namespace DotNetEvents
{
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
// Define a class to hold custom event info
public class CustomEventArgs : EventArgs
{
public CustomEventArgs(string s)
{
message = s;
}
private string message;
public string Message
{
get { return message; }
set { message = value; }
}
}
// Class that publishes an event
class Publisher
{
// Declare the event using EventHandler‹T›
public event EventHandler‹CustomEventArgs› RaiseCustomEvent;
public void DoSomething()
{
// Write some code that does something useful here
// then raise the event. You can also raise an event
// before you execute a block of code.
OnRaiseCustomEvent(new CustomEventArgs("Did something"));
}
// Wrap event invocations inside a protected virtual method
// to allow derived classes to override the event invocation behavior
protected virtual void OnRaiseCustomEvent(CustomEventArgs e)
{
// Make a temporary copy of the event to avoid possibility of
// a race condition if the last subscriber unsubscribes
// immediately after the null check and before the event is raised.
EventHandler‹CustomEventArgs› handler = RaiseCustomEvent;
// Event will be null if there are no subscribers
if (handler != null)
{
// Format the string to send inside the CustomEventArgs parameter
e.Message += $" at {DateTime.Now}";
// Use the () operator to raise the event.
handler(this, e);
}
}
}
//Class that subscribes to an event
class Subscriber
{
private string id;
public Subscriber(string ID, Publisher pub)
{
id = ID;
// Subscribe to the event using C# 2.0 syntax
pub.RaiseCustomEvent += HandleCustomEvent;
}
// Define what actions to take when the event is raised.
void HandleCustomEvent(object sender, CustomEventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine(id + " received this message: {0}", e.Message);
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Publisher pub = new Publisher();
Subscriber sub1 = new Subscriber("sub1", pub);
Subscriber sub2 = new Subscriber("sub2", pub);
// Call the method that raises the event.
pub.DoSomething();
// Keep the console window open
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to close this window.");
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}