Using generic std::function objects with member functions in one class

Question

For one class I want to store some function pointers to member functions of the same class in one map storing std::function objects. But I fail rig

Answer 1

You can use functors if you want a less generic and more precise control under the hood. Example with my win32 api to forward api message from a class to another class.

IListener.h

#include 
class IListener { 
    public:
    virtual ~IListener() {}
    virtual LRESULT operator()(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) = 0;
};

Listener.h

#include "IListener.h"
template  class Listener : public IListener {
    public:
    typedef LRESULT (D::*WMFuncPtr)(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam); 

    private:
    D* _instance;
    WMFuncPtr _wmFuncPtr; 

    public:
    virtual ~Listener() {}
    virtual LRESULT operator()(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) override {
        return (_instance->*_wmFuncPtr)(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
    }

    Listener(D* instance, WMFuncPtr wmFuncPtr) {
        _instance = instance;
        _wmFuncPtr = wmFuncPtr;
    }
};

Dispatcher.h

#include 

Usage principles

class Button {
    public:
    Dispatcher _dispatcher;
    //button window forward all received message to a listener
    LRESULT onMessage(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM w, LPARAM l) {
        //to return a precise message like WM_CREATE, you have just
        //search it in the map.
        return _dispatcher[uMsg](hWnd, uMsg, w, l);
    }
};

class Myclass {
    Button _button;
    //the listener for Button messages
    LRESULT button_listener(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM w, LPARAM l) {
        return 0;
    }

    //Register the listener for Button messages
    void initialize() {
        //now all message received from button are forwarded to button_listener function 
       _button._dispatcher.add(WM_CREATE, this, &Myclass::button_listener);
    }
};

Good luck and thank to all for sharing knowledge.