Wrapper function

This article is about programming structure. For wrapping in graphics, see Wrapping (graphics).
"Wrapper method" redirects here. For wrapper methods in feature selection, see Feature selection § Wrapper method.

A wrapper function is a function (another word for a subroutine) in a software library or a computer program whose main purpose is to call a second subroutine[1] or a system call with little or no additional computation. Wrapper functions simplify writing computer programs by abstracting the details of a subroutine's implementation.

  1. ^ Reselman, Bob; Peasley, Richard; Pruchniak, Wayne (1998). Using Visual Basic 6. Que. p. 446. ISBN 9780789716330.