C# : How to capture events asynchronously and return a value from a function synchronously

Question

This is a C# question I want to do a synchronous call for asynchronous event call backs. See comment in code for the req

class User
{
    EventHandler Service1Started()
    {
      "Looks like service 1 started as I got event from server class" ;
    }
    EventHandler Service2Started()
    {
      "Looks like service 2 started as I got event from server class" ;
    }
    public void StartServicesOnlyStartService2AfterService1Started()
    {
        Server server = new Server();

         // want to call these 2 methods synchronously here
        // how to wait till service1 has started thru the event we get
        // Want to avoid polling, sleeping etc if possible

        server.StartService1();              
        server.StartService2();

    }
}

Answer 1

Your code is pretty unclear, but the simplest approach would just be to make the event handler for Service1 start service 2:

server.Service1Started += delegate { server.StartService2(); };

Answer 2

Jon's answer is right, this is the equivalent in case it's not convenient to use delegate:

EventHandler Service1Started()
{
    // Looks like service 1 started as I got event from server class
    server.StartService2();
}

Answer 3

Will come back if needed after going thru Rx.