public EventInfo GetEvent(
	string name
)

Implements

An event is considered public to reflection if it has at least one method or accessor that is public. Otherwise the event is considered private, and you must use BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Static (in Visual Basic, combine the values using Or) to get it.

The search for name is case-sensitive. The search includes public static and public instance events.

The following table shows what members of a base class are returned by the Get methods when reflecting on a type.

1. Hide-by-name-and-signature considers all of the parts of the signature, including custom modifiers, return types, parameter types, sentinels, and unmanaged calling conventions. This is a binary comparison.

2. For reflection, properties and events are hide-by-name-and-signature. If you have a property with both a get and a set accessor in the base class, but the derived class has only a get accessor, the derived class property hides the base class property, and you will not be able to access the setter on the base class.

3. Custom attributes are not part of the common type system.

If the current Type represents a constructed generic type, this method returns the EventInfo with the type parameters replaced by the appropriate type arguments.

If the current Type represents a type parameter in the definition of a generic type or generic method, this method searches the events of the class constraint.

The following example creates an EventInfo object and gets the event for a button class for the specified event.

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Security;

class MyEventExample
{
    public static void Main()
    {  
        try
        {

            Type myType = typeof(System.Windows.Forms.Button);
            EventInfo myEvent = myType.GetEvent("Click");
            if(myEvent != null)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Looking for the Click event in the Button class.");
                Console.WriteLine(myEvent.ToString());
            }
            else
                Console.WriteLine("The Click event is not available in the Button class.");
        }
        catch(SecurityException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred.");
            Console.WriteLine("Message :"+e.Message);
        }
        catch(ArgumentNullException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred.");
            Console.WriteLine("Message :"+e.Message);
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The following exception was raised : {0}",e.Message);
        }
    }
}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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