System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException

E697554

.NET exception type class

System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException is a .NET exception thrown when reflection operations encounter multiple members that match a binding criteria and cannot determine a single unambiguous result.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException canonical	2
AmbiguousMatchException	1
AmbiguousMatchException(string message)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7897597 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException
Context triple: [System.Reflection, containsType, System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException]

A. System.Reflection
System.Reflection is a .NET namespace that provides types and APIs for inspecting and interacting with metadata about assemblies, modules, and types at runtime.
B. Common Type System
The Common Type System is a core component of the .NET architecture that defines how data types are declared, used, and managed across different .NET languages to ensure interoperability and type safety.
C. DUP
DUP is a socially conservative, unionist political party in Northern Ireland that supports maintaining the region’s status within the United Kingdom.
D. Inter Multiplices
Inter Multiplices is a papal bull promulgated during the Fifth Lateran Council that addressed ecclesiastical and doctrinal matters in the early 16th-century Catholic Church.
E. CIL
CIL is the standard scholarly abbreviation for the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, the comprehensive collection of ancient Latin inscriptions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException
Target entity description: System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException is a .NET exception thrown when reflection operations encounter multiple members that match a binding criteria and cannot determine a single unambiguous result.

A. System.Reflection
System.Reflection is a .NET namespace that provides types and APIs for inspecting and interacting with metadata about assemblies, modules, and types at runtime.
B. Common Type System
The Common Type System is a core component of the .NET architecture that defines how data types are declared, used, and managed across different .NET languages to ensure interoperability and type safety.
C. DUP
DUP is a socially conservative, unionist political party in Northern Ireland that supports maintaining the region’s status within the United Kingdom.
D. Inter Multiplices
Inter Multiplices is a papal bull promulgated during the Fifth Lateran Council that addressed ecclesiastical and doctrinal matters in the early 16th-century Catholic Church.
E. CIL
CIL is the standard scholarly abbreviation for the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, the comprehensive collection of ancient Latin inscriptions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	.NET exception type ⓘ class ⓘ
assembly	System.Runtime ⓘ mscorlib ⓘ linked to: mscorlib.dll
baseClass	System.SystemException ⓘ linked to: SystemException
category	reflection-related exception ⓘ
CLSCompliant	true ⓘ
documentationSource	Microsoft .NET API reference ⓘ linked to: Microsoft .NET documentation
errorCondition	multiple matching members found ⓘ
fullName	System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException ⓘ
hasConstructor	AmbiguousMatchException() ⓘ AmbiguousMatchException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) ⓘ AmbiguousMatchException(string message) ⓘ linked to: System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException AmbiguousMatchException(string message, Exception innerException) ⓘ
inheritsFrom	System.Exception ⓘ System.SystemException ⓘ
inheritsInnerExceptionPropertyFrom	System.Exception ⓘ
inheritsMessagePropertyFrom	System.Exception ⓘ
introducedIn	.NET Core 1.0 ⓘ linked to: .NET Core .NET Framework 1.0 ⓘ linked to: .NET Framework .NET Standard 1.3 ⓘ linked to: .NET Standard Library
isAbstract	false ⓘ
isCheckedAt	runtime ⓘ
isPublic	true ⓘ
isSealed	false ⓘ
isSerializable	true ⓘ
library	Base Class Library ⓘ linked to: .NET Base Class Library
namespace	System.Reflection ⓘ
platform	.NET 5+ ⓘ linked to: .NET (5 and later) .NET Core ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ .NET Standard ⓘ linked to: .NET Standard Library
shortName	AmbiguousMatchException ⓘ linked to: System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException
thrownBy	System.Reflection.TypeInfo.GetDeclaredField ⓘ System.Reflection.TypeInfo.GetDeclaredMethod ⓘ System.Reflection.TypeInfo.GetDeclaredProperty ⓘ System.Type.GetConstructor ⓘ System.Type.GetField ⓘ System.Type.GetMember ⓘ System.Type.GetMethod ⓘ System.Type.GetProperty ⓘ System.Type.InvokeMember ⓘ
thrownWhen	a reflection search finds multiple members that match the binding criteria ⓘ
typicalCause	multiple properties with same name and signature ⓘ overloaded members with same name and insufficient binding flags ⓘ
usageContext	reflection ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

System.Reflection → containsType → System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException ⓘ

System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException → fullName → System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException ⓘ

System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException → hasConstructor → AmbiguousMatchException(string message) ⓘ

linked to: System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException

System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException → shortName → AmbiguousMatchException ⓘ