Accelerated C# 2008

Delegates, Anonymous Functions,

and Events

Delegates provide a built-in, language-supported mechanism for defining and executing call-

backs. Their flexibility allows you to define the exact signature of the callback, and that information

becomes part of the delegate type itself. Anonymous functions are forms of delegates that allow you

to shortcut some of the delegate syntax that, in many cases, is overkill and tedious.

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Building on top

of delegates is the support for events in C# and the .NET platform. Events provide a uniform pattern

for hooking up callback implementations—and possibly multiple instances thereof—to the code

that triggers the callback. ...