Creating Events in Mono.Cecil

Question

I've been trying to create events with Mono.Cecil, but not sure how.

EventDefinition newEvent = new EventDefinition("newEvent", 
                                               Mono.Cecil.EventAttributes.None, 
                                               someRefToTheEventHandlerDelegate);

I'm stuck at the addon and removeon part. Please help me.

Answer 1

You'll need to add the MethodDefinition for "add_newEvent" and "remove_newEvent" and assign them to the newEvent instance.

An easy way to learn how Cecil works and how it wants things to be set up is to:

1) compile what you want in an assembly (e.g. your event as you wish it);

2) load it with Mono.Cecil

3) use a debugger (MonoDevelop or VisualStudio will do) to see how things are populated;

4) codify the same into your application;

5) profit! ;-)