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From: Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net>
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Subject: Passing a Method Name to a Method
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:46:32 -0700
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Dear Jav'ers:

     Maybe I will find this after searching more, but so far, no good.

     I want to pass a parameter of a method name to another method.

     N.B.: I do not want to pass the method name as a string.  I want
to pass it as a pointer / reference / whatever term is used for this
in Java.

     I am doing this to test different ways of parsing.  I want to be
able to do this (timing details not shown):

     for (i=1; i<=nRepetitions; i++)
        Parse(ThisWay);

     for (i=1; i<=nRepetitions; i++)
        Parse(ThatWay);

     static void Parse
      (
????? What goes here?  MethodToUse
      )
        {
        ...
????? How exactly is this done?  MethodToUse(actual parms)
        ...
        }

     static returntype ThisWay(formal parms)
        {...}

     static returntype ThatWay(formal parms)
        {...}

     The signatures and return types of ThisWay() and ThatWay() would
be identical.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko