What is a hook

[Mohammad]

Can someone explain to me what a hook is?

Does it has something to do with a debugger?

Thanks

 

[Moonlit]

Hi,

Can someone explain to me what a hook is?

A hook is a function that is executed somewhere in between or before another
function. For instance in windows you can place a hook (function) which will
receive all mouse movements. One can use this to create macro's. (I did
something like this in my free frachunt program). I redirected all mouse
messages to my function first (and forwarded them to the function that
originally would receive them) so I could 'replay' them later when the user
asked for it.

Does it has something to do with a debugger?

It has nothing to do with a debugger.

Thanks

Regards, Ron AF Greve.

 

[EventHelix.com]

A hook generally a code stub left in the code to support a future
enhancement.

In general the so called design hooks end up cluttering the code. Checkout
the following article:
http://www.eventhelix.com/RealtimeMantra/KeepItSimple.htm

Sandeep

 

[Mohammad]

A hook generally a code stub left in the code to support a future
enhancement.

In general the so called design hooks end up cluttering the code. Checkout
the following article:
http://www.eventhelix.com/RealtimeMantra/KeepItSimple.htm

Sandeep

Is there a standard method of creating a hook, e.g., using a function pointer?

How is call to a function is intercepted but the hook function?

Can someone give a snippet of code?

Thanks

 

[EventHelix.com]

Hook is a general term to refer to any code written in the name
for future enhancement. That's all there is to it.

Sandeep

 

[John Gabriele]

Can someone explain to me what a hook is?

Does it has something to do with a debugger?

Thanks

I always thought that a "hook function" was some function that the
system/library/toolkit you are working with calls for you in an event-
driven setup.

Consider a GUI toolkit: a View::mouseDown() member function gets called
by the system for you when the user clicks the mouse in some given View.
You inherit from View and implement your own mouseDown(), but you never
explicitly call it yourself. It's a "hook" into the GUI toolkit, provided
for you by the designers of the toolkit.

---J