How to perform Callbacks in Objective-C

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For completeness, since StackOverflow RSS just randomly resurrected the question for me, the other (newer) option is to use blocks:

@interface MyClass: NSObject
{
    void (^_completionHandler)(int someParameter);
}

- (void) doSomethingWithCompletionHandler:(void(^)(int))handler;
@end


@implementation MyClass

- (void) doSomethingWithCompletionHandler:(void(^)(int))handler
{
    // NOTE: copying is very important if you'll call the callback asynchronously,
    // even with garbage collection!
    _completionHandler = [handler copy];

    // Do stuff, possibly asynchronously...
    int result = 5 + 3;

    // Call completion handler.
    _completionHandler(result);

    // Clean up.
    [_completionHandler release];
    _completionHandler = nil;
}

@end

...

MyClass *foo = [[MyClass alloc] init];
int x = 2;
[foo doSomethingWithCompletionHandler:^(int result){
    // Prints 10
    NSLog(@"%i", x + result);
}];

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