Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
' This class contains strings. It has a member method that
' accepts a multicast delegate as a parameter and calls it
Class HoldsStrings
' The following line causes the compiler to generate
' a new delegate class named CheckAndPrintDelegate that
' inherits from System.MulticastDelegate.
Delegate Sub CheckAndPrintDelegate(ByVal str As String)
' An ArrayList that holds strings
Private myStringArray As New System.Collections.ArrayList()
Public Sub addstring(ByVal str As String)
myStringArray.Add(str)
End Sub 'addstring
' Iterate through the strings and invoke the method(s) that the delegate points to
Public Sub PrintAllQualified(ByVal myDelegate As CheckAndPrintDelegate)
Dim str As String
For Each str In myStringArray
myDelegate(str)
Next str
End Sub 'PrintAllQualified
End Class 'end of class HoldsStrings
' This class contains a few sample methods
Class StringFuncs
' This method prints a string that it is passed if the string starts with a vowel
Public Shared Sub ConStart(ByVal str As String)
If Not (str.Chars(0) = "a"c Or str.Chars(0) = "e"c Or str.Chars(0) = "i"c Or str.Chars(0) = "o"c Or str.Chars(0) = "u"c) Then
Console.WriteLine(str)
End If
End Sub 'ConStart
' This method prints a string that it is passed if the string starts with a consonant
Public Shared Sub VowelStart(ByVal str As String)
If (str.Chars(0) = "a"c Or str.Chars(0) = "e"c Or str.Chars(0) = "i"c Or str.Chars(0) = "o"c Or str.Chars(0) = "u"c) Then
Console.WriteLine(str)
End If
End Sub 'VowelStart
End Class 'StringFuncs
' This class demonstrates using Delegates, including using the Remove and
' Combine methods to create and modify delegate combinations.
Class Test
Public Shared Sub Main()
' Declare the HoldsStrings class and add some strings
Dim myHoldsStrings As New HoldsStrings()
myHoldsStrings.addstring("this")
myHoldsStrings.addstring("is")
myHoldsStrings.addstring("a")
myHoldsStrings.addstring("multicast")
myHoldsStrings.addstring("delegate")
myHoldsStrings.addstring("example")
' Create two delegates individually using different methods
Dim ConStartDel = New HoldsStrings.CheckAndPrintDelegate(AddressOf StringFuncs.ConStart)
Dim VowStartDel As New HoldsStrings.CheckAndPrintDelegate(AddressOf StringFuncs.VowelStart)
' Demonstrate that MulticastDelegates may store only one delegate
Dim DelegateList() As [Delegate]
' Returns an array of all delegates stored in the linked list of the
' MulticastDelegate. In these cases the lists will hold only one (Multicast) delegate
DelegateList = ConStartDel.GetInvocationList()
Console.WriteLine("ConStartDel contains " + DelegateList.Length.ToString() + " delegate(s).")
DelegateList = VowStartDel.GetInvocationList()
Console.WriteLine(("ConStartVow contains " + DelegateList.Length.ToString() + " delegate(s)."))
' Determine whether the delegates are System.Multicast delegates
If TypeOf ConStartDel Is System.MulticastDelegate And TypeOf VowStartDel Is System.MulticastDelegate Then
Console.WriteLine("ConStartDel and ConStartVow are System.MulticastDelegates")
End If
' Run the two single delegates one after the other
Console.WriteLine("Running ConStartDel delegate:")
myHoldsStrings.PrintAllQualified(ConStartDel)
Console.WriteLine("Running VowStartDel delegate:")
myHoldsStrings.PrintAllQualified(VowStartDel)
' Create a new, empty MulticastDelegate
Dim MultiDel As HoldsStrings.CheckAndPrintDelegate
' Delegate.Combine receives an unspecified number of MulticastDelegates as parameters
MultiDel = CType([Delegate].Combine(ConStartDel, VowStartDel), HoldsStrings.CheckAndPrintDelegate)
' How many delegates is this delegate holding?
DelegateList = MultiDel.GetInvocationList()
Console.WriteLine((ControlChars.Cr + "MulitDel contains " + DelegateList.Length.ToString() + " delegates."))
' What happens when this mulitcast delegate is passed to PrintAllQualified
Console.WriteLine("Running the multiple delegate that combined the first two")
myHoldsStrings.PrintAllQualified(MultiDel)
' The Remove and Combine methods modify the multiple delegate
MultiDel = CType([Delegate].Remove(MultiDel, VowStartDel), HoldsStrings.CheckAndPrintDelegate)
MultiDel = CType([Delegate].Combine(MultiDel, ConStartDel), HoldsStrings.CheckAndPrintDelegate)
' Finally, pass the combined delegates to PrintAllQualified again
Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Running the multiple delegate that contains two copies of ConStartDel:")
myHoldsStrings.PrintAllQualified(MultiDel)
Return
End Sub 'end of main
End Class 'end of Test