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What is the difference between

public delegate void SecondChangedHandler(Object clock, TimeInfoEventArgs ti);
public event SecondChangedHandler OnSecondChanged;

and

public event EventHandler<TimeInfoEventArgs> OnSecondChanged;

When should you use which and is there any best practice?

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Before generics the first approach was the only option to declare an event handler delegate. Since generics were introduced in .NET 2.0, EventHandler<T:EventArgs> is the preferred way. Semantically there is no difference between them.

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There is no difference indeed. Then EventHandler<T> (msdn) has just been added as a "shortcut" to avoid having to redeclare the delegate.

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  • +1 - It is indeed to avoid having to redeclare the delegate. Feb 21, 2012 at 4:26

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