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package rx.observables;
import rx.Observable;
import rx.Subscriber;
import rx.Subscription;
import rx.functions.Action1;
import rx.internal.operators.OnSubscribeRefCount;
/**
* A {@code ConnectableObservable} resembles an ordinary {@link Observable}, except that it does not begin
* emitting items when it is subscribed to, but only when its {@link #connect} method is called. In this way you
* can wait for all intended {@link Subscriber}s to {@link Observable#subscribe} to the {@code Observable}
* before the {@code Observable} begins emitting items.
*
* 
*
* @see RxJava Wiki:
* Connectable Observable Operators
* @param
* the type of items emitted by the {@code ConnectableObservable}
*/
public abstract class ConnectableObservable extends Observable {
protected ConnectableObservable(OnSubscribe onSubscribe) {
super(onSubscribe);
}
/**
* Instructs the {@code ConnectableObservable} to begin emitting the items from its underlying
* {@link Observable} to its {@link Subscriber}s.
*
* To disconnect from a synchronous source, use the {@link #connect(rx.functions.Action1)} method.
*
* @return the subscription representing the connection
*/
public final Subscription connect() {
final Subscription[] out = new Subscription[1];
connect(new Action1() {
@Override
public void call(Subscription t1) {
out[0] = t1;
}
});
return out[0];
}
/**
* Instructs the {@code ConnectableObservable} to begin emitting the items from its underlying
* {@link Observable} to its {@link Subscriber}s.
*
* @param connection
* the action that receives the connection subscription before the subscription to source happens
* allowing the caller to synchronously disconnect a synchronous source
*/
public abstract void connect(Action1 connection);
/**
* Returns an {@code Observable} that stays connected to this {@code ConnectableObservable} as long as there
* is at least one subscription to this {@code ConnectableObservable}.
*
* @return a {@link Observable}
*/
public Observable refCount() {
return create(new OnSubscribeRefCount(this));
}
}