更新:2007 年 11 月

下面的过程演示了如何将符合标准 .NET Framework 模式的事件添加到您自己的类和结构中。.NET Framework 类库中的所有事件均基于 EventHandler 委托,定义如下:

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public delegate void EventHandler(object sender, EventArgs e);
说明:

.NET Framework 2.0 引入了此委托的一个泛型版本,即 EventHandler<(Of <(TEventArgs>)>)。下面的示例显示如何使用这两种版本。

虽然您定义的类中的事件可基于任何有效委托类型(甚至是可返回值的委托),但是,通常建议您使用 EventHandler 让事件基于 .NET Framework 模式,如下面的示例所示。

采用 EventHandler 模式发布事件

  1. (如果不需要与事件一起发送自定义数据,请跳过此步骤,进入步骤 3a。)在发行者类和订户类均可看见的范围中声明类,并添加保存自定义事件数据所需的成员。在此示例中,会返回一个简单字符串。

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    public class CustomEventArgs : EventArgs
    {
        public CustomEventArgs(string s)
        {
            msg = s;
        }
        private string msg;
        public string Message
        {
            get { return msg; }
        } 
    }
  2. (如果您使用的是 EventHandler<(Of <(TEventArgs>)>) 的泛型版本,请跳过此步骤。)在发布类中声明一个委托。为它指定以 EventHandler 结尾的名称。第二个参数指定自定义 EventArgs 类型。

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    public delegate void CustomEventHandler(object sender, CustomEventArgs a);
  3. 使用以下任一步骤,在发布类中声明事件。

    1. 如果没有自定义 EventArgs 类,事件类型就是非泛型 EventHandler 委托。它无需声明,因为它已在创建 C# 项目时包含的 System 命名空间中进行了声明:

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      public event EventHandler RaiseCustomEvent;
    2. 如果使用的是 EventHandler 的非泛型版本,并且您有一个由 EventArgs 派生的自定义类,请在发布类中声明您的事件,并且将您的委托用作类型:

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      class Publisher
      {
          public event CustomEventHandler RaiseCustomEvent;
      }
    3. 如果使用的是泛型版本,则不需要自定义委托。相反,应将事件类型指定为 EventHandler<CustomEventArgs>,在尖括号内放置您自己的类的名称。

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      public event EventHandler<CustomEventArgs> RaiseCustomEvent;

示例

下面的示例通过将自定义 EventArgs 类和 EventHandler<(Of <(TEventArgs>)>) 用作事件类型来演示上述步骤。

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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 += String.Format(" at {0}", DateTime.Now.ToString());

                // 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();

        }
    }
}

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