Raising events vs direct method calls differences

Question

Raising an event, will call its event handler. eg http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa645739%28VS.71%29.aspx

What is the difference between using the events mechan

Answer 1

Raising an event, will call its event handler

That started off wrong. There could be no event handler. Or many. You don't know. Which is the major difference from calling a method directly. Look up "observer pattern" in your favorite design patterns book.