c# event inheritance. Compile but throw an exception at runtime

Question

I've got a problem with an event rising. Here is my base class:

public abstract class MyClass<T>
{
  public event EventHandler<MessageReceivedEventArgs<T>> MessageReceived;

  protected void OnMessageReceived(MyClass<T> sender, MessageReceivedEventArgs<T> e)
  {
    EventHandler<MessageReceivedEventArgs<T>> handler = MessageReceived;

    if (MessageReceived != null)
      MessageReceived(sender, e);
  }
}

And my implementation :

public class MyDerivedClass: MyClass<string>
{
  void AFunction()
  {
    // Do some stuff
    OnMessageReceived(this, new MessageReceivedEventArgs<string>("data"));
  }

When OnMessageReceived is called, the system throw a System.ArgumentNullException ("Value cannot be null. Parameter name: type"). I already read this thread , and this one too, which help me to construct this code. But I can't find the reason of these exception ( sender and e are not null, checked with the debugger).

What am I doing wrong ?

EDIT : Here's my MessageReceivedEventArgs implementation :

public class MessageReceivedEventArgs<T> : EventArgs
{
  public T Data { get; private set; }

  public MessageReceivedEventArgs(T data)
  {
    Data = data;
  }
}

Answer 1

Are you sure the Exception is thrown by your code? It could be possible that any of the event subscribers throws the Exception.

Event handling is a sequential operation. So if the first subscriber throws an unhandled exception the event handling will fail.

Edit: Have you had a look at the stacktrace. Also you could try to let the ide stop on every ArgumentNullException via the "Exception" window.