This page shows operators with which you can transform items that are emitted by reactive sources, such as Observable
s.
buffer
cast
concatMap
concatMapCompletable
concatMapCompletableDelayError
concatMapDelayError
concatMapEager
concatMapEagerDelayError
concatMapIterable
concatMapMaybe
concatMapMaybeDelayError
concatMapSingle
concatMapSingleDelayError
flatMap
flatMapCompletable
flatMapIterable
flatMapMaybe
flatMapObservable
flatMapPublisher
flatMapSingle
flatMapSingleElement
flattenAsFlowable
flattenAsObservable
groupBy
map
scan
switchMap
window
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/buffer.html
Collects the items emitted by a reactive source into buffers, and emits these buffers.
Observable.range(0, 10)
.buffer(4)
.subscribe((List<Integer> buffer) -> System.out.println(buffer));
// prints:
// [0, 1, 2, 3]
// [4, 5, 6, 7]
// [8, 9]
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/map.html
Converts each item emitted by a reactive source to the specified type, and emits these items.
Observable<Number> numbers = Observable.just(1, 4.0, 3f, 7, 12, 4.6, 5);
numbers.filter((Number x) -> Integer.class.isInstance(x))
.cast(Integer.class)
.subscribe((Integer x) -> System.out.println(x));
// prints:
// 1
// 7
// 12
// 5
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a reactive source, and emits the items that result from concatenating the results of these function applications.
Observable.range(0, 5)
.concatMap(i -> {
long delay = Math.round(Math.random() * 2);
return Observable.timer(delay, TimeUnit.SECONDS).map(n -> i);
})
.blockingSubscribe(System.out::print);
// prints 01234
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a io.reactivex.CompletableSource
, subscribes to them one at a time and returns a Completable
that completes when all sources completed.
Observable<Integer> source = Observable.just(2, 1, 3);
Completable completable = source.concatMapCompletable(x -> {
return Completable.timer(x, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.doOnComplete(() -> System.out.println("Info: Processing of item \"" + x + "\" completed"));
});
completable.doOnComplete(() -> System.out.println("Info: Processing of all items completed"))
.blockingAwait();
// prints:
// Info: Processing of item "2" completed
// Info: Processing of item "1" completed
// Info: Processing of item "3" completed
// Info: Processing of all items completed
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a io.reactivex.CompletableSource
, subscribes to them one at a time and returns a Completable
that completes when all sources completed. Any errors from the sources will be delayed until all of them terminate.
Observable<Integer> source = Observable.just(2, 1, 3);
Completable completable = source.concatMapCompletableDelayError(x -> {
if (x.equals(2)) {
return Completable.error(new IOException("Processing of item \"" + x + "\" failed!"));
} else {
return Completable.timer(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.doOnComplete(() -> System.out.println("Info: Processing of item \"" + x + "\" completed"));
}
});
completable.doOnError(error -> System.out.println("Error: " + error.getMessage()))
.onErrorComplete()
.blockingAwait();
// prints:
// Info: Processing of item "1" completed
// Info: Processing of item "3" completed
// Error: Processing of item "2" failed!
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a reactive source, and emits the items that result from concatenating the results of these function applications. Any errors from the sources will be delayed until all of them terminate.
Observable.intervalRange(1, 3, 0, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.concatMapDelayError(x -> {
if (x.equals(1L)) return Observable.error(new IOException("Something went wrong!"));
else return Observable.just(x, x * x);
})
.blockingSubscribe(
x -> System.out.println("onNext: " + x),
error -> System.out.println("onError: " + error.getMessage()));
// prints:
// onNext: 2
// onNext: 4
// onNext: 3
// onNext: 9
// onError: Something went wrong!
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a reactive source, and emits the items that result from concatenating the results of these function applications. Unlike concatMap
, this operator eagerly subscribes to all sources.
Observable.range(0, 5)
.concatMapEager(i -> {
long delay = Math.round(Math.random() * 3);
return Observable.timer(delay, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.map(n -> i)
.doOnNext(x -> System.out.println("Info: Finished processing item " + x));
})
.blockingSubscribe(i -> System.out.println("onNext: " + i));
// prints (lines beginning with "Info..." can be displayed in a different order):
// Info: Finished processing item 2
// Info: Finished processing item 0
// onNext: 0
// Info: Finished processing item 1
// onNext: 1
// onNext: 2
// Info: Finished processing item 3
// Info: Finished processing item 4
// onNext: 3
// onNext: 4
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a reactive source, and emits the items that result from concatenating the results of these function applications. A boolean
value must be specified, which if true
indicates that all errors from all sources will be delayed until the end, otherwise if false
, an error from the main source will be signalled when the current source terminates. Unlike concatMapDelayError, this operator eagerly subscribes to all sources.
Observable<Integer> source = Observable.create(emitter -> {
emitter.onNext(1);
emitter.onNext(2);
emitter.onError(new Error("Fatal error!"));
});
source.doOnError(error -> System.out.println("Info: Error from main source " + error.getMessage()))
.concatMapEagerDelayError(x -> {
return Observable.timer(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS).map(n -> x)
.doOnSubscribe(it -> System.out.println("Info: Processing of item \"" + x + "\" started"));
}, true)
.blockingSubscribe(
x -> System.out.println("onNext: " + x),
error -> System.out.println("onError: " + error.getMessage()));
// prints:
// Info: Processing of item "1" started
// Info: Processing of item "2" started
// Info: Error from main source Fatal error!
// onNext: 1
// onNext: 2
// onError: Fatal error!
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a java.lang.Iterable
, and emits the items that result from concatenating the results of these function applications.
Observable.just("A", "B", "C")
.concatMapIterable(item -> List.of(item, item, item))
.subscribe(System.out::print);
// prints AAABBBCCC
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a io.reactivex.MaybeSource
, and emits the items that result from concatenating these MaybeSource
s.
Observable.just("5", "3,14", "2.71", "FF")
.concatMapMaybe(v -> {
return Maybe.fromCallable(() -> Double.parseDouble(v))
.doOnError(e -> System.out.println("Info: The value \"" + v + "\" could not be parsed."))
// Ignore values that can not be parsed.
.onErrorComplete();
})
.subscribe(x -> System.out.println("onNext: " + x));
// prints:
// onNext: 5.0
// Info: The value "3,14" could not be parsed.
// onNext: 2.71
// Info: The value "FF" could not be parsed.
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a io.reactivex.MaybeSource
, and emits the items that result from concatenating these MaybeSource
s. Any errors from the sources will be delayed until all of them terminate.
DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd.MM.uuuu");
Observable.just("04.03.2018", "12-08-2018", "06.10.2018", "01.12.2018")
.concatMapMaybeDelayError(date -> {
return Maybe.fromCallable(() -> LocalDate.parse(date, dateFormatter));
})
.subscribe(
localDate -> System.out.println("onNext: " + localDate),
error -> System.out.println("onError: " + error.getMessage()));
// prints:
// onNext: 2018-03-04
// onNext: 2018-10-06
// onNext: 2018-12-01
// onError: Text '12-08-2018' could not be parsed at index 2
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a io.reactivex.SingleSource
, and emits the items that result from concatenating these ``SingleSource`s.
Observable.just("5", "3,14", "2.71", "FF")
.concatMapSingle(v -> {
return Single.fromCallable(() -> Double.parseDouble(v))
.doOnError(e -> System.out.println("Info: The value \"" + v + "\" could not be parsed."))
// Return a default value if the given value can not be parsed.
.onErrorReturnItem(42.0);
})
.subscribe(x -> System.out.println("onNext: " + x));
// prints:
// onNext: 5.0
// Info: The value "3,14" could not be parsed.
// onNext: 42.0
// onNext: 2.71
// Info: The value "FF" could not be parsed.
// onNext: 42.0
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a io.reactivex.SingleSource
, and emits the items that result from concatenating the results of these function applications. Any errors from the sources will be delayed until all of them terminate.
DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd.MM.uuuu");
Observable.just("24.03.2018", "12-08-2018", "06.10.2018", "01.12.2018")
.concatMapSingleDelayError(date -> {
return Single.fromCallable(() -> LocalDate.parse(date, dateFormatter));
})
.subscribe(
localDate -> System.out.println("onNext: " + localDate),
error -> System.out.println("onError: " + error.getMessage()));
// prints:
// onNext: 2018-03-24
// onNext: 2018-10-06
// onNext: 2018-12-01
// onError: Text '12-08-2018' could not be parsed at index 2
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a reactive source, and emits the items that result from merging the results of these function applications.
Observable.just("A", "B", "C")
.flatMap(a -> {
return Observable.intervalRange(1, 3, 0, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.map(b -> '(' + a + ", " + b + ')');
})
.blockingSubscribe(System.out::println);
// prints (not necessarily in this order):
// (A, 1)
// (C, 1)
// (B, 1)
// (A, 2)
// (C, 2)
// (B, 2)
// (A, 3)
// (C, 3)
// (B, 3)
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a io.reactivex.CompletableSource
, and returns a Completable
that completes when all sources completed.
Observable<Integer> source = Observable.just(2, 1, 3);
Completable completable = source.flatMapCompletable(x -> {
return Completable.timer(x, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.doOnComplete(() -> System.out.println("Info: Processing of item \"" + x + "\" completed"));
});
completable.doOnComplete(() -> System.out.println("Info: Processing of all items completed"))
.blockingAwait();
// prints:
// Info: Processing of item "1" completed
// Info: Processing of item "2" completed
// Info: Processing of item "3" completed
// Info: Processing of all items completed
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a java.lang.Iterable
, and emits the elements from these Iterable
s.
Observable.just(1, 2, 3, 4)
.flatMapIterable(x -> {
switch (x % 4) {
case 1:
return List.of("A");
case 2:
return List.of("B", "B");
case 3:
return List.of("C", "C", "C");
default:
return List.of();
}
})
.subscribe(System.out::println);
// prints:
// A
// B
// B
// C
// C
// C
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a io.reactivex.MaybeSource
, and emits the items that result from merging these MaybeSource
s.
Observable.just(9.0, 16.0, -4.0)
.flatMapMaybe(x -> {
if (x.compareTo(0.0) < 0) return Maybe.empty();
else return Maybe.just(Math.sqrt(x));
})
.subscribe(
System.out::println,
Throwable::printStackTrace,
() -> System.out.println("onComplete"));
// prints:
// 3.0
// 4.0
// onComplete
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to the item emitted by a Maybe
or Single
, where that function returns an io.reactivex.ObservableSource
, and returns an Observable
that emits the items emitted by this ObservableSource
.
Single<String> source = Single.just("Kirk, Spock, Chekov, Sulu");
Observable<String> names = source.flatMapObservable(text -> {
return Observable.fromArray(text.split(","))
.map(String::strip);
});
names.subscribe(name -> System.out.println("onNext: " + name));
// prints:
// onNext: Kirk
// onNext: Spock
// onNext: Chekov
// onNext: Sulu
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to the item emitted by a Maybe
or Single
, where that function returns an org.reactivestreams.Publisher
, and returns a Flowable
that emits the items emitted by this Publisher
.
Single<String> source = Single.just("Kirk, Spock, Chekov, Sulu");
Flowable<String> names = source.flatMapPublisher(text -> {
return Flowable.fromArray(text.split(","))
.map(String::strip);
});
names.subscribe(name -> System.out.println("onNext: " + name));
// prints:
// onNext: Kirk
// onNext: Spock
// onNext: Chekov
// onNext: Sulu
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a io.reactivex.SingleSource
, and emits the items that result from merging these SingleSource
s.
Observable.just(4, 2, 1, 3)
.flatMapSingle(x -> Single.timer(x, TimeUnit.SECONDS).map(i -> x))
.blockingSubscribe(System.out::print);
// prints 1234
Note: Maybe::flatMapSingle
returns a Single
that signals an error notification if the Maybe
source is empty:
Maybe<Object> emptySource = Maybe.empty();
Single<Object> result = emptySource.flatMapSingle(x -> Single.just(x));
result.subscribe(
x -> System.out.println("onSuccess will not be printed!"),
error -> System.out.println("onError: Source was empty!"));
// prints:
// onError: Source was empty!
