Question

Here is an example of what I would do in Visual Basic:

Public Class Class1
    Public Shared WithEvents Something As New EventClass

    Public Shared Sub DoStuff() Handles Something.Test

    End Sub
End Class

Public Class EventClass
    Public Event Test()
End Class

How do I do this in C#?

I know there is not a Handles clause in C# so I need some function that is called and assign the event handlers there. However, since it’s a shared class, there is no constructor; I must put it somewhere outside of a function.

How can it be achieved?

Answer 1

You can use the static constructor…

static readonly EventClass _something;

static Class1()
{
  _something = new EventClass();
  _something.Test += DoStuff;
}

static void DoStuff()
{
}