[Python.NET] Custom delegates and wrapping class instance in .netobject

[Brian Lloyd]

> What I need is a custom delegate. If it was a C# program, it
> would be really easy to create:
> 	public delegate void DataArrived(object data);
> 
> With Python.Net I don't see how I can do that. What I ended up doing is
> writing a simple assembly in C# that just contains the following lines:
> 
> 	public delegate void NoArgDelegate();
> 	public delegate void ObjectArgDelegate(object arg);
> 	public delegate void ArrayArgDelegate(object[] arg);
> 
> My hope is to keep this utility assembly around for those times when I
> need a custom delegate. The delegates are somewhat general and with the
> last one, it is possible to pass as many arguments as needed. I would
> like to know, however, if anyone else encountered this problem and how
> they solved it. Is there a way to solve it with pure Python .Net
> (without C#)? If not, maybe a custom delegate(s) should be included into
> Python .Net?

I don't think I understand what you're trying to do well enough 
to advise here - if you can post an example that would be 
helpful.

> 
> My second problem is that I can't pass Python class instances as
> arguments to my delegates. For example:
> 
> def callback(arg):
> 	pass
> d = ObjectArgDelegate(callback)
> 
> class PythonClass(object):
> 	pass
> 
> d(PythonClass())
> 
> Results in:
> 
> TypeError: no method matches given arguments
> 
> 
> Is there a way to convert a python class instance to a .Net object and
> then convert it back to python class instance?

In this case, you should just be able to have PythonClass 
inherit from System.Object - that will get it a default 
conversion that should work for what you want to do.


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