ObservableFlow

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Functional Kotlin constructs like map(), filter() and 12 more functions built for Android Data Binding library + RxJava 2 support. Check out the release apk here.

// tiny preview
val source = ObservableField("source")
val dest = source.filter { it.startsWith('s') }
		.map { it.capitalize() }

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Installation

In your global build.gradle file:

allprojects {
	repositories {
		...
		maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
	}
}

Include any one of these in your app build.gradle file:

dependencies {
	compile 'com.github.rakshakhegde.ObservableFlow:observableflow:0.1-alpha'
}

(or, if you need RxJava 2 support. This includes the above ObservableFlow core library.)

dependencies {
	compile 'com.github.rakshakhegde.ObservableFlow:rxdatabinding:0.1-alpha'
}

Motivation

I personally find writing code in a functional way just makes my logic neatly encapsulated and broken up into simple parts. So I built these functional constructs as a part of my other projects where I use DataBinding and Kotlin (which is almost always), that kinda emulates RxJava's map and filter which I loved and used a lot, but for ObservableFields. So now I've open sourced it hoping others might find it useful too. Cheers :)

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Documentation

Here are all the functions and extension functions for ObservableFields. Even though I've attempted to document how to use all the functional statements, the best source of documentation are the tests themselves. Here I'll just show the function prototype and code snippet in pairs. Hopefully meaning of the code becomes immediately apparent.

ObservableFlow

• map

   val text: ObservableField<String> = ObservableField("Hello World")
   val textLength = text.map { it.length }

   inline fun <T, R> ObservableField<T>.map(
   	dstObsrv: ObservableField<R> = ObservableField(),
   	crossinline f: (T) -> R
   ): ObservableField<R>

• vararg map

   val totalLength = map(text1, text2) {
   	text1.get().length + text2.get().length
   }

   inline fun <T> map(vararg sources: Observable, crossinline onChange: () -> T): ObservableField<T>

• filter

   val evenLengthTextOnly = text.filter { it.length % 2 == 0 }

   inline fun <T> ObservableField<T>.filter(
   	defaultVal: T? = null,
   	crossinline predicate: (T) -> Boolean
   ): ObservableField<T>

• onPropertyChanged

   text.onPropertyChanged { // block executed for every subsequent property change
   	val newVal = get()
   	println("text changed to $newVal")
   }

   inline fun <T : Observable> T.onPropertyChanged(crossinline listener: T.(propertyId: Int) -> Unit):
   	Observable.OnPropertyChangedCallback

• vararg onPropertyChanged

   onPropertyChanged(text1, text2) {
   	performAction(text1.get(), text2.get())
   }

   inline fun onPropertyChanged(vararg sources: Observable, crossinline onChange: () -> Unit):
   	List<Observable.OnPropertyChangedCallback>

• bind

   text.bind { // block executed immediately and for every subsequent property change
   	val newVal = get()
   	println("text changed to $newVal")
   }

   inline fun <T : Observable> T.bind(
   	crossinline listener: T.(Int) -> Unit
   ): Observable.OnPropertyChangedCallback

• vararg bind

   bind(text1, text2) {
   	println(text1.get() + text2.get())
   }

   inline fun bind(vararg sources: Observable, crossinline onChange: () -> Unit):
   	List<Observable.OnPropertyChangedCallback>

• observableListOf

   val observableInts = observableListOf(5, 6, 7, 9) // Int type inferred

   fun <T> observableListOf(vararg items: T): ObservableArrayList<T>

• bindToList

   observableInts.bindToList { // block executed immediately and everytime anything changes in the list
   	forEach { item -> performActionOn(item) }
   }

   inline fun <T, S : ObservableList<T>> S.bindToList(crossinline listener: S.() -> Unit):
   	ObservableList.OnListChangedCallback<S>

• onListChanged

   observableInts.onListChanged { // block executed everytime anything changes in the list
   	forEach { item -> performActionOn(item) }
   }

   inline fun <T, S : ObservableList<T>> S.onListChanged(crossinline listener: S.() -> Unit):
   	ObservableList.OnListChangedCallback<S>

RxDatabinding

• rx

   val nameObservable = ObservableField("First")
   
   nameObservable.rx()
   	.subscribe(onNext)

   fun <T> ObservableField<T>.rx(): Observable<T>

• toField - share()s the RxJava Observable so that when the last propertyChangedCallback is removed, the Observable is also finished

   val dest = Observable.create<String> { emitter = it }
   		.toField()

   fun <T> Observable<T>.toField(defaultVal: T? = null): RxObservableField<T>

• rxOnPropertyChanged

   rxOnPropertyChange(src1, src2, src3)
   	.map { src1.get() + src2.get() + src3.get() }
   	.subscribe(onNext)

   fun rxOnPropertyChange(vararg observables: android.databinding.Observable): io.reactivex.Observable<Int>

• rxBind

   rxBind(src1, src2, src3)
   	.map { src1.get() + src2.get() + src3.get() }
   	.subscribe(onNext)

   fun rxBind(vararg observables: android.databinding.Observable): io.reactivex.Observable<Int>

Miscellaneous

• There are no extension functions for all the other primitive Observables, like ObservableInt, ObservableFloat, etc. because I didn't find these optimisations worthwhile to write code and tests for. So I just use ObservableField<Int>, ObservableField<Float>, etc even for Android projects and they are auto-boxed, well, automatically.
• For the RxJava toField() binding, it was initially non-explicitly-writable, i.e., set() function was made useless and deprecated, so as to avoid side-effects, one of guiding principles of Functional Programming. But I once found myself desperately needing to change the value of that ObservableField imperatively. So I have reverted it back to a normal ObservableField whose value can be imperatively mutated anywhere in your code. But just don't go bonkers using this side-effect. Try and use it functionally as much as possible (:

Created & Maintained By

Rakshak R.Hegde (@rakshakhegde) Wanna contribute to this project? Pull requests welcome ❤️

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License

Copyright 2017 Rakshak Hegde

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