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AlphaModder
AlphaModder

Reputation: 3386

When is Type.GetMember ambiguous?

When calling Type.GetMember(string name, MemberTypes type, BindingFlags bindingAttr), when is this information not enough to find zero or one members, assuming bindingAttr is BindingFlags.Default (i.e. Doesn't matter). What kinds of members will need to be indivdually disambiguated through other properties?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 172

Answers (1)

Alexei Levenkov
Alexei Levenkov

Reputation: 100537

Multiple overrides will return multiple results:

 class X
 {
      public int GetX(){ return 1;}
      public int GetX(string s){ return 2;}
 }

var r =  typeof(X).GetMember("GetX", MemberTypes.Method, 
        BindingFlags.Instance|BindingFlags.Public); // 2 items

Note that specifying Default will always return 0 items - you need at least Instance or Static. See Type.GetMember:

You must specify either BindingFlags.Instance or BindingFlags.Static in order to get a return.

Upvotes: 2

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