public static void Main()
{
TestClass test = new TestClass();
// Executing a method directly is pretty straight forward.
// What if we don't want to execute these methods now,
// but want to execute them when some event occurs?
// This is where delegates come in.
ImSpeakingNow("How are you?");
MathMethods.MathSpeaks("I'm doing fine");
// How did we get from methods to delegates to lambdas? How are they related?
// We use delegates to reference any method that has a specific signature.
// As long as the signatures match, we can reference any method
// and execute it using the delegate.
// Once upon a time you would create a delegate using object constructor syntax.
// This creates a reference to a method, which can be executed at any time.
SpeakDelegate me = new SpeakDelegate(ImSpeakingNow);
SpeakDelegate math = new SpeakDelegate(MathMethods.MathSpeaks);
Action <string, int> xxx = MathMethods.NewMethod;
xxx("hello", 9);
Action <string, int[]> newAction = MathMethods.NewMethod2;
int[] myints = new int[] { 9, 8, 7 };
newAction("I an another action", myints);
Func <string, int, int> myFunc = MathMethods.myFunc;
myFunc += MathMethods.myFunc2;
int length = myFunc("Paul", 60);
// Now execute the method you're referencing using the delegate it's mapped to.
me("What a sunny day");
math("I like to count");
// Using the object constructor syntax was a little cumbersome, so
// "implied conversion" was introduced. The compiler knows that
// the method "TalkingTest" has the same signature as the SpeakDelegate
// so it performs all the heavy lifting under the covers and allows
// you to simply assign a method to a delegate.
SpeakDelegate abc = test.TalkingTest;
abc("I'm new");
me = test.TalkingTest;
// A Multicast Delegate is a delegate that holds the references of more than one function.
// When a multicast delegate is executed, then all the functions which are referenced by
// the delegate are going to be executed.
me += ImSpeakingNow;
me += MathMethods.MathSpeaks;
// Notice that all 3 methods that this deletate references are executed with one line of code.
// Also notice that all 3 methods are called synchronously!
me("We're speaking the same language");
// Example of passing a delegate as a parameter to a method
ILikeDelegates(me, "All my delegates should say this");
ILikeDelegates(ImSpeakingNow, "All my delegates should say this");
// We can remove method references from the delegate to have as few or as many
// references in the delegate that we want.
me -= ImSpeakingNow;
me -= MathMethods.MathSpeaks;
me("Just me now");
// Here are a couple more examples of using delegates
MathMethods.DoMathDelegate doMath = test.AddThese;
int Total = doMath(4, 8);
Console.WriteLine($"Total of 4+8 = {Total}");
// An "Action" is a predefined delegate that takes 0 or more parameters, does SOMETHING and returns void.
// An Action can take no parameter or
Action someAction = test.DoSomething;
someAction();
// Events help implement the "publisher/subscriber" model.
// Any object can publish a set of events to which other objects can subscribe.
// Let's say that we want to be notified whenever a method in the
// TestClass class completes. That class has an event called OperationCompleteEvent
// that is fired to tell anyone listening about that event.
test.OperationCompleteEvent += OnOperationComplete;
// Now that our event has been hooked up, let's execute the same
// code as before, but this time the events will fire and we will
// be notified by having our event handlers called.
doMath(4, 8);
someAction();
// Don't want to be notified of these events anymore
test.OperationCompleteEvent -= OnOperationComplete;
// There are many times when we want to execute code in some method
// but it will only ever be called in one place. It seems like a
// real waste to have to declare a method like we did
// with "ImSpeakingNow(string SayThis)" just for that purpose.
// To that end, the "Anonymous" method was created.
// Anonymous methods provide a way to write unnamed inline
// statement blocks that can be executed in a delegate invocation.
List <String> names = new List <String>();
names.Add("Fred");
names.Add("Sam");
names.Add("Bob");
// The following demonstrates the anonymous method feature of C#
// to display the contents of the list to the console
names.ForEach(delegate(String name)
{
Console.WriteLine(name);
});
me = delegate(string Something) { Console.WriteLine($"Anonymous says: {Something}"); };
me("I am here!");
// A lambda expression is nothing more than syntactic sugar for an anonymous method.
// The following lambda expression is EXACTLY the same as the anonymous method above.
