How to: Override Default Access of add, remove, and raise Methods 

This sample shows how to override the default access on the add, remove, and raise events methods.

Example

// mcppv2_events3.cpp
// compile with: /clr
public delegate void f(int);

public ref struct E {
   f ^ _E;
public:
   void handler(int i) {
      System::Console::WriteLine(i);
   }

   E() {
      _E = nullptr;
   }

   event f^ Event {
      void add(f ^ d) {
         _E += d;
      }
   private:
      void remove(f ^ d) {
        _E -= d;
      }

   protected:
      void raise(int i) {
         if (_E) {
            _E->Invoke(i);
         }
      }
   }

   // a member function to access all evednt methods
   static void Go() {
      E^ pE = gcnew E;
      pE->Event += gcnew f(pE, &E::handler);
      pE->Event(17);   // prints 17
      pE->Event -= gcnew f(pE, &E::handler);
      pE->Event(17);   // no output
   }
};

int main() {
   E::Go();
}

Output

17

See Also

Reference

event (C++)