Question

I have a Button class:

class Button : public Component {

private:
    SDL_Rect box;
    void* function;

public:
    Button( int x, int y, int w, int h, void (*function)() );
    ~Button();
    void handleEvents(SDL_Event event);

};

And I want to execute Button::function in the method Button::handleEvents:

void Button::handleEvents(SDL_Event event) {
    int x = 0, y = 0;
    // If user clicked mouse
    if( event.type == SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN && event.button.button == SDL_BUTTON_LEFT) {
            // Get mouse offsets
            x = event.button.x;
            y = event.button.y;

            // If mouse inside button
            if( ( x > box.x ) && ( x < box.x + box.w ) && ( y > box.y ) && ( y < box.y + box.h ) )
            {
                this->function();
                return;
            }
    }

}

When I try to compile, I get the following errors:

Button.cpp: In the constructor ‘Button::Button(int, int, int, int, void (*)(), std::string)’:
Button.cpp:17:18: error: invalid conversion from ‘void (*)()’ to ‘void*’ [-fpermissive]
Button.cpp: In the function ‘virtual void Button::handleEvents(SDL_Event)’:
Button.cpp:45:19: error: can't use ‘((Button*)this)->Button::function’ as a function

Answer 1

The function pointer in your private section is not declared as it should be.

It should be :

void (*functionPtr)();

Look at this question for more info.