NotificationObserve.c

/*
     File: NotificationObserve.c
 Abstract: Implements the code to add and remove observers for the stock price
 change notification, using CFNotificationCenter.
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#import <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
 
 
extern void StockPriceChanged(void *observer, CFStringRef stockSymbol, double newPrice);
 
 
// Callback for the notification
// This repackages the data and sends it to the observer as a StockPriceChanged() callback.
 
void myCallback(CFNotificationCenterRef center, void *observer, CFStringRef name, const void *object, CFDictionaryRef userInfo) {
    double newPrice = 0.0;
    CFStringRef stockSymbol = NULL;
    
    // We get the new price out of the user info dictionary
    // We also get the stock symbol out of there (true, the object is also
    //   the stock symbol, but that can be NULL, if the registry was made for "all")
    
    if (userInfo) {
        CFNumberRef newPriceNum = CFDictionaryGetValue(userInfo, CFSTR("New Price"));
    if (newPriceNum) CFNumberGetValue(newPriceNum, kCFNumberDoubleType, &newPrice);
        stockSymbol = CFDictionaryGetValue(userInfo, CFSTR("Stock Symbol"));
    }
 
    StockPriceChanged(observer, stockSymbol, newPrice);
}
 
// Pass in "all" stockSymbol to register for all stocks; this will cause the notification
// to be registered for with a NULL object, meaning it will be delivered no matter
// what the object.
 
void AddStockNotificationObserver(const void *observer, CFStringRef stockSymbol) {
    CFNotificationCenterRef center = CFNotificationCenterGetDistributedCenter();
    
    // Register for the notification with the global notification center
    // Arguments are:
    // Caller supplied arbitrary observer (which is used as the callback object)
    // Name of notification, in this case "Stock Price Changed Notification"
    // And the object, in this case the stock symbol (NULL for all)
    // The suspension behavior --- determines when the notification center process
    //   delivers the notifications to this process. For notifications that don't
    //   require non-frontmost apps to react, then you can pass 
    //   CFNotificationSuspensionBehaviorHold or CFNotificationSuspensionBehaviorCoalesce
    
    if (CFEqual(stockSymbol, CFSTR("all"))) stockSymbol = NULL;
    CFNotificationCenterAddObserver(center, observer, myCallback, CFSTR("Stock Price Changed Notification"),  stockSymbol, CFNotificationSuspensionBehaviorDeliverImmediately);
}
 
void RemoveStockNotificationObserver(const void *observer, CFStringRef stockSymbol) {
    CFNotificationCenterRef center = CFNotificationCenterGetDistributedCenter();
    if (CFEqual(stockSymbol, CFSTR("all"))) stockSymbol = NULL;
    CFNotificationCenterRemoveObserver(center, observer, CFSTR("Stock Price Changed Notification"),  stockSymbol);
}
 
extern void RemoveObserverForAllStocks(const void *observer) {
    CFNotificationCenterRef center = CFNotificationCenterGetDistributedCenter();
    CFNotificationCenterRemoveEveryObserver(center, observer);
}