//: innerclasses/Callbacks.java // Using inner classes for callbacks package innerclasses; import static net.mindview.util.Print.*; interface Incrementable { void increment(); } // Very simple to just implement the interface: class Callee1 implements Incrementable { private int i = 0; @Override public void increment() { i++; print(i); } } class MyIncrement { public void increment() { print("Other operation"); } static void f(MyIncrement mi) { mi.increment(); } } // If your class must implement increment() in // some other way, you must use an inner class: class Callee2 extends MyIncrement { private int i = 0; @Override public void increment() { super.increment(); i++; print(i); } private class Closure implements Incrementable { @Override public void increment() { // Specify outer-class method, otherwise // you'd get an infinite recursion: Callee2.this.increment(); } } Incrementable getCallbackReference() { return new Closure(); } } class Caller { private Incrementable callbackReference; Caller(Incrementable cbh) { callbackReference = cbh; } void go() { callbackReference.increment(); } } public class Callbacks { public static void main(String[] args) { Callee1 c1 = new Callee1(); Callee2 c2 = new Callee2(); MyIncrement.f(c2); Caller caller1 = new Caller(c1); Caller caller2 = new Caller(c2.getCallbackReference()); caller1.go(); caller1.go(); caller2.go(); caller2.go(); } } /* Output: Other operation 1 1 2 Other operation 2 Other operation 3 *///:~