//: c08:Callbacks.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 2nd ed.' by Bruce Eckel // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. // Using inner classes for callbacks interface Incrementable { void increment(); } // Very simple to just implement the interface: class Callee1 implements Incrementable { private int i = 0; public void increment() { i++; System.out.println(i); } } class MyIncrement { public void increment() { System.out.println("Other operation"); } public static void f(MyIncrement mi) { mi.increment(); } } // If your class must implement increment() in // some other way, you must use an inner class: class Callee2 extends MyIncrement { private int i = 0; private void incr() { i++; System.out.println(i); } private class Closure implements Incrementable { public void increment() { incr(); } } Incrementable getCallbackReference() { return new Closure(); } } class Caller { private Incrementable callbackReference; Caller(Incrementable cbh) { callbackReference = cbh; } void go() { callbackReference.increment(); } } public class Callbacks { public static void main(String[] args) { Callee1 c1 = new Callee1(); Callee2 c2 = new Callee2(); MyIncrement.f(c2); Caller caller1 = new Caller(c1); Caller caller2 = new Caller(c2.getCallbackReference()); caller1.go(); caller1.go(); caller2.go(); caller2.go(); } } ///:~