feat(operator): add retryWhen operator. closes #129

spec/operators/retryWhen-spec.js

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* globals describe, it, expect */
+var Rx = require('../../dist/cjs/Rx');
+var Observable = Rx.Observable;
+
+describe('Observable.prototype.retryWhen()', function () {
+  it('should retry when notified via returned notifier on thrown error', function (done) {
+    var retried = false;
+    var expected = [1, 2, 1, 2];
+    var i = 0;
+    Observable.of(1, 2, 3)
+      .map(function (n) {
+        if (n === 3) {
+          throw 'bad';
+        }
+        return n;
+      })
+      .retryWhen(function (errors) {
+        return errors.map(function (x) {
+          expect(x).toBe('bad');
+          if (retried) {
+            throw 'done';
+          }
+          retried = true;
+          return x;
+        });
+      })
+      .subscribe(function (x) {
+        expect(x).toBe(expected[i++]);
+      },
+      function (err) {
+        expect(err).toBe('done');
+        done();
+      })
+  });
+
+  it('should retry when notified and complete on returned completion', function (done) {
+    var expected = [1, 2, 1, 2];
+    Observable.of(1, 2, 3)
+      .map(function (n) {
+        if (n === 3) {
+          throw 'bad';
+        }
+        return n;
+      })
+      .retryWhen(function (errors) {
+        return errors.take(1);
+      })
+      .subscribe(function (n) {
+        expect(n).toBe(expected.shift());
+      }, function (err) {
+        throw 'error should not be called';
+      }, function () {
+        done();
+      });
+  });
+});

spec/subject-spec.js

@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ describe('Subject', function () {
   });
 
   it('should clean out unsubscribed subscribers', function (done) {
-    debugger;
     var subject = new Subject();
 
     var sub1 = subject.subscribe(function (x) {

src/Observable.ts

@@ -137,4 +137,5 @@ export default class Observable<T> {
   multicast: (subjectFactory: () => Subject<T>) => ConnectableObservable<T>;
 
   catch: (selector: (err: any, source: Observable<T>, caught: Observable<any>) => Observable<any>) => Observable<T>;
+  retryWhen: (notifier: (errors: Observable<any>) => Observable<any>) => Observable<T>;
 }

src/Rx.ts

@@ -126,8 +126,10 @@ import partition from './operators/partition';
 observableProto.partition = partition;
 
 import _catch from './operators/catch';
+import retryWhen from './operators/retryWhen';
 
 observableProto.catch = _catch;
+observableProto.retryWhen = retryWhen;
 
 export default {
     Subject,

src/operators/retryWhen.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import Operator from '../Operator';
+import Observer from '../Observer';
+import Subscriber from '../Subscriber';
+import Observable from '../Observable';
+import Subject from '../Subject';
+import Subscription from '../Subscription';
+
+import tryCatch from '../util/tryCatch';
+import {errorObject} from '../util/errorObject';
+
+export default function retryWhen<T>(notifier: (errors:Observable<any>) => Observable<any>) {
+  return this.lift(new RetryWhenOperator(notifier, this));
+}
+
+export class RetryWhenOperator<T, R> extends Operator<T, R> {
+  constructor(protected notifier: (errors: Observable<any>) => Observable<any>, protected original:Observable<T>) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  call(observer: Observer<T>): Observer<T> {
+    return new RetryWhenSubscriber<T>(observer, this.notifier, this.original);
+  }
+}
+
+export class RetryWhenSubscriber<T> extends Subscriber<T> {
+  errors: Subject<any>;
+  retryNotifications: Observable<any>;
+  retryNotificationSubscription: Subscription<any>;
+
+  constructor(destination: Observer<T>, public notifier: (errors: Observable<any>) => Observable<any>, public original: Observable<T>) {
+    super(destination);
+  }
+
+  _error(err: any) {
+    if (!this.retryNotifications) {
+      this.errors = new Subject();
+      const notifications = tryCatch(this.notifier).call(this, this.errors);
+      if (notifications === errorObject) {
+        this.destination.error(errorObject.e);
+      } else {
+        this.retryNotifications = notifications;
+        this.retryNotificationSubscription = notifications.subscribe(new RetryNotificationSubscriber(this));
+        this.add(this.retryNotificationSubscription);
+      }
+    }
+    this.errors.next(err);
+  }
+
+  finalError(err: any) {
+    this.destination.error(err);
+  }
+
+  resubscribe() {
+    this.original.subscribe(this);
+  }
+}
+
+export class RetryNotificationSubscriber<T> extends Subscriber<T> {
+  constructor(public parent: RetryWhenSubscriber<any>) {
+    super(null);  
+  }
+
+  _next(value: T) {
+    this.parent.resubscribe();
+  }
+
+  _error(err: any) {
+    this.parent.finalError(err);
+  }
+
+  _complete() {
+    this.parent.complete();
+  }
+}