Default property access is ambiguous between the inherited interface members '<defaultpropertyname>' of interface '<interfacename1>' and '<defaultpropertyname>' of interface '<interfacename2>'

An interface inherits from two interfaces, each of which declares a default property with the same name. The compiler cannot resolve an access to this default property without qualification. The following example illustrates this.

Public Interface Iface1
    Default Property prop(ByVal arg As Integer) As Integer
End Interface
Public Interface Iface2
    Default Property prop(ByVal arg As Integer) As Integer
End Interface
Public Interface Iface3
    Inherits Iface1, Iface2
End Interface
Public Class testClass
    Public Sub accessDefaultProperty()
        Dim testObj As Iface3
        Dim testInt As Integer = testObj(1)
    End Sub
End Class

When you specify testObj(1), the compiler tries to resolve it to the default property. However, there are two possible default properties because of the inherited interfaces, so the compiler signals this error.

Error ID: BC30686

To correct this error

• Avoid inheriting any members with the same name. In the preceding example, if testObj does not need any of the members of, say, Iface2, then declare it as follows:

          Dim testObj As Iface1
  

  -or-

• Implement the inheriting interface in a class. Then you can implement each of the inherited properties with different names. However, only one of them can be the default property of the implementing class. The following example illustrates this.

  Public Class useIface3
      Implements Iface3
      Default Public Property prop1(ByVal arg As Integer) As Integer Implements Iface1.prop
          ' Insert code to define Get and Set procedures for prop1.
      End Property
      Public Property prop2(ByVal arg As Integer) As Integer Implements Iface2.prop
          ' Insert code to define Get and Set procedures for prop2.
      End Property
  End Class
  

See Also

Concepts

Interfaces Overview

Default Properties