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Ken
Ken

Reputation: 31171

Passing function as argument to Objective-C method

I'd like to pass a C function as an argument to an Objective-C method, to then act as a callback. The function has type int (*callback)(void *arg1, int arg2, char **arg3, char **arg4).

I keep getting the syntax wrong. How do I do this?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 7964

Answers (2)

user457812
user457812

Reputation:

As a slightly more complete alternative to KKK4SO's example:

#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>

// typedef for the callback type
typedef int (*callbackType)(int x, int y);

@interface Foobar : NSObject
// without using the typedef
- (void) callFunction:(int (*)(int x, int y))callback;
// with the typedef
- (void) callFunction2:(callbackType)callback;
@end

@implementation Foobar
- (void) callFunction:(int (*)(int x, int y))callback {
    int ret = callback(5, 10);
    NSLog(@"Returned: %d", ret);
}
// same code for both, really
- (void) callFunction2:(callbackType)callback {
    int ret = callback(5, 10);
    NSLog(@"Returned: %d", ret);
}
@end

static int someFunction(int x, int y) {
    NSLog(@"Called: %d, %d", x, y);
    return x * y;
}

int main (int argc, char const *argv[]) {
    NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];

    Foobar *baz = [[Foobar alloc] init];
    [baz callFunction:someFunction];
    [baz callFunction2:someFunction];
    [baz release];

    [pool drain];
    return 0;
}

Basically, it's the same as anything else, except that without the typedef, you don't specify the name of the callback when specifying the type of the parameter (the callback parameter in either callFunction: method). So that detail might have been tripping you up, but it's simple enough.

Upvotes: 8

Tatvamasi
Tatvamasi

Reputation: 2547

The following peice of code worked,absolutely fine . just check

typedef int (*callback)(void *arg1, int arg2, char **arg3, char **arg4);

int f(void *arg1, int arg2, char **arg3, char **arg4)
{
    return 9;
}

-(void) dummy:(callback) a
{
    int i = a(NULL,1,NULL,NULL);
    NSLog(@"%d",i);
}

-(void) someOtherMehtod
{
    callback a = f;
    [self dummy:a];
}

Upvotes: 3

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