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AmbiguousMatchException Class

.NET Framework 2.0

The exception that is thrown when binding to a member results in more than one member matching the binding criteria. This class cannot be inherited.

Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

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[SerializableAttribute] 
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)] 
public ref class AmbiguousMatchException sealed : public SystemException
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/** @attribute SerializableAttribute() */ 
/** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */ 
public final class AmbiguousMatchException extends SystemException
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SerializableAttribute 
ComVisibleAttribute(true) 
public final class AmbiguousMatchException extends SystemException

AmbiguousMatchException uses the HRESULT COR_E_AMBIGUOUSMATCH which has the value 0x8000211D.

An AmbiguousMatchException is thrown when a member is invoked late-bound and multiple overloads satisfy the binding criteria, or when more than one member matches the binding criteria passed to a reflection method that can return only a single result (for example, System.Type.GetMethod or System.Type.GetProperty).

System.Object
   System.Exception
     System.SystemException
      System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.0
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