C# Type GetEvents(BindingFlags)

Description

Type GetEvents(BindingFlags) when overridden in a derived class, searches for events that are declared or inherited by the current Type, using the specified binding constraints.

Syntax

Type.GetEvents(BindingFlags) has the following syntax.

public abstract EventInfo[] GetEvents(
  BindingFlags bindingAttr
)

Parameters

Type.GetEvents(BindingFlags) has the following parameters.

• bindingAttr - A bitmask comprised of one or more BindingFlags that specify how the search is conducted.
• bindingAttr - -or-
• bindingAttr - Zero, to return null.

Returns

Type.GetEvents(BindingFlags) method returns

Example

The following example obtains an array of EventInfo objects that match the specified binding flags, gets all the events for a Button class, and displays the event names.

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

class EventsSample
{
    public static void Main()
    { 
        BindingFlags myBindingFlags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public;  
        Type myTypeEvent = typeof(System.Windows.Forms.Button);
        EventInfo[] myEventsBindingFlags = myTypeEvent.GetEvents(myBindingFlags);
        Console.WriteLine("\nThe events on the Button class with the specified BindingFlags are:");
        for (int index = 0; index < myEventsBindingFlags.Length; index++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(myEventsBindingFlags[index].ToString());
        }
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.