How can I access the overridden properties of a .NET API object in IronPython?

Question

I am using IronPython to create a shell for a plugin API to Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 to speed up learning their API.

One of the classes the API provides is Autodesk.Revit.Elements.Room, derived from Autodesk.Revit.Element.

I would really love to read Room.Name, but this goes Boom! on me as Room has overridden Elements Name property like so:

public override string Name { set; }

This of course hides the getter...

Given an object of type Room, how can I access the base classes getter?

I have tried

room.base.Name

But it seems that .NET-derived classes do not have a base property.

Answer 1

This seems to be the way to specify exactly on which interface / class you want to invoke the getter:

Given an Autodesk.Revit.Elements.Room object room, the 'Name' property in its base class can be called with

Autodesk.Revit.Element.Name.__get__(room)

or

Autodesk.Revit.Element.Name.GetValue(room)