/** * Copyright 2014 Netflix, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package rx.subjects; import rx.Subscriber; import rx.observers.SerializedObserver; /** * Wraps a {@link Subject} so that it is safe to call its various {@code on} methods from different threads. * <p> * When you use an ordinary {@link Subject} as a {@link Subscriber}, you must take care not to call its * {@link Subscriber#onNext} method (or its other {@code on} methods) from multiple threads, as this could lead * to non-serialized calls, which violates the Observable contract and creates an ambiguity in the resulting * Subject. * <p> * To protect a {@code Subject} from this danger, you can convert it into a {@code SerializedSubject} with code * like the following: * <p><pre>{@code * mySafeSubject = new SerializedSubject( myUnsafeSubject ); * }</pre> */ public class SerializedSubject<T, R> extends Subject<T, R> { private final SerializedObserver<T> observer; private final Subject<T, R> actual; public SerializedSubject(final Subject<T, R> actual) { super(new OnSubscribe<R>() { @Override public void call(Subscriber<? super R> child) { actual.unsafeSubscribe(child); } }); this.actual = actual; this.observer = new SerializedObserver<T>(actual); } @Override public void onCompleted() { observer.onCompleted(); } @Override public void onError(Throwable e) { observer.onError(e); } @Override public void onNext(T t) { observer.onNext(t); } @Override public boolean hasObservers() { return actual.hasObservers(); } }