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A completion handler must meet the requirements for a <a class="link" href="Handler.html" title="Handlers">handler</a>.
A value <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">h</span></code> of a completion
handler class should work correctly in the expression <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">h</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
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A free function as a completion handler:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">completion_handler</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="special">...</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
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A completion handler function object:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">completion_handler</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="special">...</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">()()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="special">...</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">...</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
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A non-static class member function adapted to a completion handler using
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bind</span><span class="special">()</span></code>:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">my_class</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">completion_handler</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="special">...</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">...</span>
<span class="identifier">my_io_service</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">post</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bind</span><span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">my_class</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">completion_handler</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">));</span>
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