RxJava2 execute bunch of Completables in parallel and wait all to complete - java

I want to execute several blocking methods (network calls, computation tasks). I want to execute them in parallel and be notified when ALL of them complete or receive an error if ANY of them fails (throws an exception). They do not emit results so Observable.zip() is not going to help me.
So far I have:
Completable a = computationTaskA();
Completable b = computationTaskB();
Completable c = computationTaskC();
Completable all = Completable.concat(Arrays.asList(a, b, c))
.subscribe(() -> {
// all succeed
}, e -> {
// any fails
});
However Completable.concat() docs say Returns a Completable which completes only when all sources complete, one after another.. I do not find a solution that would execute them in parallel.

You probably want to use Completable.merge/mergeArray
Completable a = computationTaskA();
Completable b = computationTaskB();
Completable c = computationTaskC();
Completable all = Completable.mergeArray(a, b, c);
all.subscribe(
() -> { /* success all around! */ },
e -> { /* at least one failure :( */ }
);

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io.smallrye.mutiny.Uni multi threading doesn't work (Quarkus)

I try to perform 2 different operations with different threads each.Here is my code :
Uni.combine().all()
.unis(getItem(), getItemDetails())
.asTuple().subscribe().with(tuple -> {
context.setItem(tuple.getItem1());
context.setItemDetails(tuple.getItem2());
});
Methods :
public Uni<ItemResponse> callGetItem(){
Supplier<ItemResponse> supplier = () -> itemService.getItem("item_id_1");
return Uni.createFrom().item(supplier);
}
public Uni<ItemDetailsResponse> callGetItemDetail(){
Supplier<ItemDetailsResponse> supplier = () -> itemService.getItemDetail("dummy_item_id");
return Uni.createFrom().item(supplier) ;
}
But when i run the code both callGetItem() and callGetItemDetail() methods works in the same thread (executor-thread-0).
Where am i doing wrong?
Edit:
When i give an executor service Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2) for my Unis,
They still work in single thread. I mofified callGetItem() and callGetItemDetail() as :
public Uni<ItemResponse> callGetItem(){
Supplier<ItemResponse> supplier = () -> itemService.getItem("item_id_1");
return Uni.createFrom().item(supplier).emitOn(executor);
}
public Uni<ItemDetailsResponse> callGetItemDetail(){
Supplier<ItemDetailsResponse> supplier = () -> itemService.getItemDetail("dummy_item_id");
return Uni.createFrom().item(supplier).emitOn(executor) ;
}
executor is :
ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2);
but they still works in same thread. Do you have any idea why it happens?
Since you are composing different Unis using Uni.combine().all().unis().asTuple(), the combined Uni will emit its result (combination) after the last element has emitted its item.
The last (upstream) Uni will have its item emitted (as is the case for other Unis as well) on whatever Thread that you have declaratively set it to emit on. Hence the combination Uni will follow execution on the same calling Thread.
As a result, if you are accessing the combined group values, you will be accessing these on the same execution carrier Thread.

Async Verticle vs Composite Future Verticle. How are they different?

I have two Hello World handle methods written in Kotlin Vert.x. I want to get a clear understanding of how they are working, if possible in detail. One is AsyncVertilce while other is CompositeVerticle.
This one is Hello World Coroutine Async Verticle handle method.
var result = async {
callFunctionAwait(
getDependentAddress(HELLO_WORLD), message.headers(), message.body(), messageMarker
)
}
var result1 = async {
callFunctionAwait(
getDependentAddress(HELLO_WORLD), message.headers(), message.body(), messageMarker
)
}
// both requests are going to execute in parallel
val res = result.await()
val res1 = result1.await()
message.reply(res.body, DeliveryOptions().setHeaders(res1.headers))
}
This one is Hello World Coroutine Composite Verticle
var future1 = callFunction(getDependentAddress(HELLO_WORLD), message.headers(), message.body(), messageMarker)
var future2 = callFunction(getDependentAddress(HELLO_WORLD), message.headers(), message.body(), messageMarker)
val result = CompositeFuture.all(future1, future2).await()
if (result.succeeded()) {
message.reply(future1.result().body, DeliveryOptions().setHeaders(future2.result().headers))
} else {
log.error(messageMarker, "Request failed with an exception ", result.cause())
message.fail(500, result.cause().message)
}
}
From the documentation
CompositeFuture.all() takes several futures arguments (up to 6) and
returns a future that is succeeded when all the futures are succeeded
and failed when at least one of the futures is failed
One of the main use cases is when you want all or nothing operations; when you expect a single result for a given number of futures.
There are other variants of CompositeFuture like CompositeFuture.any and CompositeFuture.join
The async way of executing futures, will run each future individually and their results will be gotten irrespective of the other future(s).

