Cinder

Cinder helps you write concise and declarative code with Android’s data binding Observable classes.

It doesn't need any setup and you can start using it with your existing Observable code.

The library is in version zero so its interface and implementation might change or be unstable.

What it does:

//You can write this:
Class ReceiptItem{
    public final ObservableInt quantity = new ObservableInt();
    public final ObservableInt price = new ObservableInt();
    public final ObservableInt total = Cinder.computeInt(()-> quantity.get() * price.get(),
     quantity, price);
}

//Instead of something this:
Class ReceiptItem{
    public final ObservableInt quantity = new ObservableInt();
    public final ObservableInt price = new ObservableInt();
    public final ObservableInt total = new ObservableInt();

    private OnPropertyChangedCallback totalObserver = new OnPropertyChangedCallback() {
        @Override
        public void onPropertyChanged(Observable sender, int propertyId) {
            total.set(quantity.get() * price.get());
        }
    };

 public ReceiptItem(){
        quantity.addOnPropertyChangedCallback(totalObserver);
        price.addOnPropertyChangedCallback(totalObserver);
 }
}

Other Examples:

//Observe properties of array elements
Class Receipt{
    public final ObservableArrayList<RecepitItem> items = new ObservableArrayList<>();

    //Recalculates when items are added/removed or if their totals change.
    public final ObservableInt total = Cinder.computeInt(()->{
        int total = 0;
        for (RecepitItem item: items){
            total += item.total.get();
        }
        return total;
    }, Cinder.observable(items, RecepitItem.class, "total"));
}

//You can also convert to and from RxJava Observables:
    Observable<Long> rxLong = RxCinder.convert(observableLong);
    ObservableLong observableLong = RxCinder.convertLong(rxLong);

For more examples see the cinderexample app, the documentation below, or the test suite.

Installing:

You can install Cinder and RxCinder using JitPack.io:

    repositories {
        maven {
            url "https://jitpack.io"
        }
    }

    dependencies {
        compile 'com.github.akiraspeirs:cinder-rx:0.3.2'
    }

Strongly recommended to be used with Retrolambda

Reference:

ObservableEvent class:

//A BaseObservable subclass that holds no data. Calling .fire() triggers notifyChange().
ObservableEvent addFruit = new ObservableEvent();

//XML:
<Button
 android:onClick="@{()->fruitshop.addFruit.fire()}" />

Basic compute methods:

// Returns an ObservableInt subclass that is updated with the return value of the computeCallback
// whenever any of the specified observables call notifyChange.
public static CinderInt computeInt(OnComputeIntCallback computeCallback,
        BaseObservable... observables);

// Example:
ObservableInt fruitCount = Cinder.computeInt(()->
    appleCount.get() + bananaCount.get() + orangeCount.get(),
    appleCount, bananaCount, orangeCount);

List and Map compute methods:

// Returns an ObservableArrayList subclass that can be updated via the list argument of the
// computeCallback whenever any of the specified observables call notifyChange.
public static <T> CinderArrayList<T> computeArrayList(OnComputeArrayListCallback<T> computeCallback,
        BaseObservable... observables);

// Example:
ObservableArrayList<String> fruits = Cinder.<String>computeArrayList((list)->
    list.add(newFruitName.get()), addFruitEvent);

Observable list and map conversion methods:

// Makes an Observable that notifies changes whenever the list is mutated. This is useful in
// conjection with observe and compute methods.
public static CinderComputable observable(ObservableList list);

// Example:
ObservableInt length = Cinder.ComputeInt(()->list.get().length(), Cinder.observable(list));

// Makes an Observable that notifies changes whenever the list is mutated or an element's Observable
// field changes.
public static CinderComputable observable(ObservableList list, Class c, String... fields);

// Example:
ObservableInt tastiness = Cinder.ComputeInt(()->
    getAverageTastiness(list),
    Cinder.observable(list, Fruit.class, "tastiness"));

Basic observe methods:

// When you need to just observe.
public static CinderObservable observe(OnChangeCallback onChangeCallback,
        BaseObservable... observables);

// Example:
Observable observable = Cinder.observe(()->{
        fruitService.recordTotalFruitCount(appleCount.get() + bananaCount.get();
    }, appleCount, bananaCount);

List and Map observe methods:

// Runs onChangeCallback whenever the collection is mutated, or when any specified BaseObservable
// fields of the list elements calls notifyChange
public static <T> CinderObservable observe(OnChangeCallback onChangeCallback,
        ObservableList<T> list, Class c, String... fields);

// Example:
Observable fruitObserver = Cinder.observe(()->{
        fruitService.uploadAllFruits(list);
    }, list, Fruit.class, "name", "tastiness"));

// Runs onChangeCallback whenever the collection is mutated.
public static <T> CinderObservable observe(OnChangeCallback onChangeCallback,
        ObservableList<T> list);

// Example:
Observable fruitObserver = Cinder.observe(()->fruitService.uploadAllFruits(list), list);

Operators:

//Operators can be used to filter and control how callbacks are triggered.
Example:
final public ObservableArrayList<String> fruits = Cinder.<String>computeArrayList((list)->
            list.add(newFruit.get()),
        addFruit)
        .filter(()->newFruit.get().length() > 0) //Don't process fruits without a name.
        .skip(5) //Don't process the first five times a fruit is added
        .onUiThread(); //Run the callback on the UI thread.

//Triggers the callback once and then stops.
public Observable once();

//Trigers the callback the specified amount of times then stops.
public Observable take(int take);

//Skips triggering the callback the specified amount of times.
public Observable skip(int skip);

//Only triggers the callback if the filter returns true.
public Observable filter(CinderObservable.Filter filter);

//Triggers while the filter is true then stops.
public Observable takeWhile(CinderObservable.Filter filter);

//Skips triggering while the filter is true.
public Observable skipWhile(CinderObservable.Filter filter);

//Runs the callback on the UI thread.
public Observable onUiThread();

//Sets a default value for the computed property.
public ObservableInt withDefault(int defaultValue);

//Runs the callback once immediately.
public Observable immediate();

//Debounces the callback by the specified milliseconds.
public Observable debounce(long debounce);

Operator precedence:

filter > skipFilter > takeFilter > skip > take

For example, if you call filter(()->check()).skip(3).take(2), it will always check the filter first, then skip 3 and then take 2.

Stopping:

// Stops the callback triggering. Stopping removes all observers used to run the callback. It
// doesn't remove callbacks observing the obervable.
public void stop();

Notes

Memory management:

All callbacks and objects generated by Cinder will clean themselves up automatically, so long as their owning objects are not leaking.
A Cinder variable's callbacks cannot be garbage collected until its owner and all Observables it's computed from can be garbage collected.
The owner of a Cinder callback cannot be garbage collected if any of its Cinder callbacks cannot be garbage collected.

Thread safety:

debounce() will run the callback in a Timer thread, unless used with onUiThread(). Make sure your debounced callbacks are threadsafe.

Roadmap

Add more operators.

License

MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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Cinder

What it does:

Other Examples:

Installing:

Reference:

ObservableEvent class:

Basic compute methods:

List and Map compute methods:

Observable list and map conversion methods:

Basic observe methods:

List and Map observe methods:

Operators:

Operator precedence:

Stopping:

Notes

Memory management:

Thread safety:

Roadmap

License