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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+module.metadata = {
+  "stability": "unstable"
+};
+
+const { Cc, Ci, Cr, Cu } = require("chrome");
+const { emit, on, off } = require("./core");
+var observerService = Cc["@mozilla.org/observer-service;1"]
+                      .getService(Ci.nsIObserverService);
+
+const { ShimWaiver } = Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/ShimWaiver.jsm");
+const addObserver = ShimWaiver.getProperty(observerService, "addObserver");
+const removeObserver = ShimWaiver.getProperty(observerService, "removeObserver");
+
+const { when: unload } = require("../system/unload");
+
+// Simple class that can be used to instantiate event channel that
+// implements `nsIObserver` interface. It's will is used by `observe`
+// function as observer + event target. It basically proxies observer
+// notifications as to it's registered listeners.
+function ObserverChannel() {}
+Object.freeze(Object.defineProperties(ObserverChannel.prototype, {
+  QueryInterface: {
+    value: function(iid) {
+      if (!iid.equals(Ci.nsIObserver) &&
+          !iid.equals(Ci.nsISupportsWeakReference) &&
+          !iid.equals(Ci.nsISupports))
+        throw Cr.NS_ERROR_NO_INTERFACE;
+      return this;
+    }
+  },
+  observe: {
+    value: function(subject, topic, data) {
+      emit(this, "data", {
+        type: topic,
+        target: subject,
+        data: data
+      });
+    }
+  }
+}));
+
+function observe(topic) {
+  let observerChannel = new ObserverChannel();
+
+  // Note: `nsIObserverService` will not hold a weak reference to a
+  // observerChannel (since third argument is `true`). There for if it
+  // will be GC-ed with all it's event listeners once no other references
+  // will be held.
+  addObserver(observerChannel, topic, true);
+
+  // We need to remove any observer added once the add-on is unloaded;
+  // otherwise we'll get a "dead object" exception.
+  // See: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1001833
+  unload(() => removeObserver(observerChannel, topic));
+
+  return observerChannel;
+}
+
+exports.observe = observe;