package com.github.benjchristensen.gist; import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; import rx.Observable; import rx.Subscriber; import rx.schedulers.Schedulers; public class BufferExample { public static void main(String args[]) { // buffer every 500ms hotStream().buffer(500, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).take(10).toBlocking().forEach(System.out::println); // buffer 10 items at a time hotStream().buffer(10).take(10).toBlocking().forEach(System.out::println); } /** * This is an artificial source to demonstrate an infinite stream that bursts intermittently */ public static Observable<Integer> hotStream() { return Observable.create((Subscriber<? super Integer> s) -> { while (!s.isUnsubscribed()) { // burst some number of items for (int i = 0; i < Math.random() * 20; i++) { s.onNext(i); } try { // sleep for a random amount of time // NOTE: Only using Thread.sleep here as an artificial demo. Thread.sleep((long) (Math.random() * 1000)); } catch (Exception e) { // do nothing } } }).subscribeOn(Schedulers.newThread()); // use newThread since we are using sleep to block } }