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/**
 * 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
 * 
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/**
 * Rx Observables
 * 
 * A library that enables subscribing to and composing asynchronous events and
 * callbacks.
 * The Observable/Observer interfaces and associated operators (in
 * the .operations package) are inspired by and attempt to conform to the
 * Reactive Rx library in Microsoft .Net.
 * 
 * More information can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/gg577609.
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * Compared with the Microsoft implementation:
 * 

 * Observable == IObservable
 * Observer == IObserver
 * Subscription == IDisposable
 * ObservableExtensions == Observable
 * 
 * 
 * Services which intend on exposing data asynchronously and wish
 * to allow reactive processing and composition can implement the {@link rx.Observable} interface which then allows Observers to subscribe to them
 * and receive events.
 * Usage examples can be found on the {@link rx.Observable} and {@link rx.Subscriber} classes.
 */
package rx;