A common usage pattern of typedef in Dart is defining a callback interface. For example:
typedef void LoggerOutputFunction(String msg);
class Logger {
LoggerOutputFunction out;
Logger() {
out = print;
}
void log(String msg) {
out(msg);
}
}
void timestampLoggerOutputFunction(String msg) {
String timeStamp = new Date.now().toString();
print('${timeStamp}: $msg');
}
void main() {
Logger l = new Logger();
l.log('Hello World');
l.out = timestampLoggerOutputFunction;
l.log('Hello World');
}
Running the above sample yields the following output:
Hello World
2012-09-22 10:19:15.139: Hello World
The typedef line says that LoggerOutputFunction takes a String parameter and returns void.
timestampLoggerOutputFunction matches that definition and thus can be assigned to the out field.
Let me know if you need another example.
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