Source.fromPublisher

Integration with Reactive Streams, subscribes to a Publisher.

Source operators

Signature

Scala

copysourcedef fromPublisher[T](publisher: java.util.concurrent.Flow.Publisher[T]): Source[T, NotUsed] =

Java

copysourcestatic <T> akka.stream.javadsl.Source<T, NotUsed> fromPublisher(Publisher<T> publisher)

Description

If you want to create a SourceSource that gets its elements from another library that supports Reactive Streams, you can use JavaFlowSupport.Source.fromPublisher. This source will produce the elements from the Publisher, and coordinate backpressure as needed.

If the API you want to consume elements from accepts a Subscriber instead of providing a Publisher, see asSubscriber.

Example

Suppose we use a database client that supports Reactive Streams, we could create a SourceSource that queries the database for its rows. That SourceSource can then be used for further processing, for example creating a SourceSource that contains the names of the rows.

Because both the database driver and Akka Streams support Reactive Streams, backpressure is applied throughout the stream, preventing us from running out of memory when the database rows are consumed slower than they are produced by the database.

Scala

copysourceimport java.util.concurrent.Flow.Subscriber;
import java.util.concurrent.Flow.Publisher;

import akka.NotUsed;
import akka.stream.scaladsl.Source;
import akka.stream.scaladsl.JavaFlowSupport;

val names: Source[String, NotUsed] =
  // A new subscriber will subscribe to the supplied publisher for each
  // materialization, so depending on whether the database client supports
  // this the Source can be materialized more than once.
  JavaFlowSupport.Source.fromPublisher(databaseClient.fetchRows())
    .map(row => row.name);

Java

copysourceimport java.util.concurrent.Flow.Publisher;

import akka.NotUsed;
import akka.stream.javadsl.Source;
import akka.stream.javadsl.JavaFlowSupport;

class Example {
    public Source<String, NotUsed> names() {
        // A new subscriber will subscribe to the supplied publisher for each
        // materialization, so depending on whether the database client supports
        // this the Source can be materialized more than once.
        return JavaFlowSupport.Source.<Row>fromPublisher(databaseClient.fetchRows())
            .map(row -> row.getField("name"));
    }
}