How can I make an NSOperationQueue (or anything else) wait for two async network calls with callbacks? The flow needs to look like this
Block Begins {
Network call with call back/block begins {
first network call is done
}
}
Second Block Begins {
Network call with call back/block begins {
second network call is done
}
}
Only run this block once the NETWORK CALLS are done {
blah
}
Here's what I have so far.
NSOperationQueue *queue = [[NSOperationQueue alloc] init];
__block NSString *var;
[queue addOperation:[NSBlockOperation blockOperationWithBlock:^{
[AsyncReq get:^{
code
} onError:^(NSError *error) {
code
}];
}]];
[queue addOperation:[NSBlockOperation blockOperationWithBlock:^{
[AsyncReq get:^{
code
} onError:^(NSError *error) {
code
}];
}]];
[queue waitUntilAllOperationsAreFinished];
//do something with both of the responses
Do you have to use NSOperation Queue
? Here's how you can do it w/ a dispatch group:
dispatch_group_t group = dispatch_group_create();
dispatch_group_enter(group);
[AsyncReq get:^{
code
dispatch_group_leave(group);
} onError:^(NSError *error) {
code
dispatch_group_leave(group);
}];
dispatch_group_enter(group);
[AsyncReq get:^{
code
dispatch_group_leave(group);
} onError:^(NSError *error) {
code
dispatch_group_leave(group);
}];
dispatch_group_notify(group, dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
NSLog(@"Both operations completed!")
});
DispatchGroup
With Swift 3, in the simplest cases where you don't need fine grained control on tasks states, you can use Grand Central Dispatch and DispatchGroup
. The following Playground code shows how it works:
import Foundation
import PlaygroundSupport
PlaygroundPage.current.needsIndefiniteExecution = true
let group = DispatchGroup()
group.enter()
// Perform some asynchronous operation
let queue1 = DispatchQueue(label: "com.example.imagetransform")
queue1.async {
print("Task One finished")
group.leave()
}
group.enter()
// Perform some asynchronous operation
let queue2 = DispatchQueue(label: "com.example.retrievedata")
queue2.async {
print("Task Two finished")
group.leave()
}
group.notify(queue: DispatchQueue.main, execute: { print("Task Three finished") })
The previous code will print "Task Three finished"
once the two asynchronous tasks are both finished.
OperationQueue
and Operation
Using OperationQueue
and Operation
for your request tasks requires more boilerplate code but offers many advantages like kvo
ed state and dependency.
1. Create an Operation
subclass that will act as an abstract class
import Foundation
/**
NSOperation documentation:
Operation objects are synchronous by default.
At no time in your start method should you ever call super.
When you add an operation to an operation queue, the queue ignores the value of the asynchronous property and always calls the start method from a separate thread.
If you are creating a concurrent operation, you need to override the following methods and properties at a minimum:
start, asynchronous, executing, finished.
*/
open class AbstractOperation: Operation {
@objc enum State: Int {
case isReady, isExecuting, isFinished
func canTransition(toState state: State) -> Bool {
switch (self, state) {
case (.isReady, .isExecuting): return true
case (.isReady, .isFinished): return true
case (.isExecuting, .isFinished): return true
default: return false
}
}
}
// use the KVO mechanism to indicate that changes to `state` affect other properties as well
class func keyPathsForValuesAffectingIsReady() -> Set<NSObject> {
return [#keyPath(state) as NSObject]
}
class func keyPathsForValuesAffectingIsExecuting() -> Set<NSObject> {
return [#keyPath(state) as NSObject]
}
class func keyPathsForValuesAffectingIsFinished() -> Set<NSObject> {
return [#keyPath(state) as NSObject]
}
// A lock to guard reads and writes to the `_state` property
private let stateLock = NSLock()
private var _state = State.isReady
var state: State {
get {
stateLock.lock()
let value = _state
stateLock.unlock()
return value
}
set (newState) {
// Note that the KVO notifications MUST NOT be called from inside the lock. If they were, the app would deadlock.
willChangeValue(forKey: #keyPath(state))
stateLock.lock()
if _state == .isFinished {
assert(_state.canTransition(toState: newState), "Performing invalid state transition from \(_state) to \(newState).")
_state = newState
}
stateLock.unlock()
didChangeValue(forKey: #keyPath(state))
}
}
override open var isExecuting: Bool {
return state == .isExecuting
}
override open var isFinished: Bool {
return state == .isFinished
}
var hasCancelledDependencies: Bool {
// Return true if this operation has any dependency (parent) operation that is cancelled
return dependencies.reduce(false) { $0 || $1.isCancelled }
}
override final public func start() {
// If any dependency (parent operation) is cancelled, we should also cancel this operation
if hasCancelledDependencies {
finish()
return
}
if isCancelled {
finish()
return
}
state = .isExecuting
main()
}
open override func main() {
fatalError("This method has to be overriden and has to call `finish()` at some point")
}
open func didCancel() {
finish()
}
open func finish() {
state = .isFinished
}
}
2. Create your operations
import Foundation
open class CustomOperation1: AbstractOperation {
override open func main() {
if isCancelled {
finish()
return
}
// Perform some asynchronous operation
let queue = DispatchQueue(label: "com.app.serialqueue1")
let delay = DispatchTime.now() + .seconds(5)
queue.asyncAfter(deadline: delay) {
self.finish()
print("\(self) finished")
}
}
}
import Foundation
open class CustomOperation2: AbstractOperation {
override open func main() {
if isCancelled {
finish()
return
}
// Perform some asynchronous operation
let queue = DispatchQueue(label: "com.app.serialqueue2")
queue.async {
self.finish()
print("\(self) finished")
}
}
}
3. Usage
import Foundation
import PlaygroundSupport
PlaygroundPage.current.needsIndefiniteExecution = true
// Declare operations
let operation1 = CustomOperation1()
let operation2 = CustomOperation2()
let operation3 = CustomOperation1()
// Set operation3 to perform only after operation1 and operation2 have finished
operation3.addDependency(operation2)
operation3.addDependency(operation1)
// Launch operations
let queue = OperationQueue()
queue.addOperations([operation2, operation3, operation1], waitUntilFinished: false)
With this code, operation3
is guaranteed to always be performed last.
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