How to pass a method as callback to another class?

Question

I have a question regarding callbacks using tr1::function. I\'ve defined the following:

  class SomeClass {
    public:
      typedef std::tr1::function

        

Answer 1

Member functions have an implicit first parameter, a this pointer so as to know which object to call the function on. Normally, it's hidden from you, but to bind a member function to std::function, you need to explicitly provide the class type in template parameter.

#include 
#include 

struct Callback_t {
    void myCallback(int)
    {
        std::cout << "You called me?";
    }
};

class SomeClass {
public:
    SomeClass() : callback() { }
    typedef std::function Callback;
                           //  ^^^^^^^^^^^

    void registerCallback(const Callback& c)
    {
        callback = c;
    }

    void callOn(Callback_t* p)
    {
        callback(p, 42);
    }
private:
    Callback callback;
};

int main()
{
    SomeClass sc;
    sc.registerCallback(&Callback_t::myCallback);

    Callback_t cb; // we need an instance of Callback_t to call a member on
    sc.callOn(&cb);
}

Output: You called me?;