Why are event raising methods marked as protected virtual?

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Why are event raising methods marked as protected virtual?(des-eisbaeren-blog.de)

submitted by Golo(380) 4 years, 1 month ago

This article discusses why the OnXYZ methods should be marked as protected virtual.

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posted by zigamorph(3319) 4 years, 1 month ago 0

actually the code should read

protected virtual void OnEvent (EventArgs e) {
}

There shouldn't be an override, because override is what is done to the virtual.

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