EventInfo Class
Discovers the attributes of an event and provides access to event metadata.
Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The EventInfo type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() | Attributes | Gets the attributes for this event. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | DeclaringType | Gets the class that declares this member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | EventHandlerType | Gets the Type object of the underlying event-handler delegate associated with this event. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | IsMulticast | Gets a value that indicates whether the event is multicast. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | IsSpecialName | Gets a value that indicates whether the EventInfo has a name with a special meaning. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | MemberType | Gets a MemberTypes value indicating that this member is an event. (Overrides MemberInfo::MemberType.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | MetadataToken | Gets a value that identifies a metadata element. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Module | Gets the module in which the type that declares the member represented by the current MemberInfo is defined. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Name | Gets the name of the current member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ReflectedType | Gets the class object that was used to obtain this instance of MemberInfo. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() ![]() | AddEventHandler | Adds an event handler to an event source. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetAddMethod() | Returns the method that is used to add an event-handler delegate to the event source. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetAddMethod(Boolean) | When overridden in a derived class, returns the method that is used to add an event-handler delegate to the event source, specifying whether to return the method if the current event is non-public. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetCustomAttributes(Boolean) | When overridden in a derived class, returns an array of all custom attributes applied to this member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetCustomAttributes(Type, Boolean) | When overridden in a derived class, returns an array of custom attributes applied to this member and identified by Type. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetRaiseMethod() | Returns the method that is called when the event is raised. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetRaiseMethod(Boolean) | When overridden in a derived class, returns the method that is called when the event is raised, specifying whether to return non-public methods. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetRemoveMethod() | Returns the method that is used to remove an event-handler delegate from the event source. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetRemoveMethod(Boolean) | When overridden in a derived class, retrieves the MethodInfo object for removing a method of the event, specifying whether to return non-public methods. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | IsDefined | When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether one or more attributes of the specified type or of its derived types is applied to this member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | RemoveEventHandler | Removes an event handler from an event source. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
Use the EventInfo class to inspect events and to hook up event handlers, as shown in the example code for the AddEventHandler method.
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EventInfo is not intended to be used to raise events. An object raises events as dictated by its internal state. |
Calling ICustomAttributeProvider::GetCustomAttributes on EventInfo when the inherit parameter of GetCustomAttributes is true does not walk the type hierarchy. You can use System::Attribute to walk the type hierarchy for custom attributes, but only if all the attributes derive from System::Attribute.
In Silverlight, you cannot inherit from EventInfo.
The following code gets an EventInfo object for the MouseLeftButtonUp event of a TextBlock control.
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To run this example, see Building Examples That Use a Demo Method and a TextBlock Control. |
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

