Added MergeDelay operators for Iterable of Observables

Author: JohnWowUs

src/main/java/rx/Observable.java

@@ -2186,6 +2186,65 @@ public final static <T> Observable<T> mergeDelayError(Observable<? extends Obser
         return source.lift(OperatorMerge.<T>instance(true, maxConcurrent));
     }
 
+   /**
+     * Flattens an Iterable of Observables into one Observable, in a way that allows an Observer to receive all
+     * successfully emitted items from each of the source Observables without being interrupted by an error
+     * notification from one of them.
+     * <p>
+     * This behaves like {@link #merge(Observable)} except that if any of the merged Observables notify of an
+     * error via {@link Observer#onError onError}, {@code mergeDelayError} will refrain from propagating that
+     * error notification until all of the merged Observables have finished emitting items.
+     * <p>
+     * <img width="640" height="380" src="https://raw.github.com/wiki/ReactiveX/RxJava/images/rx-operators/mergeDelayError.png" alt="">
+     * <p>
+     * Even if multiple merged Observables send {@code onError} notifications, {@code mergeDelayError} will only
+     * invoke the {@code onError} method of its Observers once.
+     * <dl>
+     *  <dt><b>Scheduler:</b></dt>
+     *  <dd>{@code mergeDelayError} does not operate by default on a particular {@link Scheduler}.</dd>
+     * </dl>
+     * 
+     * @param sequences
+     *            the Iterable of Observables
+     * @return an Observable that emits items that are the result of flattening the items emitted by the
+     *         Observables in the Iterable
+     * @see <a href="http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/merge.html">ReactiveX operators documentation: Merge</a>
+     */
+    public static <T> Observable<T> mergeDelayError(Iterable<? extends Observable<? extends T>> sequences) {
+        return mergeDelayError(from(sequences));
+    }
+
+   /**
+     * Flattens an Iterable of Observables into one Observable, in a way that allows an Observer to receive all
+     * successfully emitted items from each of the source Observables without being interrupted by an error
+     * notification from one of them, while limiting the number of concurrent subscriptions to these Observables.
+     * <p>
+     * This behaves like {@link #merge(Observable)} except that if any of the merged Observables notify of an
+     * error via {@link Observer#onError onError}, {@code mergeDelayError} will refrain from propagating that
+     * error notification until all of the merged Observables have finished emitting items.
+     * <p>
+     * <img width="640" height="380" src="https://raw.github.com/wiki/ReactiveX/RxJava/images/rx-operators/mergeDelayError.png" alt="">
+     * <p>
+     * Even if multiple merged Observables send {@code onError} notifications, {@code mergeDelayError} will only
+     * invoke the {@code onError} method of its Observers once.
+     * <dl>
+     *  <dt><b>Scheduler:</b></dt>
+     *  <dd>{@code mergeDelayError} does not operate by default on a particular {@link Scheduler}.</dd>
+     * </dl>
+     * 
+     * @param sequences
+     *            the Iterable of Observables
+     * @param maxConcurrent
+     *            the maximum number of Observables that may be subscribed to concurrently
+     * @return an Observable that emits items that are the result of flattening the items emitted by the
+     *         Observables in the Iterable
+     * @see <a href="http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/merge.html">ReactiveX operators documentation: Merge</a>
+     */
+    public static <T> Observable<T> mergeDelayError(Iterable<? extends Observable<? extends T>> sequences, int maxConcurrent) {
+        return mergeDelayError(from(sequences), maxConcurrent);
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Flattens two Observables into one Observable, in a way that allows an Observer to receive all
      * successfully emitted items from each of the source Observables without being interrupted by an error

src/test/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorMergeDelayErrorTest.java

@@ -272,6 +272,23 @@ public void testMergeList() {
         verify(stringObserver, times(2)).onNext("hello");
     }
 
+    // This is pretty much a clone of testMergeList but with the overloaded MergeDelayError for Iterables
+    @Test     
+    public void mergeIterable() {
+        final Observable<String> o1 = Observable.create(new TestSynchronousObservable());
+        final Observable<String> o2 = Observable.create(new TestSynchronousObservable());
+        List<Observable<String>> listOfObservables = new ArrayList<Observable<String>>();
+        listOfObservables.add(o1);
+        listOfObservables.add(o2);
+
+        Observable<String> m = Observable.mergeDelayError(listOfObservables);
+        m.subscribe(stringObserver);
+
+        verify(stringObserver, never()).onError(any(Throwable.class));
+        verify(stringObserver, times(1)).onCompleted();
+        verify(stringObserver, times(2)).onNext("hello");	
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testMergeArrayWithThreading() {
         final TestASynchronousObservable o1 = new TestASynchronousObservable();
@@ -577,4 +594,4 @@ public void call(Long t1) {
         assertTrue(ts.getOnErrorEvents().get(0) instanceof TestException);
         assertEquals(Arrays.asList(1L, 1L, 1L), requests);
     }
-}
+}