C# Passing a method as a parameter to another method

Question

I have a method that is called when an exception occurs:

public void ErrorDBConcurrency(DBConcurrencyException e)
{
    MessageBox.Show("You must refresh the datasource");
}

What i would like to do is pass this function a method so if the user clicks Yes then the method is called e.g.

public void ErrorDBConcurrency(DBConcurrencyException e, something Method)
{
    if (MessageBox.Show("You must refresh the datasource") == DialogResult.OK)
        Method();
}

The Method may or may not have parameters, if this is the case i would like to pass them too.

How can i acheive this?

Does this answer your question? [Pass Method as Parameter using C#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2082615/pass-method-as-parameter-using-c-sharp) — Davide Cannizzo, Aug 23 '20 at 13:13

score 40 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 19 '15 at 19:59

You can use the Action delegate type.

public void ErrorDBConcurrency(DBConcurrencyException e, Action method)
{
    if (MessageBox.Show("You must refresh the datasource") == DialogResult.OK)
        method();
}

Then you can use it like this:

void MyAction()
{

}

ErrorDBConcurrency(e, MyAction);

If you do need parameters you can use a lambda expression.

ErrorDBConcurrency(e, () => MyAction(1, 2, "Test"));

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 24 '11 at 03:54

Add an Action as parameter:

public void ErrorDBConcurrency(DBConcurrencyException e, Action errorAction)
{
   if (MessageBox.Show("You must refresh the datasource") == DialogResult.OK)
       errorAction()
}

and then you can call it like this

ErrorDBConcurrency(ex, () => { do_something(foo); });

or

ErrorDBConcurrency(ex, () => { do_something_else(bar, baz); });

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 24 '11 at 03:49

You need to use a delegate as the parameter type.

If Method returns void, then something is Action, Action<T1>, Action<T1, T2>, etc (where T1...Tn are the parameter types for Method).

If Method returns a value of type TR, then something is Func<TR>, Func<T1, TR>, Func<T1, T2, TR>, etc.

Martin Doms · Answer 4 · 2011-03-24T03:55:46.390

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Look into the Func and Action classes. You can achieve this using the following:

public void ErrorDBConcurrency(DBConcurrencyException e, Action method)
{
    if (MessageBox.Show("You must refresh the datasource") == DialogResult.OK)
        method()
}

public void Method()
{
    // do stuff
}
//....

Call it using

ErrorDBConcurrency(ex, Method)

Take a look at this article for some details. If you want your method to take a parameter, use Action, Action, etc. If you want it to return a value, use Func etc. There are many overloads of these generic classes.

edited Mar 24 '11 at 03:55

answered Mar 24 '11 at 03:49

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That should just be `ErrorDBConcurrency(ex, Method)` – Jonathan Allen Mar 24 '11 at 03:53

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 24 '11 at 03:47

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public delegate void MethodHandler(); // The type

public void ErrorDBConcurrency(DBConcurrencyException e, MethodHandler Method) // Your error function

ErrorDBConcurrency (e, new MethodHandler(myMethod)); // Passing the method

answered Mar 24 '11 at 03:47

Fun Mun Pieng

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