Advantages of using delegates?

Question

I\'m looking to implement the Observer pattern in VB.NET or C# or some other first-class .NET language. I\'ve heard that delegates can be used for this, but can\'t figure ou

Answer 1

Here is something that i can write down as a reason of using delegate. The following code is written in C# And please follow the comments.

public delegate string TestDelegate();
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    TestDelegate TD1 = new TestDelegate(DiaplayMethodD1);
    TestDelegate TD2 = new TestDelegate(DiaplayMethodD2);
    TD2 = TD1 + TD2; // Make TD2 as multi-cast delegate
    lblDisplay.Text =  TD1(); // invoke delegate
    lblAnotherDisplay.Text = TD2();


    // Note: Using a delegate allows the programmer to encapsulate a reference 
    //       to a method inside a delegate object. Its like the function pointer
    //       in C or C++.    
}
//the Signature has to be same.
public string DiaplayMethodD1()
{
    //lblDisplay.Text = "Multi-Cast Delegate on EXECUTION"; // Enable on multi-cast 
    return "This is returned from the first method of delegate explanation";
}
// The Method can be static also
public static string DiaplayMethodD2()
{
    return " Extra words from second method";
}

Best Regards, Pritom Nandy, Bangladesh