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Call Private Method Of The Class Using Delegates In C#

In this post I will explain how to call a private method of the class using delegates.

Technical Knowledge

In order to understand this tutorial you must be aware of delegate basics.

Create A Class With Private Method

First of all create a class with a private method

public class MyClass {
	private void Display() {
		Console.WriteLine("Private Display Method");
	}
}

Now our goal is to call the method Display().

Add Delegate

Next step we are going to do is to add a delegate in the class. So the code would be

public class MyClass {

	public MyClass() {
		DelegateProp = new MyDelegate(Display);
	}
	public delegate void MyDelegate();
	private void Display() {
		Console.WriteLine("Private Display Method");
	}

	public MyDelegate DelegateProp {
		get;
		set;
	}

}

Here I have created a delegate MyDelegate which contains the address of Display method.

Call Delegate

Now create an instance of the class and invoke the delegate

MyClass cls = new MyClass();
cls.DelegateProp();

Output

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Sunday, April 19, 2015

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