Question

I am making the following call to an extension method:

database.ExecuteScalar(command).NoNull<string>(string.Empty);

I get an error that the extension method is ambiguous .

I have two dlls with the same code that implement NoNull(string str) under different namespaces.

How can I explicitly refer to one namespace?

How would I have it done if it was the same namespace?

Update: I cannot rewrite the 3rd party dlls.

Answer 1

1. Remove the ambiguity by redefining or eliminating one of the methods at the source. You don’t need redundancy.
2. If you do not control the source, include only one of them in your class file via the using directive.
3. If you still need both namespaces in the given class file, invoke the version you wish simply as a static class call, unambiguously identifying the method via the (potentially fully qualified) class name.

 Abc.Xyz.ExtensionsClass.NoNull(database.ExecuteScalar(), string.Empty);
 // <Abc.Xyz.> is only necessary if the classes themselves match names
 // if not, only <ClassName>.<MethodName> is needed