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A C++ Callback Example
A Java Callback Example

Callbacks are often very useful in C and C++, and Java is no exception to this.  However, the mechanism is different in Java.

In C/C++, it is quite common to call a function, passing an argument of type pointer to a second function, which the first function will call back at the appropriate time.

This page was last modified on 02 October, 2007