Concatenates the invocation lists of an array of delegates.
Syntax
public static Delegate Combine (params Delegate[] delegates)
Parameters
- delegates
Returns
A new delegate with an invocation list that concatenates the invocation lists of the delegates in the delegates array. Returns null if delegates is null, if delegates contains zero elements, or if every entry in delegates is null.
Exceptions
Type Reason ArgumentException The non-null delegates in delegates are not of the same type.
Remarks
If the delegates array contains entries that are null, those entries are ignored.
The invocation list can contain duplicate entries; that is, entries that refer to the same method on the same object.
Generic delegates that are assignment-compatible because of variance are not necessarily combinable. To be combinable, the types must match exactly. For example, suppose that a class named Derived is derived from a class named Base. A delegate of type Action<Base> (Action(Of Base) in Visual Basic) can be assigned to a variable of type Action<Derived>, as explained in Covariance and Contravariance in Generics, but the two delegates cannot be combined because the types do not match exactly.
Delegate.Combine(Delegate, Delegate) is useful for creating event handlers that call multiple methods each time an event occurs.
Requirements
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0