fold

Start with current value zero and then apply the current and next value to the given function. When upstream completes, the current value is emitted downstream.

Simple operators

Signature

Source.foldSource.fold Flow.foldFlow.fold

Description

Start with current value zero and then apply the current and next value to the given function. When upstream completes, the current value is emitted downstream.

Example

fold is typically used to ‘fold up’ the incoming values into an aggregate. For example, you might want to summarize the incoming values into a histogram:

Scala

copysourceimport akka.actor.ActorSystem
import akka.stream.scaladsl.Source

case class Histogram(low: Long = 0, high: Long = 0) {
  def add(i: Int): Histogram = if (i < 100) copy(low = low + 1) else copy(high = high + 1)
}
Source(1 to 150).fold(Histogram())((acc, n) => acc.add(n)).runForeach(println)

// Prints: Histogram(99,51)

Java

copysource
public CompletionStage<Histogram> addAsync(Integer n) {
  if (n < 100) {
    return CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(() -> new Histogram(low + 1L, high));
  } else {
    return CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(() -> new Histogram(low, high + 1L));
  }
}

// Folding over the numbers from 1 to 150:
Source.range(1, 150)
    .fold(Histogram.INSTANCE, Histogram::add)
    .runForeach(h -> System.out.println("Histogram(" + h.low + ", " + h.high + ")"), system);

// Prints: Histogram(99, 51)

Reactive Streams semantics