Use Maybe::flatMapSingleElement
-- which returns a Maybe
-- if you don't want this behaviour.
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to the item emitted by a Maybe
, where that function returns a io.reactivex.SingleSource
, and returns a Maybe
that either emits the item emitted by this SingleSource
or completes if the source Maybe
just completes.
Maybe<Integer> source = Maybe.just(-42);
Maybe<Integer> result = source.flatMapSingleElement(x -> {
return Single.just(Math.abs(x));
});
result.subscribe(System.out::println);
// prints 42
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to the item emitted by a Maybe
or Single
, where that function returns a java.lang.Iterable
, and returns a Flowable
that emits the elements from this Iterable
.
Single<Double> source = Single.just(2.0);
Flowable<Double> flowable = source.flattenAsFlowable(x -> {
return List.of(x, Math.pow(x, 2), Math.pow(x, 3));
});
flowable.subscribe(x -> System.out.println("onNext: " + x));
// prints:
// onNext: 2.0
// onNext: 4.0
// onNext: 8.0
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to the item emitted by a Maybe
or Single
, where that function returns a java.lang.Iterable
, and returns an Observable
that emits the elements from this Iterable
.
Single<Double> source = Single.just(2.0);
Observable<Double> observable = source.flattenAsObservable(x -> {
return List.of(x, Math.pow(x, 2), Math.pow(x, 3));
});
observable.subscribe(x -> System.out.println("onNext: " + x));
// prints:
// onNext: 2.0
// onNext: 4.0
// onNext: 8.0
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/groupby.html
Groups the items emitted by a reactive source according to a specified criterion, and emits these grouped items as a GroupedObservable
or GroupedFlowable
.
Observable<String> animals = Observable.just(
"Tiger", "Elephant", "Cat", "Chameleon", "Frog", "Fish", "Turtle", "Flamingo");
animals.groupBy(animal -> animal.charAt(0), String::toUpperCase)
.concatMapSingle(Observable::toList)
.subscribe(System.out::println);
// prints:
// [TIGER, TURTLE]
// [ELEPHANT]
// [CAT, CHAMELEON]
// [FROG, FISH, FLAMINGO]
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/map.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source and emits the results of these function applications.
Observable.just(1, 2, 3)
.map(x -> x * x)
.subscribe(System.out::println);
// prints:
// 1
// 4
// 9
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/scan.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.BiFunction
to a seed value and the first item emitted by a reactive source, then feeds the result of that function application along with the second item emitted by the reactive source into the same function, and so on until all items have been emitted by the reactive source, emitting each intermediate result.
Observable.just(5, 3, 8, 1, 7)
.scan(0, (partialSum, x) -> partialSum + x)
.subscribe(System.out::println);
// prints:
// 0
// 5
// 8
// 16
// 17
// 24
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html
Applies the given io.reactivex.functions.Function
to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a reactive source, and emits the items emitted by the most recently projected of these reactive sources.
Observable.interval(0, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.switchMap(x -> {
return Observable.interval(0, 750, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
.map(y -> x);
})
.takeWhile(x -> x < 3)
.blockingSubscribe(System.out::print);
// prints 001122
Available in: Flowable
, Observable
, Maybe
, Single
, Completable
ReactiveX documentation: https://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/window.html
Collects the items emitted by a reactive source into windows, and emits these windows as a Flowable
or Observable
.
Observable.range(1, 10)
// Create windows containing at most 2 items, and skip 3 items before starting a new window.
.window(2, 3)
.flatMapSingle(window -> {
return window.map(String::valueOf)
.reduce(new StringJoiner(", ", "[", "]"), StringJoiner::add);
})
.subscribe(System.out::println);
// prints:
// [1, 2]
// [4, 5]
// [7, 8]
// [10]