1`

I always get from evaluated: 

x = AA[3];
f[x]

It should be: 1. But, actually, It is f[AA[3]]. The issue is same if I used x = BB[4];

Any idea? I don't realize how to make it works.

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AA and BB in the definition of f are local symbols of the Test1`context. If you want to use them in the Global context you have to export them from the package or you have to precede them with their context:

f[Test1`Private`AA[3]]

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Or

BeginPackage["Test1`"];
ClearAll[f];
f::usage = "";
AA::usage = "";
BB::usage = "";
Begin["`Private`"];
f[x_AA] := 1;
f[x_BB] := 2;
End[];
EndPackage[];

f[AA[3]]

1

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  • $\begingroup$ Oh, sure. it is a solution. Thanks. $\endgroup$
    – Jonathan Prieto-Cubides
    May 21, 2015 at 20:18
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    $\begingroup$ It actually suffices to include the line AA; BB; just before the Begin[] if you don't want to bother with writing usage messages for them. $\endgroup$
    – J. M.'s persistent exhaustion ♦
    May 21, 2015 at 20:22
  • $\begingroup$ I'm just repeating the OP's original pattern, assuming he left the usage string empty to reduce the size of the example. $\endgroup$
    – Sjoerd C. de Vries
    May 22, 2015 at 6:04

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