GetInvocationList of an event in VB.NET

Question

I am trying to learn some WCF principles by following an example of a WCF application (from Sacha Barber).

Now I would like to convert the following function into VB.NET

private void BroadcastMessage(ChatEventArgs e)
{

    ChatEventHandler temp = ChatEvent;

    if (temp != null)
    {
        foreach (ChatEventHandler handler in temp.GetInvocationList())
        {
            handler.BeginInvoke(this, e, new AsyncCallback(EndAsync), null);
        }
    }
}

but I have some problems, because the following code is not accepted by the compiler

Private Sub BroadcastMessage(ByVal e As ChatEventArgs)

    Dim handlers As EventHandler(Of ChatEventArgs) = ChatEvent

    If handlers IsNot Nothing Then

        For Each handler As EventHandler(Of ChatEventArgs) In handlers.GetInvocationList()

            handler.BeginInvoke(Me, e, New AsyncCallback(AddressOf EndAsync), Nothing)

        Next

    End If

End Sub

it says

Public Shared Event ChatEvent(sender As Object, e As ChatEventArgs)' is an event, and cannot be called directly

Coming to the point, is it then possible in VB.NET get the handlers linked to a certain event in some other way?

Answer 1

use ChatEventEvent (or EventNameEvent)

It won't show up in intellisense, but the members of it will.

VB.NET creates a variable behind the scenes, to hide the complexity from the coder...

This is only available in the class that declares the event (or perhaps its descendants)