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package io.reactivex.internal.fuseable;
import io.reactivex.Flowable;
/**
* Interface indicating a operator implementation can be macro-fused back to Flowable in case
* the operator goes from Flowable to some other reactive type and then the sequence calls
* for toFlowable again:
* <pre>
* Single<Integer> single = Flowable.range(1, 10).reduce((a, b) -> a + b);
* Flowable<Integer> flowable = single.toFlowable();
* </pre>
*
* The {@code Single.toFlowable()} will check for this interface and call the {@link #fuseToFlowable()}
* to return a Flowable which could be the Flowable-specific implementation of reduce(BiFunction).
* <p>
* This causes a slight overhead in assembly time (1 instanceof check, 1 operator allocation and 1 dropped
* operator) but does not incur the conversion overhead at runtime.
*
* @param <T> the value type
*/
public interface FuseToFlowable<T> {
/**
* Returns a (direct) Flowable for the operator.
* <p>The implementation should handle the necessary RxJavaPlugins wrapping.
* @return the Flowable instance
*/
Flowable<T> fuseToFlowable();
}