Why in any code (this is one example):

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
public delegate void MessageHandler(string messagetext);

class Connection
{
public event MessageHandler messagearived;
private Timer pooltimer;

public Connection()
{
pooltimer = new Timer(1000);
pooltimer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(checkformessage);
}

public void connect()
{
pooltimer.Start();
}

public void dicsonnect()
{
pooltimer.Stop();
}

private static Random random = new Random();
private void checkformessage(object source, ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("checking for new messages");
if ((random.Next(9)==0) && (messagearived !=null))

{
messagearived("hello mum");
}
}
}
}


public delegate void MessageHandler(string messagetext);

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code in Class.ie Why declaring delegate syntax can't be written inside

Class code:


namespace ConsoleApplication1
{


class Connection
{

public delegate void MessageHandler(string messagetext);

public event MessageHandler messagearived;
private Timer pooltimer;

I put public delegate inside class Connection,and all works fine

Declaring a delegate declares a class, and it's possible to put the delegate declaration in the sample classes where a class declaration can be done.
So it's possible to declare a delegate within an outer class, just using the delegate from outside of the class, the name OuterClassName.DelegateName must be used.

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