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Delegates

Understand high-level programming concepts (such as inheritance, encapsulation, data abstraction, and polymorphism) and how they are implemented. 

Level 2 Programming theory

Joy Horvath

Instructional Designer

U_Intermediate_16_Delegates.mp4

 How to create and use delegates to provide complex and dynamic functionality in your scripts. 

Games

Enable easier readability and debugging by correctly organizing classes to include only singular purpose code

Add new functionality to non-editable classes by applying extension methods

Organize and prevent conflicts between scripts by using namespaces

Manage the communication of a GameObject’s status changes to other objects in the application by using Events 

Write efficient, organized, and comprehensible code by correctly implementing the principles of object-oriented programming

Intermediate Scripting

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;


public class DelegateScript : MonoBehaviour 
{    
    delegate void MyDelegate(int num);
    MyDelegate myDelegate;


    void Start () 
    {
        myDelegate = PrintNum;
        myDelegate(50);

        myDelegate = DoubleNum;
        myDelegate(50);
    }

    void PrintNum(int num)
    {
        print ("Print Num: " + num);
    }

    void DoubleNum(int num)
    {
        print ("Double Num: " + num * 2);
    }
}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class MulticastScript : MonoBehaviour 
{
    delegate void MultiDelegate();
    MultiDelegate myMultiDelegate;


    void Start () 
    {
        myMultiDelegate += PowerUp;
        myMultiDelegate += TurnRed;

        if(myMultiDelegate != null)
        {
            myMultiDelegate();
        }
    }

    void PowerUp()
    {
        print ("Orb is powering up!");
    }

    void TurnRed()
    {
        renderer.material.color = Color.red;
    }
}

Delegates

1. Delegates

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