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Your code is a bit fuzzy and won't compile, but in principle yes, you can do all of that.

A callback is just a method that you can call manually if you need to. You can also create subscriptions whenever you want.

There is only one flaw in your code: The subscribers/publishers are declared locally, so once the function is done, they will be destroyed.

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