Differences between Events and delegates

Events and Delegates are quite tied together in .NET, but there are differences in terms of usage. Events are implemented through delegates, but they are not quite interchangeable. The event keyword is an access modifier on the delegate which restricts its usage outside the class which it belongs to.

First the similarities. [...]

Anonymous methods in C#

Anonymous methods are a convenient way of using delegates in .NET 2.0 and above. For e.g. if we use a delegate for a simple 2-3 line functionality, declaring a separate method and then passing the target to the delegate seems like overkill. Anonymous methods provide an easy way out, just declare the body [...]

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