defer thenApplyAsync execution

I have following scenario.
CompletableFuture<T> result = CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(task, executor);
result.thenRun(() -> {
...
});
// ....
// after some more code, based on some condition I attach the thenApply() to result.
if ( x == 1) {
result.thenApplyAsync(t -> {
return null;
});
}
The question is what if the CompletableFuture thread finishes the execution before the main thread reaches the thenApplyAsync ? does the CompletableFuture result shall attach itself to thenApply. i.e should callback be declared at the time of defining CompletableFuture.supplyAsync() itself ?
Also what is the order of execution ? thenRun() is always executed at last (after thenApply()) ?
Is there any drawback to use this strategy?
You seem to be missing an important point. When you chain a dependent function, you are not altering the future you’re invoking the chaining method on.
Instead, each of these methods returns a new completion stage representing the dependent action.
Since you are attaching two dependent actions to result, which represent the task passed to supplyAsync, there is no relationship between these two actions. They may run in an arbitrary order and even at the same time in different threads.
Since you are not storing the future returned by thenApplyAsync anywhere, the result of its evaluation would be lost anyway. Assuming that your function returns a result of the same type as T, you could use
if(x == 1) {
result = result.thenApplyAsync(t -> {
return null;
});
}
to replace the potentially completed future with the new future that only gets completed when the result of the specified function has been evaluated. The runnable registered at the original future via thenRun still does not depend on this new future. Note that thenApplyAsync without an executor will always use the default executor, regardless of which executor was used to complete the other future.
If you want to ensure that the Runnable has been successfully executed before any other stage, you can use
CompletableFuture<T> result = CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(task, executor);
CompletableFuture<Void> thenRun = result.thenRun(() -> {
//...
});
result = result.thenCombine(thenRun, (t,v) -> t);
An alternative would be
result = result.whenComplete((value, throwable) -> {
//...
});
but here, the code will be always executed even in the exceptional case (which includes cancellation). You would have to check whether throwable is null, if you want to execute the code only in the successful case.
If you want to ensure that the runnable runs after both actions, the simplest strategy would be to chain it after the if statement, when the final completion stage is defined:
if(x == 1) {
result = result.thenApplyAsync(t -> {
return null;
});
}
result.thenRun(() -> {
//...
});
If that is not an option, you would need an incomplete future which you can complete on either result:
CompletableFuture<T> result = CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(task, executor);
//...
CompletableFuture<T> finalStage = new CompletableFuture<>();
finalStage.thenRun(() -> {
//...
});
// ...
if(x == 1) {
result = result.thenApplyAsync(t -> {
return null;
});
}
result.whenComplete((v,t) -> {
if(t != null) finalStage.completeExceptionally(t); else finalStage.complete(v);
});
The finalStage initially has no defined way of completion, but we can still chain dependent actions. Once we know the actual future, we can chain a handler which will complete our finalStage with whatever result we have.
As a final note, the methods without …Async, like thenRun, provide the least control over the evaluation thread. They may get executed in whatever thread completed the future, like one of executor’s threads in your example, but also directly in the thread calling thenRun, and even less intuitive, in your original example, the runnable may get executed during the unrelated thenApplyAsync invocation.

How to chain multiple concurrent rx-java Single

I'm learning Rx-Java2 with Vert.x and I would like to chain a success configuration retrieving with some parallel tasks.
I've created a method that search for the configuration and returns a Single subscribe to it and it worked fine.
But I'm in doubt where and how do call the subsequent tasks:
public void start(Future<Void> startFuture) throws Exception {
Single<JsonObject> configSingle = prepareConfigurationAsync();
configSingle.subscribe(onSuccess -> {
System.out.println(onSuccess);
--> Single<Boolean> task1 = prepareLongAsyncTask1(onSuccess).subscribe(...);
--> Completable task2 = prepareLongAsyncTask2(onSuccess)..subscribe(...);
}, onError -> {
startFuture.fail(onError);
}));
The way I did seems to be working, but without parallelism. how could I achieve it ?
How and where should I dispose those subscriptions ?
Continuing with some other source is usually done via flatMap. Doing things in parallel is often done with zip or merge. In your case, I don't think you need the value of the inner Single as part of the output so you can try this:
Completable config = prepareConfigurationAsync()
.flatMapCompletable(success ->
System.out.println(success);
return Completable.mergeArray (
prepareLongAsyncTask1(success)
.doOnSuccess(innerSuccess -> /* ... */)
.toCompletable(),
prepareLongAsyncTask2(success)
.doOnComplete(() -> /* ... */)
)
);
config
.subscribe( () -> /* completed */, error -> /* error'd */);

Call multiple synchronous tasks asynchronously using RxJava

I have an async task represented by Futures executing in a separate threadpool that I want to join using RxJava. The "old" way of doing it using Java 5 constructs would be something like this (omitting collecting the results):
final Future<Response> future1 = wsClient.callAsync();
final Future<Response> future2 = wsClient.callAsync();
final Future<Response> future3 = wsClient.callAsync();
final Future<Response> future4 = wsClient.callAsync();
future1.get();
future2.get();
future3.get();
future4.get();
This would block my current thread until all futures are completed, but the calls would be in parallell and the whole operation would only take the time equal to the longest call.
I want to do the same using RxJava, but I'm a bit noob when it comes to how to model it correctly.
I've tried the following, and it seems to work:
Observable.from(Arrays.asList(1,2,3,4))
.flatMap(n -> Observable.from(wsClient.callAsync(), Schedulers.io()))
.toList()
.toBlocking()
.single();
The problem with this approach is that I introduce the Schedulers.io threadpool which causes unnecessary thread switching as I'm already blocking the current thread (using toBlocking()).
Is there any way I can model the Rx flow to execute the tasks in parallel, and block until all has been completed?
You should use zip function.
For example like this:
Observable.zip(
Observable.from(wsClient.callAsync(), Schedulers.io()),
Observable.from(wsClient.callAsync(), Schedulers.io()),
Observable.from(wsClient.callAsync(), Schedulers.io()),
Observable.from(wsClient.callAsync(), Schedulers.io()),
(response1, response2, response3, response4) -> {
// This is a zipping function...
// You'll end up here when you've got all responses
// Do what you want with them and return a combined result
// ...
return null; //combined result instead of null
})
.subscribe(combinedResult -> {
// Use the combined result
});
Observable.zip can also work with an Iterable so you can wrap your Observable.from(wsClient.callAsync(), Schedulers.io()); around with one (that returns 4 of those).

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