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Type::GetEvent Method (String, BindingFlags)

Updated: September 2009

When overridden in a derived class, returns the EventInfo object representing the specified event, using the specified binding constraints.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
virtual EventInfo^ GetEvent(
	String^ name, 
	BindingFlags bindingAttr
) abstract

Parameters

name
Type: System::String

The String containing the name of an event which is declared or inherited by the current Type.

bindingAttr
Type: System.Reflection::BindingFlags

A bitmask comprised of one or more BindingFlags that specify how the search is conducted.

-or-

Zero, to return nullptr.

Return Value

Type: System.Reflection::EventInfo
The EventInfo object representing the specified event which is declared or inherited by the current Type, if found; otherwise, nullptr.

Implements

_Type::GetEvent(String, BindingFlags)

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

name is nullptr.

The following BindingFlags filter flags can be used to define which events to include in the search:

  • You must specify either BindingFlags.Instance or BindingFlags.Static in order to get a return.

  • Specify BindingFlags.Public to include public events in the search.

  • Specify BindingFlags.NonPublic to include non-public events (that is, private and protected events) in the search.

  • Specify BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy to include public and protected static members up the hierarchy; private static members in inherited classes are not included.

The following BindingFlags modifier flags can be used to change how the search works:

  • BindingFlags.IgnoreCase to ignore the case of name.

  • BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly to search only the events declared on the Type, not events that were simply inherited.

See System.Reflection::BindingFlags for more information.

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.

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 code example uses the GetEvent(String, BindingFlags) method to search a type for a public or non-public event named "Click" that is not static (Shared in Visual Basic).

#using <System.dll>
#using <System.Windows.Forms.dll>
#using <System.Drawing.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Security;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;

int main()
{
   try
   {
      // Creates a bitmask based on BindingFlags.
      BindingFlags myBindingFlags = static_cast<BindingFlags>(BindingFlags::Instance | BindingFlags::Public | BindingFlags::NonPublic);
      Type^ myTypeBindingFlags = System::Windows::Forms::Button::typeid;
      EventInfo^ myEventBindingFlags = myTypeBindingFlags->GetEvent( "Click", myBindingFlags );
      if ( myEventBindingFlags != nullptr )
      {
         Console::WriteLine( "Looking for the Click event in the Button class with the specified BindingFlags." );
         Console::WriteLine( myEventBindingFlags );
      }
      else
            Console::WriteLine( "The Click event is not available with the Button class." );
   }
   catch ( SecurityException^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "An exception occurred." );
      Console::WriteLine( "Message : {0}", e->Message );
   }
   catch ( ArgumentNullException^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "An exception occurred." );
      Console::WriteLine( "Message : {0}", e->Message );
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "The following exception was raised : {0}", e->Message );
   }
}

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Date

History

Reason

September 2009

Removed an erroneous statement that nullptr is returned for non-public members outside the assembly, if caller lacks ReflectionPermission.

Content bug fix.

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