One shot events using Lambda in C#

Question

I find myself doing this sort of thing quite often:-

 EventHandler eh = null;  //can\'t assign lambda directly since it uses eh
 eh = (s, args) =>
 {
     //s         


        

Answer 1

You could attache a permanent event handler to the event. The event handler then invokes "one shot event handlers" that are added to an internal queue:

OneShotHandlerQueue queue = new OneShotHandlerQueue();

Test test = new Test();

// attach permanent event handler
test.Done += queue.Handle;

// add a "one shot" event handler
queue.Add((sender, e) => Console.WriteLine(e));
test.Start();

// add another "one shot" event handler
queue.Add((sender, e) => Console.WriteLine(e));
test.Start();

Code:

class OneShotHandlerQueue where TEventArgs : EventArgs {
    private ConcurrentQueue> queue;
    public OneShotHandlerQueue() {
        this.queue = new ConcurrentQueue>();
    }
    public void Handle(object sender, TEventArgs e) {
        EventHandler handler;
        if (this.queue.TryDequeue(out handler) && (handler != null))
            handler(sender, e);
    }
    public void Add(EventHandler handler) {
        this.queue.Enqueue(handler);
    }
}

Test class:

class Test {
    public event EventHandler Done;
    public void Start() {
        this.OnDone(new EventArgs());
    }
    protected virtual void OnDone(EventArgs e) {
        EventHandler handler = this.Done;
        if (handler != null)
            handler(this, e);
    }
}