Question

I have a method that contains a delegate variable that points at another class.
I want to call a method in that class via this delegate, but pass the name of the method as a string to the method containing the delegate.

How can this be done? Using reflection? Func<T>?

Edit:

I understand now that reflection may not be the best solution.

This is what I have:

private static void MethodContainingDelegate(string methodNameInOtherClassAsString)
{
        _listOfSub.ForEach(delegate(Callback callback)
        {
            //Here the first works, but I want the method to be general and   
            //  therefore pass the method name as a string, not specfify it. 
            callback.MethodNameInOtherClass(); 
            //This below is what I am trying to get to work. 
             callback.MethodNameInOtherClassAsString();                  
          }
     });
}

So, basically, I am looking for a way to make my callback delegate “recognize” that my methodNameInOtherClassAsString is actually a method to execute in the other class.

Thanks!

Answer 1

It’s very simple:

public delegate void DelegateTypeWithParam(object param);
public delegate void DelegateTypeWithoutParam();

public void MethodWithCallbackParam(DelegateTypeWithParam callback, DelegateTypeWithoutParam callback2)
{
    callback(new object());
    Console.WriteLine(callback.Method.Name);
    callback2();
    Console.WriteLine(callback2.Method.Name);
}

// must conform to the delegate spec
public void MethodWithParam(object param) { }
public void MethodWithoutParam() { }

public void PassCallback()
{
   MethodWithCallbackParam(MethodWithParam, MethodWithoutParam);
}

It doesn’t matter, what class does the delegate variable point to. It can be defined in another class — there’s not much difference.

I think you could even query the name of the original method from the delegate variable itself without reflection. Every delegate has a property called Method exactly for that.