Can I implement multiple callback interfaces in C++?

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Can I implement multiple callback interfaces in C++ for Java?

I don't understand the question. Any Java class can implement multiple interfaces, and any C++ class can extend multiple classes. How you hook them together is up to you. — user207421
– user207421, Commented Aug 4, 2010 at 4:15

carlfilips · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-04 01:38:05Z

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The answer is no. You can only implement one callback interface in C++ and there are some very good reasons for it. The callback mechanism relies on the fact that there is a Java type that implements the callback interface. This Java type has all the knowledge to delegate callback invocations to a C++ object that is maintained internally as a pointer.

If you implemented multiple callback interfaces in C++, you would be aggregating several Java implementations types in C++. Each type would only know how to handle its own callback methods, but not how to handle the callback methods of the other aggregated types.

answered Aug 4, 2010 at 1:38

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