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Raghav55
Raghav55

Reputation: 3135

HOW TO get an overloaded private/protected method using reflection

using System;
using System.Reflection;

namespace Reflection        
{
    class Test
    {
        protected void methodname(int i)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(("in the world of the reflection- only i"));
            Console.Read();
        }    
        protected void methodname(int i, int j)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(("in the world of the reflection  i , j"));
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
           // BindingFlags eFlags = BindingFlags.Default | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public|BindingFlags.NonPublic;
            BindingFlags eFlags = BindingFlags.Instance|BindingFlags.NonPublic;
            Test aTest = new Test();
            MethodInfo mInfoMethod = typeof(Reflection.Test).GetMethod("methodname", eFlags);
            mInfoMethod.Invoke(aTest, new object[] { 10 ,20});   
        }
    }
}

I want to call both Getmethod() overloaded methods. If i give the method name , an runtime error is thrown(ambigous method call) . How to avoid this and how each method can be called.

Upvotes: 18

Views: 22253

Answers (4)

Abdul Munim
Abdul Munim

Reputation: 19217

You have to pass types of your overloaded method, this is how reflection sorts out your desired method when there's a overload.

You can't call both the methods as it has different types of input parameter. You have to know exactly which one you exactly want to call, and pass along a Type[], for instance:

// invoking overload with two parameters
MethodInfo mInfoMethod =
    typeof(Reflection.Test).GetMethod(
        "methodname",
        BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic,
        Type.DefaultBinder,
        new[] {typeof (int), typeof (int)},
        null);

mInfoMethod.Invoke(aTest, new object[] { 10 ,20});

OR

// invoking overload with one parameters
MethodInfo mInfoMethod =
    typeof(Reflection.Test).GetMethod(
        "methodname",
        vBindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic,
        Type.DefaultBinder,
        new[] { typeof (int) },
        null);

mInfoMethod.Invoke(aTest, new object[] { 10 });

Upvotes: 30

Rajesh
Rajesh

Reputation: 7876

Please find a working sample below:

public class ReflectionSample
    {
        protected void Method(int i)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("in the world of the reflection- only {0}", i));
            Console.Read();
        }
        protected void Method(int i, int j)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("in the world of the reflection  {0} , {1}", i,j));
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var eFlags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic;
            var objType = Type.GetType("Sample.ReflectionSample");
            var methods = objType.GetMethods(eFlags);
            foreach (var method in methods)
            {
                if (method.Name == "Method")
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Method name is :" + method.Name);
                    var parameters = method.GetParameters();
                    int value = 10;
                    List<object> param = new List<object>();
                    for (int i = 0; i < parameters.Count(); i++)
                    {
                        param.Add(value * 5);
                    }
                    Console.WriteLine(parameters.Count());
                    method.Invoke(new ReflectionSample(), param.ToArray());
                }
            }
        }
    }

Upvotes: 1

Glory Raj
Glory Raj

Reputation: 17701

can u try like this

You have to specify which method you want: 

class SomeType 
{
    void Foo(int size, string bar) { }
    void Foo() { }
}

SomeType obj = new SomeType();
// call with int and string arguments
obj.GetType().GetMethod("Foo", new Type[] { typeof(int), typeof(string)).Invoke(obj, new object[] { 42, "Hello" });
// call without arguments
obj.GetType().GetMethod("Foo", new Type[0]).Invoke(obj, new object[0]);

Upvotes: -1

Kevin Gosse
Kevin Gosse

Reputation: 39007

Use 'GetMethods' instead to retrieve all the overloads, then pick the ones you want.

Upvotes: 5

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