Question

After adding a Search Contract to a project, in App.xaml.cs, I see both this:

private async void OnSuspending(object sender, SuspendingEventArgs e)

(IOW, “e” for event args) and also this:

protected override void OnSearchActivated(Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.SearchActivatedEventArgs args)

(“args” for the event args).

Is there some method to their madness (no pun intended), IOW is there a pattern/standard we should be following when we create event handlers? If so, what is it?

Answer 1

Both e and args are commonly used variable names for event arguments. Method parameter names need to be comprehensible and thus using a commonly used name for the event arguments is a good idea. Beyond that I don’t think there is any particular convention at play.