// The type of the parameter "Something" is inferred by the compiler.
me = (Something) => { Console.WriteLine($"Lambda says: {Something}"); };
me("I am here!");
Func <int, int, int> ReturnSomething = (x, y) => { return(x + y); };
int value = ReturnSomething(9, 8);
Console.WriteLine($"Value is {value}");
// The signature of the method called is:
// public static int Calculate(DoMathDelegate DoMath, int first, int second)
//
// The first parameter is a lambda expression matching the delegate signature:
// public delegate int DoMathDelegate(int first, int second)
//
// The next 2 parameters are the values consumed by the DoMathDelegate
Console.WriteLine($"Value is {MathMethods.Calculate((a, b) => a + b, 1, 2)} using lambda");
Console.WriteLine($"Value is {MathMethods.Calculate((x, z) => x * z, 1, 2)}");
Console.WriteLine($"Value is {MathMethods.Calculate((q, r) => q - r, 1, 2)}");
Console.WriteLine($"Value is {MathMethods.Calculate((f, h) => f / h, 1, 2)}");
// Parameter delegates are often designed to work on data that is internal to the class/type.
// The delegate is typically used to iterate over the internal data values to
// produce some kind of result or filter the data in some way.
MathMethods.AppendValue(2);
MathMethods.AppendValue(3);
MathMethods.AppendValue(4);
MathMethods.AppendValue(5);
MathMethods.AppendValue(6);
MathMethods.AppendValue(7);
MathMethods.AppendValue(8);
Console.WriteLine($"CalculateTotal addition is {MathMethods.CalculateTotal((a, b) => a + b)}");
Console.WriteLine($"CalculateTotal multiplication is {MathMethods.CalculateTotal((a, b) => a * b)}");
// Here we will create a lambda expression that will be used to filter out all even numbers
List <int> even = MathMethods.RunFilter(i => i % 2 == 0);
foreach (int x in even)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Even {x}");
}
// Here we will create a lambda expression that will be used to filter out all odd numbers
List <int> odd = MathMethods.RunFilter(i => i % 2 == 1);
foreach (int x in odd)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Odd {x}");
}
/// A Predicate is a delegate like the Func and Action delegates.
/// It represents a method that checks whether the passed parameter meets a set of criteria.
/// A predicate delegate methods must take one input parameter and return a boolean - true or false.
/// You'll find that built in delegate types like "Action", "Func<>" and "Predicate<>" can be used
/// instead of creating your own custom delegates most of the time. Here's an example of using
/// a built-in "Predicate<int>" instead of custom "FilterDelegate".
List <int> lessThan5 = MathMethods.RunFilterPredicate(i => i < 5);
Console.WriteLine($"Values less than 5 using predicate");
foreach (int x in lessThan5)
{
Console.WriteLine($"{x}");
}
//----------------- What's happening under the hood? Expression Trees!
System.Linq.Expressions.Expression <Func <int, int> > myExpression = x => x * x;
string lambdaString = myExpression.ToString();
Func <int, int> compiledDelegate = myExpression.Compile();
int parameter = 8;
int answer = compiledDelegate(parameter);
Console.WriteLine($"Result of calling '{lambdaString}' using parameter '{parameter}' is '{answer}'");
myExpression.DumpExpression();
Expression <Func <int, bool> > expr = i => i % 2 == 0;
expr.DumpExpression();
Expression <Func <string, string, string> > tree = (a, b) => a.ToLower() + b.ToUpper();
tree.DumpExpression();
Expression <SpeakDelegate> myDelegate = (sayThis) => Console.WriteLine(sayThis);
myDelegate.DumpExpression();
FilmCritic.DemonstrateDeferredExecution("Rambo", "First", new DateTime(2009, 1, 1));
List <string> listOfNames = new List <string>()
{
"John Doe",
"Jane Doe",
"Jenna Doe",
"Joe Doe"
};
// Query syntax
IEnumerable <string> qNames = from name in listOfNames where name.Length <= 8 select name;
// Method syntax
var mNames = listOfNames.Where(name => name.Length <= 8);
// Representation of the query
Expression <Func <IEnumerable <string>, IEnumerable <string> > > lambda = (myList) => from name in myList where name.Length <= 8 select name;
lambda.DumpExpression();
Console.WriteLine($"{lambda}");
// Compile and Execute the query
var compiledLinq = lambda.Compile();
IEnumerable <string> expressionNames = compiledLinq(listOfNames);
foreach (string x in expressionNames)
{
Console.WriteLine($"{x}");
}
}