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Quincey Morris
 

On Jul 23, 2018, at 23:02 , Quincey Morris <quinceymorris@...> wrote:

Revised version:

Well, dang, I got that wrong. (I “fixed” a typo in the email, forgetting to check that it actually worked.) You can’t use a KeyPath expression like “\WindowController.document.model” in Swift, because “document” has the wrong compile-time type.

An alternative is to use ‘addObserver’ after all and specify a String keypath. Or, you can go ahead an make an extra document property of the correct type, like you did originally. Here’s a slightly cleaner way that can still use the ‘observe’ method:

class WindowController: NSWindowController {
    private var documentObservation: NSKeyValueObservation!
    @objc dynamic private var windowDocument: Document? {
        return document as? Document
    }
    @objc static var keyPathsForValuesAffectingWindowDocument: Set<String> {
        return ["document"]
    }
    override func windowDidLoad() {
        super.windowDidLoad()
        documentObservation = self.observe(\WindowController.windowDocument?.model) {
            windowController,_ in
            if let heldViewController = windowController.contentViewController as? ViewController,
                let document = windowController.windowDocument {
                heldViewController.documentModel = document.model
                heldViewController.documentUpdateChangeCountHandler = document.documentUpdateChangeCountHandler
            }
        }
    }
}

This derived “windowDocument” property is correctly KVO compliant through its use of the “keyPathsForValuesAffecting<Key>” convenience method. It’s a bit of a mouthful, but it’s easier than doing a manual observation.
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