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When to use asynchronous callback and synchronous callback?


Asked by Anika Beil on Nov 30, 2021 FAQ



An asynchronous callback is provided to another function which is going to start a task and then return to the caller with the task possibly not completed. A synchronous callback is typically used to provide a delegate to another function to which the other function delegates some step of the task.
Similarly,
Callbacks are not asynchronous by nature, but can be used for asynchronous purposes. Here is a syntactic code example of a higher-order function and a callback:
Also Know, Asynchronous and Synchronous Callbacks in Java. CallBack Function is a function which passed into another function as an argument and is expected to execute after some kind of event. The purpose of the callback is to inform a class Sync/Async if some work in other class is done. This is very useful when working with Asynchronous tasks.
In fact,
Synchronous calls refer to a callback where the code execution waits for an event before continuing. Asynchronous calls, on the other hand, refer to a callback that does not block the execution of the program.
Keeping this in consideration,
An Asynchronous call does not block the program from the code execution. When the call returns from the event, the call returns back to the callback function. So in the context of Java, we have to Create a new thread and invoke the callback method inside that thread. The callback function may be invoked from a thread but is not a requirement.