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Objects that are both an Observable and a Consumer.

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 * Copyright 2016 Netflix, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
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package com.jakewharton.rxrelay2;

import io.reactivex.Observable;
import io.reactivex.functions.Consumer;

/**
 * Represents a Consumer and an Observable at the same time, allowing
 * multicasting events from a single source to multiple child Observers.
 * All methods except {@link #accept} are thread-safe.
 * Use {@link #toSerialized()} to make it thread-safe as well.
 *
 * @param  the item value type
 */
public abstract class Relay extends Observable implements Consumer {
    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override public abstract void accept(T value); // Redeclare without checked exception.

    /**
     * Returns true if the subject has any Observers.
     * 
The method is thread-safe.
     */
    public abstract boolean hasObservers();

    /**
     * Wraps this Relay and serializes the calls to {@link #accept}, making it thread-safe.
     * The method is thread-safe.
     */
    public final Relay toSerialized() {
        if (this instanceof SerializedRelay) {
            return this;
        }
        return new SerializedRelay(this);
    }
}