Using a C++ class member function as a C callback function

Question

I have a C library that needs a callback function to be registered to customize some processing. Type of the callback function is int a(int *, int *).

I am writing C++ code similar to the following and try to register a C++ class function as the callback function:

class A {
  public:
   A();
   ~A();
   int e(int *k, int *j);
};

A::A()
{
   register_with_library(e)
}

int
A::e(int *k, int *e)
{
  return 0;
}

A::~A() 
{

}

The compiler throws following error:

In constructor 'A::A()',
error:
 argument of type ‘int (A::)(int*, int*)’ does not match ‘int (*)(int*, int*)’.

My questions:

1. First of all is it possible to register a C++ class memeber function like I am trying to do and if so how? (I read 32.8 at http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/mixing-c-and-cpp.html. But in my opinion it does not solve the problem)
2. Is there a alternate/better way to tackle this?

Answer 1

You can do that if the member function is static.

Non-static member functions of class A have an implicit first parameter of type class A* which corresponds to this pointer. That's why you could only register them if the signature of the callback also had the first parameter of class A* type.