Class with indexer and property named "Item"

Question

Is it possible to create a class in .NET 4 with:

1. an indexer,
2. a property named "Item"?

For example, this C# class will not compile for me:

public class MyClass {     public object Item { get; set; }     public object this[string index] { get { return null; } set { } } } 

The compiler gives an error CS0102:

The type 'MyClass' already contains a definition for 'Item'

although I am only explicitly defining Item once.

Answer 1

Based on this site, it is possible to use an attribute to rename the Indexer

public class MyClass {     public object Item { get; set; }     [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IndexerName("MyItem")]     public object this[string index] { get { return null; } set { } } } 

Answer 2

C# internally creates a property called Item for languages that don't support the indexer. You can control this name using the IndexerNameAttribute, like this:

[IndexerName("MyIndexer")] public object this[string index] {     get { return blah; } }