C# event handlers

Question

Is there a way to get number of attached event handlers to event? The problem is that somewhere in code it continues to attach handlers to an event, how can this be solved?

Answer 1

You can implement your own event add/remove methods:

private EventHandler _event;

public event EventHandler MyEvent
{
  add 
  { 
    if (_event == null) _event = value;
    _event += value; 
  }  

  remove 
  {
    if (_event != null) _event -= value;
  }
}

Answer 2

It is possible to get a list of all subscribers by calling GetInvocationList()

public class Foo
{
    public int GetSubscriberCount()
    {
        var count = 0;
        var eventHandler = this.CustomEvent;
        if(eventHandler != null)
        {
            count = eventHandler.GetInvocationList().Length;
        }
        return count;
    }

    public event EventHandler CustomEvent;
}

Answer 3

You can overwrite the add- and remove- operation (+= and -=) for the Event as seen in the following code:

private int count = 0;
public event EventHandler MyEvent {
    add {
        count++;
        // TODO: store event receiver
    }
    remove {
        count--;
        // TODO: remove event receiver
    }
}