delegate void PrinterMethodType(String str); // first you declare the delegate TYPE (Refer to the signature (return and parameter) of the methods
// THIS IS NOT A METHOD NAME, ITS A TYPE
static void Main(string[] args)
{
PrinterMethodType printer = null; // initialize the delegate
printer = PrintSimple; // Youre assigning the name of the method to the "instance" of your delegate called printer, IE youre saving the REFERENCE to the METHOD in the variable
printer += PrintFancy; // You can assign multiple pointers to the variable(delegate), so basically you call multiple methods at once
printer += PrintToFile; // when you use += , you ADD a pointer to the existing list, if you only write printer = (method), then the previous list will be nonexistant
printer -= PrintToFile; // you can also remove a specific pointer using -=
printer("A delegate"); // this is how you call the method with the delegate
Console.ReadLine();
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
PrinterMethodType printer = null;
// add methods to delegate
printer = PrintSimple;
printer += PrintFancy;
printer += PrintToFile;
// remove method from delegate
printer -= PrintFancy;
printer("Hello via delegate");
Console.ReadLine();
}
