CFReadStream and NSInputStream

CFReadStream is “toll-free bridged” with its Cocoa Foundation counterpart, NSInputStream. This means that the Core Foundation type is interchangeable in function or method calls with the bridged Foundation object. Therefore, in a method where you see an NSInputStream * parameter, you can pass in a CFReadStreamRef, and in a function where you see a CFReadStreamRef parameter, you can pass in an NSInputStream instance. Note, however, that you may have either a delegate or callbacks but not both.