node.js Nan: call JavaScript callback in C++ function

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I’m building a node-module wrapper for a C++ library to pass logging information through Nan to JavaScript. For this a NAN_Method is available to register a callback. The callback handler has to register itself as a callback at the C++ library via vlAddLogListener(). The LoggingCallbackHandler receives a message from the library at the function dispatchEvent, a C++ function. If I receive a log, I want to call the JavaScript callback to pass the data on.

The function dispatchEvent isn’t called in a Nan-context and therefore I don’t have a scope/context and no access to v8. How is it possible to call the JavaScript callback?

The code looks like this:

NAN_METHOD(registerLoggingCallback) 
{
    v8::Isolate* isolate = info.GetIsolate();
    v8::Local<v8::Function> fun = info[0].As<v8::Function>();
    lch = new LoggingCallbackHandler(isolate, fun);
}

LoggingCallbackHandler::LoggingCallbackHandler(v8::Isolate* isolate, v8::Local<v8::Function> fun) :
    _cb(isolate, fun)
{
    vlAddLogListener(&LoggingCallbackHandler::dispatchEvent, this);
}

void VL_CALLINGCONVENTION LoggingCallbackHandler::dispatchEvent(const char* eventData, void* clientData)
{
    // here I want to process the data and call the JavaScript callback
    v8::Local<v8::Function> f = v8::Local<v8::Function>::New(Nan::GetCurrentContext()->Global()->GetIsolate(), _cb);
    Nan::MakeCallback(Nan::GetCurrentContext()->Global(), f, argc, argv);
}
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