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If a class is implementing two interfaces and both the interfaces is having a method with the same name. Then Is it possible? If yes, then how that class will implement both of those methods?
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Updated 20-Aug-12 18:44pm
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Kenneth Haugland 21-Aug-12 0:45am    
Overloading... You can have the same function taking different parameters, one could take char the other integers etc.
Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Aug-12 0:49am    
No, you don't get the problem. I will answer.
--SA

I think you need to have a look at the question and my answer in this link,

Understanding interface in C#[^]
 
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Let's say, both interfaces prescribe the same method signature. Overloading won't help you, since there is no difference in name and parameters. Than you can use the fully qualified interface member names. Here are some good samples: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7080861/c-sharp-interface-method-ambiguity[^]
It is up to you if you want to implement all in different ways, or one of them - and that will satisfy all interfacs. But in the first case, you will need to qualify the method on call.
 
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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Aug-12 1:02am    
That is correct, my 5. Please see my answer where I illustrate in on example and show how to solve a more essential problem.
--SA
Zoltán Zörgő 21-Aug-12 2:55am    
Thank you. Oh yes, you have posted a really exhaustive answer. I like it! But as I see, deepakdynamite had a simpler problem.
Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Aug-12 14:35pm    
I know, I know. Just decided to add a more tricky situation along, something that people ask often...
--SA
This is absolutely possible. You need to use explicit interface implementation:
C#
interface IFirst { void SomeMethod(); }
interface ISecond { void SomeMethod(); }

class Implementation : IFirst, ISecond {
    void IFirst.SomeMethod() { /* one implementation */ }
    void ISecond.SomeMethod() { /* another implementation */ }
} //class Implementation


Generally, in many cases I recommend to prefer explicit implementation over implicit one (based on a public method of the same name). The case of method name clash to be resolved demonstrates just one of those benefits.

Practically, this case is not so important. But there is another case where you could have clearly unambiguous syntax which is impossible to express without interfaces — two different indexed property. How to achieve the syntax below?
C#
MyClass myInstance = //...
myInstance[3] = "first case";
myInstance["key"] = "second case";


How? Here is the solution:
C#
interface IAuxIndexer { string this[int index] { get; set; } }
class MyClass {
    string IAuxIndexer.this[int index] { get { /*...*/ } set { /*...*/ } }
    public string this[string index] { get { /*...*/ } set { /*...*/ } }
}


This way, to have three different indexed property in one class, you need two interfaces, etc.

—SA
 
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Zoltán Zörgő 21-Aug-12 2:55am    
My 5! Great!
Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Aug-12 3:04am    
Thank you very much, Zoltán.
--SA
Your implementing class will have one method and this will satisfy the requirements of both interfaces. It doesn't matter what type of reference variable it calls, the same method will always be executed.

Check this.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4638218/class-implementing-two-interfaces-which-define-the-same-method[^]
 
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Santhosh Kumar Jayaraman 21-Aug-12 0:55am    
:)
.NET does not support multiple inheritances directly because in .NET, a class cannot inherit from more than one class. .NET supports multiple inheritances through interfaces
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