C# Language Tutorial => Non-Standard Event Declaration

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Events can be of any delegate type, not just EventHandler and EventHandler<T>. For example:

//Declaring an event
public event Action<Param1Type, Param2Type, ...> EventName;

This is used similarly to standard EventHandler events:

//Adding a named event handler
public void HandlerName(Param1Type parameter1, Param2Type parameter2, ...) {
    /* Handler logic */
}
EventName += HandlerName;

//Adding an anonymous event handler
EventName += (parameter1, parameter2, ...) => { /* Handler Logic */ };

//Invoking the event
EventName(parameter1, parameter2, ...);

It is possible to declare multiple events of the same type in a single statement, similar to with fields and local variables (though this may often be a bad idea):

public event EventHandler Event1, Event2, Event3;

This declares three separate events (Event1, Event2, and Event3) all of type EventHandler.
Note: Although some compilers may accept this syntax in interfaces as well as classes, the C# specification (v5.0 §13.2.3) provides grammar for interfaces that does not allow it, so using this in interfaces may be unreliable with different compilers.

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