Re: Array of Dictionaries as .userInfo
Re: Array of Dictionaries as .userInfo
- Subject: Re: Array of Dictionaries as .userInfo
- From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:46:08 -0500
Shouldn't the notification be as dumb as possible and let the notification receiver/processor handle any decisions on what to process or read from?
On Jan 26, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Clark Cox wrote:
> The notification’s userInfo *must* be a dictionary, trying to force it to be something else is just asking for trouble. You could create a dictionary that contains your array of dictionaries if you want to be able to pass it through an NSNotification.
>
> That said, IMHO, this use of notifications has a little bit of code smell. Ideally, I would expect a notification to tell the control to reload/refresh/relayout itself by asking an appropriate delegate or controller for the data it needs (rather than getting the data out of the notification itself). It helps to have a strictly defined path that your data can follow; if it’s in an NSNotification, it could potentially have come from *anywhere*
>
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> Clark Smith Cox III
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>> On Jan 26, 2016, at 07:12, Eric E. Dolecki <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> I have a control which takes an array of dictionaries to construct it's UI
>> (as a distinct method).
>>
>> Now I'd like to add a notification to supply the data as well. I'd like to
>> pass the data as userInfo.
>>
>> When constructing the observer method, how do I constuct?
>>
>> func weHaveData(notification:NSNoticiation){
>> let dict = notification.userInfo as Array<Dictionary<String,String>>
>> control.loadData(dict)
>> }
>>
>> *Can't convert value of type [NSObject:AnyObject]? to
>> Array<Dictionary<String,String>> in coercion*
>>
>> I've tried without the cast. Is there an easy work around?
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