GetProperty reflection results in “Ambiguous match found” on new property

Question

How can I get my property? Currently an error is occuring of Ambiguous match found, see the comment line in code.

public class MyBaseEntity
{
           


        

Answer 1

Kevin already pointed out the issue, but you don't need complex statements, or LINQ for that:

PropertyInfo propInfoSrcObj = myDE.GetType().
    GetProperty("MyEntity", typeof(MyDerivedEntity));

Answer 2

For property:

MemberInfo property = myDE.GetProperty(
    "MyEntity",
    BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly);

For method:

MemberInfo method = typeof(String).GetMethod(
    "ToString",
    BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly,
    null,
    new Type[] { },// Method ToString() without parameters
    null);

BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly - Specifies that only members declared at the level of the supplied type's hierarchy should be considered. Inherited members are not considered.

Answer 3

I was having this issue with MsgPack serialization of my LocationKey object. Ended up being the operators I had defined in my LocationKey class. Having both of these operators defined caused DefaultContext.GetSerializer(obj.GetType()); to throw Ambiguous Match Found when trying to serialize. Removing one set of operators made the issue go away.

public static bool operator ==(int key1, LocationKey key2)
{
    return key1 == key2.Value;
}

public static bool operator !=(int key1, LocationKey key2)
{
    return key1 != key2.Value;
}

public static bool operator ==(LocationKey key1, int key2)
{
    return key1.Value == key2;
}

public static bool operator !=(LocationKey key1, int key2)
{
    return key1.Value != key2;
}

Answer 4

For me, in VB.Net, I encountered this super descriptive error when passing a JS object to a <WebMethod()> function.

My Object was composed of EF entities which contained references to other entities. Setting those reference properties to nothing resolved this. No idea why this didn't cause a cyclical reference when serializing to send to the JS, but there it is.

Answer 5

I got this error in browser console I search for it and I found this exception is for c# and answer is also for c# then I try to look at my code and I found the where the problem occurs :

I have an ajax post method and when I post data got this error so the data I have passed will be collected by c# web method, so when I see that model I have 2 properties with the same name so I remove one and problem and exception got solved.

Answer 6

Type.GetProperty

Situations in which AmbiguousMatchException occurs ...

...derived type declares a property that hides an inherited property with the same name, by using the new modifier

If you run the following

var properties = myDE.GetType().GetProperties().Where(p => p.Name == "MyEntity");

you will see that two PropertyInfo objects are returned. One for MyBaseEntity and one for MyDerivedEntity. That is why you are receiving the Ambiguous match found error.

You can get the PropertyInfo for MyDerivedEntity like this:

PropertyInfo propInfoSrcObj = myDE.GetType().GetProperties().Single(p => 
    p.Name == "MyEntity" && p.PropertyType == typeof(MyDerivedEntity));