//the delegate can point to a void function and takes a string parameter
delegate void Del(string str);
public void hello(string Name)
{
Console.WriteLine("hello " + Name) ;
}
public static void main()
{
//you need to declare the delegate type above and give it a function
//that matches the delegate's funcion
Del HelloDelegate = new Del(hello);
HelloDelegate("IC");
}
/// (output) -> "hello IC"
//A delegate is an object that knows how to call a method.
delegate int Transformer (int x);
//Transformer is compatible with any method
//with an int return type and a single int parameter,
int Square (int x)
{
return x * x;
}
//Or, more tersely:
int Square (int x) => x * x;
//Assigning a method to a delegate variable creates a delegate instance:
Transformer t = Square;
//You can invoke a delegate instance in the same way as a method:
int answer = t(3); // answer is 9
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace DelegateApp {
/// <summary>
/// A class to define a person
/// </summary>
public class Person {
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Age { get; set; }
}
class Program {
//Our delegate
public delegate bool FilterDelegate(Person p);
static void Main(string[] args) {
//Create 4 Person objects
Person p1 = new Person() { Name = "John", Age = 41 };
Person p2 = new Person() { Name = "Jane", Age = 69 };
Person p3 = new Person() { Name = "Jake", Age = 12 };
Person p4 = new Person() { Name = "Jessie", Age = 25 };
//Create a list of Person objects and fill it
List<Person> people = new List<Person>() { p1, p2, p3, p4 };
//Invoke DisplayPeople using appropriate delegate
DisplayPeople("Children:", people, IsChild);
DisplayPeople("Adults:", people, IsAdult);
DisplayPeople("Seniors:", people, IsSenior);
Console.Read();
}
/// <summary>
/// A method to filter out the people you need
/// </summary>
/// <param name="people">A list of people</param>
/// <param name="filter">A filter</param>
/// <returns>A filtered list</returns>
static void DisplayPeople(string title, List<Person> people, FilterDelegate filter) {
Console.WriteLine(title);
foreach (Person p in people) {
if (filter(p)) {
Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1} years old", p.Name, p.Age);
}
}
Console.Write("
");
}
//==========FILTERS===================
static bool IsChild(Person p) {
return p.Age < 18;
}
static bool IsAdult(Person p) {
return p.Age >= 18;
}
static bool IsSenior(Person p) {
return p.Age >= 65;
}
}
}