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Secure Function Pointer and Callbacks in Windows Programming

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This article explains the usage of function pointer and callback in Windows application programming Interface (API).
// CPPFunctionPointer.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

class CFunctionPointer{
private:
   int y;
   static int x;

public:
   void SetData(int value) 
   {
	   y = value; 
	   return;
   }
   
   int GetData() 
   {
	   return y;
   }
   
   static void SSetData(int value) 
   {
	   x = value; 
	   return;
   }
   static int SGetData() 
   {
	   return x;
   }


   public:
    void foo()
	{
		cout<<"foo called"<<endl;
	}
    
	void foo1(int x)
	{
		cout<<"foo1 called with x "<<x<<endl;
	}
    
	void TestingMethod();
    
	void (CFunctionPointer::*Ptr2Func)(void);
};


void CFunctionPointer::TestingMethod()
{
    Ptr2Func = &CFunctionPointer::foo;
    (this->*Ptr2Func)();
}

int CFunctionPointer::x = 0;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	CFunctionPointer mydata, mydata2;

   // Initialize pointer.
   void (CFunctionPointer::*pmfnP)(int) = &CFunctionPointer::SetData; // mydata.SetData;

   // Initialize static pointer.
   void (*psfnP)(int) = &CFunctionPointer::SSetData;

   mydata.SetData(5); // Set initial value for private data.
   cout << "mydata.data = " << mydata.GetData() << endl;

   (mydata.*pmfnP)(20); // Call member function through pointer.
   cout << "mydata.data = " << mydata.GetData() << endl;

   (mydata2.*pmfnP)(10) ; // Call member function through pointer.
   cout << "mydata2.data = " << mydata2.GetData() << endl;

   (*psfnP)(30) ; // Call static member function through pointer.
   cout << "static data = " << CFunctionPointer::SGetData() << endl ;


   cout << endl << endl;

    CFunctionPointer A;
    A.TestingMethod();    


	return 0;
}

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