ArcObjects: IMapEvents.FeatureClassChanged doesn't fire if the layer's previous data source was invalid

Question

Is there any other event besides IMapEvents.FeatureClassChanged that will be fired when a layer's data source changes? FeatureClassChanged doesn't seem to fire if the layer's previous data source was invalid (red exclamation mark next to the layer in the TOC).

Answer 1

Well I guess the only answer to this question is that the only event that is fired when a layer's data source changes from a broken data source is IActiveViewEvents.ContentsChanged.

It doesn't tell you what changed, only that something changed, which is all I really needed. I suppose if you need to know what changed you would have to cache the state of what you were looking for and check it each time this event is fired.

Answer 2

Well, I was going to test this using Esri's sample code from here.

However, it doesn't fire for me even when the featureclasses are not broken.

private void Test()
{
    var fLayer1 = ArcMap.Document.FocusMap.get_Layer(0) as IFeatureLayer;
    var fLayer2 = ArcMap.Document.FocusMap.get_Layer(1) as IFeatureLayer;
    if (dFeatClsChangedE == null)
    {
        ListenToMapEvents(ArcMap.Application);
    }
    // swap the featureclasses
    var fc1 = fLayer2.FeatureClass;
    var fc2 = fLayer1.FeatureClass;

    fLayer1.FeatureClass = fc1;
    fLayer2.FeatureClass = fc2;
    fLayer1.Name = fLayer1.FeatureClass.AliasName;
    fLayer2.Name = fLayer2.FeatureClass.AliasName;
    ArcMap.Document.CurrentContentsView.Refresh(null);
}
private IMapEvents_FeatureClassChangedEventHandler dFeatClsChangedE;
private void ListenToMapEvents(IApplication application)
{
    IDocument document = application.Document;
    IMapDocument mapDoc = document as IMapDocument;
    IActiveView activeView = mapDoc.ActiveView;
    IMap map = activeView.FocusMap;

    IMapEvents_Event mapEvents = map as IMapEvents_Event;

    //Initialize the delegate to point to a function where you respond to the event being raised.
    dFeatClsChangedE = new IMapEvents_FeatureClassChangedEventHandler
        (OnFeatureClassChangedFunction);

    // Wire the delegate to the FeatureClassChanged event of the mapEvents variable.
    mapEvents.FeatureClassChanged += dFeatClsChangedE;
}

private void OnFeatureClassChangedFunction(IFeatureClass oldClass,
    IFeatureClass newClass)
{
    // Listen to the FeatureClassChanged event of IMapEvents.
    MessageBox.Show("Feature Class changed");
}