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Translating the implicit this into an explicit parameter, the call (in B, with a a delegate) a.foo() translates to A.foo(b), using the type of a for method resolution, but the delegating object b for the this argument. Using inheritance, the analogous code (using capital letters to emphasize that resolution is based on classes, not objects) is:
A delegate is a form of type-safe function pointer used by the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI). Delegates specify a method to call and optionally an object to call the method on. Delegates are used, among other things, to implement callbacks and event listeners. A delegate object encapsulates a reference to a method.
In software engineering, the delegation pattern is an object-oriented design pattern that allows object composition to achieve the same code reuse as inheritance. In delegation, an object handles a request by delegating to a second object (the delegate). The delegate is a helper object, but with the original context.
C# provides type-safe object-oriented function pointers in the form of delegates. class Program { // Delegate type: delegate int Operation ( int a , int b ); static int Add ( int i1 , int i2 ) { return i1 + i2 ; } static int Sub ( int i1 , int i2 ) { return i1 - i2 ; } static void Main () { // Instantiate the delegate and assign the method to it.
Delegation (object-oriented programming), evaluating a member of one object (the receiver) in the context of another, original object (the sender). Delegation pattern , a design pattern implementing this feature.
C# has a static class syntax (not to be confused with static inner classes in Java), which restricts a class to only contain static methods. C# 3.0 introduces extension methods to allow users to statically add a method to a type (e.g., allowing foo.bar() where bar() can be an imported extension method working on the type of foo).
Encapsulate creating and assembling the parts of a complex object in a separate Builder object. A class delegates object creation to a Builder object instead of creating the objects directly. A class (the same construction process) can delegate to different Builder objects to create different representations of a complex object.
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