Calling a C++ function pointer on a specific object instance

Question

I have a function pointer defined by:

typedef void (*EventFunction)(int nEvent);

Is there a way to handle that function with a specific ins

Answer 1

If you're interfacing with a C library, then you can't use a class member function without using something like boost::bind. Most C libraries that take a callback function usually also allow you to pass an extra argument of your choosing (usually of type void*), which you can use to bootstrap your class, as so:

class C
{
public:
  int Method1(void) { return 3; }
  int Method2(void) { return x; }

  int x;
};

// This structure will hold a thunk to
struct CCallback
{
  C *obj;  // Instance to callback on
  int (C::*callback)(void);  // Class callback method, taking no arguments and returning int
};

int CBootstrapper(CCallback *pThunk)
{
  // Call the thunk
  return ((pThunk->obj) ->* (pThunk->callback))( /* args go here */ );
}

void DoIt(C *obj, int (C::*callback)(void))
{
  // foobar() is some C library function that takes a function which takes no arguments and returns int, and it also takes a void*, and we can't change it
  struct CCallback thunk = {obj, callback};
  foobar(&CBootstrapper, &thunk);
}

int main(void)
{
  C c;
  DoIt(&c, &C::Method1);  // Essentially calls foobar() with a callback of C::Method1 on c
  DoIt(&c, &C::Method2);  // Ditto for C::Method2
}