Question

this may be really simple to those in the know-how, but how can i directly provide new data to a given observable, whenever a method of mine is invoked?

    IObservable<int> _myObservable; 

    void ThingsCallMe(int someImportantNumber)
    {
        // Current pseudo-code seeking to be replaced with something that would compile?
        _myObservable.Add(someImportantNumber);
    }

    void ISpyOnThings()
    {
        _myObservable.Subscribe(
            i =>
            Console.WriteLine("stole your number " + i.ToString()));
    }

i also dont know what kind of observable i should employ, one that gets to OnCompleted() under special circumstances only?

Answer 1

Here’s the basic answer. I modified your code slightly.

Subject<int> _myObservable = new Subject<int>(); 

void ThingsCallMe(int someImportantNumber)
{
    // Current pseudo-code seeking to be replaced with something that would compile?
    _myObservable.OnNext(someImportantNumber);
}

void ISpyOnThings()
{
    _myObservable.Subscribe(
        i =>
        Console.WriteLine("stole your number " + i.ToString()));
}

This should work. A subject is simply an IObservable and an IObserver. You can call OnCompleted, OnError, etc.