Aren't these overloads ambiguous?

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ActionLink(HtmlHelper, String, String, Object) 
ActionLink(HtmlHelper, String, String, String) 

Isn't string an Object? How do I call the first overload with a string as the third parameter?

Answer 1

You will need to cast your string into object (object)"my string".

I know this is really ugly, but this is the only way. And I agree with you that many method overloads from the HtmlHelper are really ambiguous.