Question

i want to get the method but there are more then one overload. For example in object i tried to get ‘Equals’. When using

    public virtual bool Equals(object obj);
    public static bool Equals(object objA, object objB);

writing typeof(Object).GetMethod("Equals") got me an exception, writing typeof(Object).GetMethod("public virtual bool Equals(object obj)") got me null. How do i specify which method i want in this case?

Answer 1

Use one of the overloads that lets you specify the parameter types.

For example:

var staticMethod = typeof(Object).GetMethod("Equals",
      BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public,
      null,
      new Type[] { typeof(object), typeof(object) },
      null);

var instanceMethod = typeof(Object).GetMethod("Equals",
      BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public,
      null,
      new Type[] { typeof(object) },
      null);

Or alternatively:

var staticMethod = typeof(Object).GetMethod("Equals",
      new Type[] { typeof(object), typeof(object) });

var instanceMethod = typeof(Object).GetMethod("Equals",
      new Type[] { typeof(object) });