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Michael
Michael

Reputation: 13614

Why are events defined as delegates

I have started working with ASP.NET controls and there appeared a question: "why events in ASP controls are defined as delegates, and not as methods"?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 106

Answers (1)

geniaz1
geniaz1

Reputation: 1183

Because an event must point to the function that it fires somehow and in C# this mechanism is achieved by delegates.

In response to the comment:

Then, why is such not a case with Java that uses only methods to fire events?

Because Java uses the old traditional event pattern (like in C++). C# delegates are easier to use and also allow you to point to a static function rather than forcing the use of a class method.

Upvotes: 3

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