Passing Methods/Functions in Parameter

Using Arduino Programming Questions
1

I'm clearly doing something wrong here, but it all looks correct to me. Any ideas? For the most part I've removed everything except what is causing the error. It's a class that handles menu navigation on an LCD.

class MenuItem
{
public:
  typedef void (*function)();

  MenuItem *subMenus;
  function action;
  function elevate;

  MenuItem()
  {
    subMenus = NULL;
    action = NULL;
    elevate = NULL;
  }
  void elevateToSelf()
  {
    //do stuff here.
  }
  void call(function menuItemElevate)
  {
    elevate = menuItemElevate;

    if(action != NULL)
    {
      action();
    }
    else if(subMenus != NULL)
    {
      subMenus[0].call(elevateToSelf);
    }
  }
};

In file included from MenuItem.cpp:4:
/test.h: In member function 'void MenuItem::call(void (*)())':
test.h:29: error: no matching function for call to 'MenuItem::call(<unresolved overloaded function type>)'
/test.h:20: note: candidates are: void MenuItem::call(void (*)())

Thanks,
Stauffski

2

Post complete code.

You're sure you don't need "*" on this line "action();"?

3

Yes, I'm positive. Here's an even more simplified version. Sorry for any confusion.

class MenuItem
{
public:
  typedef void (*function)();

  MenuItem *subMenus;
  function action;
  function elevate;

  MenuItem()
  {
    subMenus = NULL;
    action = NULL;
    elevate = NULL;
  }
  void elevateToSelf()
  {
    //do stuff here.
  }
  void setElevation(function menuItemElevate)
  {
    elevate = menuItemElevate;
  }
  void test()
  {
    subMenus[0].setElevation(elevateToSelf);
  }
};

In file included from MenuItem.cpp:4:
/test.h: In member function 'void MenuItem::test()':
test.h:25: error: no matching function for call to 'MenuItem::setElevation(<unresolved overloaded function type>)'
/test.h:20: note: candidates are: void MenuItem::setElevation(void (*)())
4

You are declaring 'function' as a regular pointer-to-function type, but you are trying to pass it a pointer-to-member-function instead. Google for "pointer to member" and you will find some explanations, e.g. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/comphelp/v8v101/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.xlcpp8a.doc%2Flanguage%2Fref%2Fcplr034.htm.