Question

the following is a function that invokes the event and thus notifies all clients.

public static void OnEventXYZ(XYZEventArgs e)
{
    if(EventXYZ!=null)
        EventXYZ(new object(),e);
}

This is from a sample code.

What i want to know is “What is the significance of new object()?

is this a syntax followed or only for this situation?

Answer 1

Normally you pass this as the sender parameter of an event handler.

However, in this case, the event is static so you cannot use this. The person who wrote that sample chose to pass new object() instead. I think most people would pass null instead but that’s really a matter of personnal preference.