method.ambiguous

The method address matches several methods


Type	`https://mthds.ai/errors/method.ambiguous`
Family	`method`: The method as written, the validation vocabulary included.
Domain	`input`: the caller acts, by changing the request or its inputs
Retry	`no`: repeating the operation fails the same way
HTTP status	`422`
Raised as	a problem document, sent as the body of an HTTP response or kept in a run's record

What it means

The address, the name or the directory matches several packages or installed methods.

What to do

Pick one of params.candidates, and name it by an address that matches it alone.

Next steps

A problem carries the step aimed at whoever reads it: the first when its reader is the domain's actor, the caller, and the second for any other reader.

Reader	Kind	Detail
The domain's actor	`change_input`	Name one of the matching methods by an address that matches it alone, then send the request again.
Any other reader	`change_input`	Pass this to the caller, who must name one of the matching methods unambiguously.

Detail

The problem's detail is written from this template, filled with the occurrence's parameters:

The method address '{method_ref}' matches several methods: {candidates}.

Parameters

Every parameter is present on every occurrence of the code.

Name	Type	Description
`method_ref`	`identifier`	The method address, name or directory the request gives.
`candidates`	list of `identifier`	The methods the address matches.