Delegates

Delegates

This is the new concept introduced in C#.
Def: A delegate is the reference to the method. Using the delegate, you can call the method. This is used in "GUI Events" and "Multi-Threading" concept in future.

Implementation Syntax:

• Define the Method:

               accessmodifier returntype methodname(arguments)
                  {
                     //some code
                  }

• Declare the delegate (as a data member):

             delegate returntype delegatename(arguments);

• Create instance of the delegate:

             delegatename delegateinstancename = new delegatename(methodname);

• Access the properties of the delegate:

                 delegateinstancename.Target
          //gets the class name that contains the target method
               delegateinstancename.Method
         //gets the signature of the target method

• Invoke / call the target method:

                       delegateinstancename.Invoke();
                       (or)
            delegateinstancename.Invoke(arguments);

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 Multi Cast Delegates

• It contains the address of multiple methods.
• You can add the reference of the methods, one by one using ―+=‖ operator.
• When you call the methods using ―Invoke()‖ method, all the methods will be called at-atime.

Rule: All of the methods should have same return type and same arguments set.
Limitation: If there is any return value, you can get only the last returned value.

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