How to pass event to method?

Question

I would like to create a method that takes as a argument an event an adds eventHandler to it to handle it properly. Like this:

I have 2 events:

public event EventHandler Click;
public event EventHandler Click2;

Now i would like to pass particular event to my method like this (pseudocode):

public AttachToHandleEvent(EventHandler MyEvent)
{
    MyEvent += Item_Click;
}

private void Item_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    MessageBox.Show("lalala");
}

ToolStripMenuItem tool = new ToolStripMenuItem();
AttachToHandleEvent(tool.Click);

Is it possible or do I not understand it good?

Edit: I've noticed with help of you that this code worked fine, and returned to my project and noticed that when I pass event declared in my class it works, but when I pass event from other class id still does not work. Updated above example to reflect this issue.

What I get is this error:

The event 'System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.Click' can only appear on the left hand side of += or -=

Answer 1

Just write tool.Click += Item_Click;

Edit: From MSDN "Events can only be invoked from within the class or struct where they (it) are declared". So what you are trying to do is not possible. Could you elaborate more on your needs? Why would you want to pass an event as a parameter?

Answer 2

My original answer was suitable from within the class that defined the event, but you've since updated your question to reflect that you wish to accomplish this from outside the defining class, so I've stricken that.

Only the class that defines an event can refer to the implicit delegate variable that the event uses. From outside that class, you only have access to the add and remove methods, via += and -=. This means that you can't do what you're asking, directly. You can, however, use a functional approach.

class A{
    public event EventHandler Event1;
    public event EventHandler Event2;

    public void TriggerEvent1(){
        if(Event1 != null)
            Event1(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }
}

class B{
    static void HandleEvent(object o, EventArgs e){
        Console.WriteLine("Woo-hoo!");
    }

    static void AttachToEvent(Action<EventHandler> attach){
        attach(HandleEvent);
    }

    static void Main(){
        A a = new A();
        AttachToEvent(handler=>a.Event1 += handler);
        a.TriggerEvent1();
    }
}

Answer 3

It's not possible. You can use a delegate instead of an event if that meets your needs.

Answer 4

    delegate void doIt(object sender, object data);
    event doIt OnDoIt;

    void add(doIt theDel)
    {
        OnDoIt += theDel;
    }

    void doIt1(object a, object b)
    {
    }

    void doIt2(object a, object b)
    {
    }

    void add()
    {
        add(doIt1);
        add(doIt2);
    }

Answer 5

I did it like this:

public AttachToHandleEvent(Object obj, string EventName)
{
    EventInfo mfi = obj.GetType().GetEvent(EventName);
    MethodInfo mobj = mfi.GetAddMethod();
    mobj.Invoke(obj, new object[] { Item_Click});
}

private void Item_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    MessageBox.Show("lalala");
}

ToolStripMenuItem tool = new ToolStripMenuItem();
AttachToHandleEvent(tool "Click");

Thank you all for advice. This solution could not be done without your help.