Re: Context in GCD source cancel handler?
Re: Context in GCD source cancel handler?
- Subject: Re: Context in GCD source cancel handler?
- From: Jonathon Kuo <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 12:14:40 -0800
Thanks Dave, that's awesome! Just what I was looking for!
Q: When a context object is set with dispatch_set_context(), is it retained? Or do I need to retain it first, set it, and then in the cancel handler release it?
-Jon
On Jan 5, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Dave Zarzycki wrote:
> Jonathon,
>
> GCD is an object oriented API done in C. If you look at the man page entitled dispatch_object, you'll see that one can call dispatch_set_context() and dispatch_get_context() against any GCD object (sources and queues are where they make the most sense). In fact, if you're simply looking for a "goodbye kiss" when the last reference to a GCD object is dropped (via dispatch_retain() and dispatch_release()), then your code can install a finalizer via dispatch_set_finalizer_f(), which is passed the same context managed by the aforementioned API.
>
> Have fun,
>
> davez
>
>
> On Jan 5, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Jonathon Kuo wrote:
>
>> When a GCD source gets cancelled, either via dispatch_source_cancel() or because the source went away, I have no context other than the dispatch_source_t source variable. How can I know for which source a source cancel handler gets invoked? I have many simultaneous sources (sockets, files, etc) and when a source cancel handler gets called I have no idea what source it's for, so I can't do cleanup. Is dispatch_source_t queryable? Is there a way to attach a userInfo object to it? Do I have to manage this externally in a table myself?_______________________________________________
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