I`m having some trouble in understanding how delegates in C# work. I have many code examples, but i still could not grasp it properly. Can someone explain it to me in "plain english"? Of course!

The only way to create/use a delegate was to define your own new delegate type (or find/guess some suitable one somewhere deep in the system's namespaces). Keep in mind that every new delegate …

Jan 7, 2010 · A delegate is a simple class that is used to point to methods with a specific signature, becoming essentially a type-safe function pointer. A delegate's purpose is to facilitate a call back to …

Jul 22, 2015 · A delegate can call more than one method when invoked. This is referred to as multicasting. To add an extra method to the delegate's list of methods—the invocation list—simply …

Dec 23, 2014 · 0 Delegate are essentially inline 's or . You can declare a delegate outside the scope of a method which you are running or using a expression (); because you run the delegate within a …

Jul 7, 2012 · No difference. Action is a predefined delegate, intended to save you the trouble of repeatedly defining new delegates. When to use a delegate or action Typically, a delegate (and …

May 27, 2009 · All of the Func<T> delegates return a value. What are the .NET delegates that can be used with methods that return void?

A delegate is a Queue of function pointers, invoking a delegate may invoke multiple methods. A lambda is essentially an anonymous method declaration which may be interpreted by the compiler differently, …

Nov 26, 2010 · Further, while the number of classes one would need when using pseudo-delegates would be greater than when using "real" delegates, each pseudo-delegate would only need to hold a …

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