mergePreferred

Merge multiple sources.

Fan-in operators

Signature

Source.mergePreferredSource.mergePreferred Flow.mergePreferredFlow.mergePreferred

Description

Merge multiple sources. If all sources have elements ready, emit the preferred source first. Then emit the preferred source again if another element is pushed. Otherwise, emit all the secondary sources. Repeat until streams are empty. For the case with two sources, when preferred is set to true then prefer the right source, otherwise prefer the left source (see examples).

Example

Scala

copysourceimport akka.stream.scaladsl.{ Sink, Source }

val sourceA = Source(List(1, 2, 3, 4))
val sourceB = Source(List(10, 20, 30, 40))

sourceA.mergePreferred(sourceB, false).runWith(Sink.foreach(println))
// prints 1, 10, ... since both sources have their first element ready and the left source is preferred

sourceA.mergePreferred(sourceB, true).runWith(Sink.foreach(println))
// prints 10, 1, ... since both sources have their first element ready and the right source is preferred

Java

copysourceSource<Integer, NotUsed> sourceA = Source.from(Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4));
Source<Integer, NotUsed> sourceB = Source.from(Arrays.asList(10, 20, 30, 40));

sourceA.mergePreferred(sourceB, false, false).runForeach(System.out::println, system);
// prints 1, 10, ... since both sources have their first element ready and the left source is
// preferred

sourceA.mergePreferred(sourceB, true, false).runForeach(System.out::println, system);
// prints 10, 1, ... since both sources have their first element ready and the right source is
// preferred

Reactive Streams semantics