The Two Sides of Delegates
Delegates really have two sides to them. One side defines one or more target methods referred to by the (multicast) delegate; the other defines a way to invoke those methods through the delegate. To keep things clear, let’s define a little bit of vocabulary here. We’ll say a target method gets called, whereas a delegate is getting invoked. With those words in place, we can sketch our current understanding of delegates as shown in Figure 18.1.
Figure 18.1. Invoking a delegate is an interactive act.
When we look at the picture from left to right, delegates look like very interactive beasts, where the invocation site ...
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