Question

Which is more correct and why?

Control.BeginInvoke(new Action(DoSomething), null);

private void DoSomething()
{
    MessageBox.Show("What a great post");
}

or

Control.BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker) delegate { 
    MessageBox.Show("What a great post");
}); 

I kinda feel like I am doing the same thing, so when is the right time to use MethodInvoker vs Action, or even writing a lambda expression?

EDIT: I know that there isn’t really much of a difference between writing a lambda vs Action, but MethodInvoker seems to be made for a specific purpose. Is it doing anything different?

Answer 1

Both are equally correct, but the documentation for Control.Invoke states that:

The delegate can be an instance of
EventHandler, in which case the sender
parameter will contain this control,
and the event parameter will contain
EventArgs.Empty. The delegate can also
be an instance of MethodInvoker, or
any other delegate that takes a void
parameter list. A call to an
EventHandler or MethodInvoker delegate
will be faster than a call to another
type of delegate.

So MethodInvoker would be a more efficient choice.