How should I use Mono.zipWith when including a function that returns a Mono?












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I have a Mono that I want to combine with another Mono, as in:



val firstMono = Mono.just("thing");
val secondMono = Mono.just("other thing");
val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono, function);


But I want the function to also return a Mono, without ending up with a Mono<Mono<?>>



The best I can come up with is:



val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono, function)
.flatMap(identity());


but that seems like a bit of a hack.



I also thought of



val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono)
.flatMap(function);


but in that case, I have to have the function accept a Tuple2 instead of the individual arguments, which is uglier.



Any thoughts?










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  • val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono).flatMap(pair -> function(pair.getT1(), pair.getT2())); ...
    – Alex Shesterov
    Nov 12 '18 at 16:58










  • Yeah, I had that as well - works, but makes the Mono chain uglier... Likely, I'm looking for something that doesn't exist - some operator that recognises that I'm working with another Mono. .flatZipWith would've been nice...
    – AndyB
    Nov 12 '18 at 17:10










  • I'd go with var thirdMono = firstMono.flatMap(left -> secondMono.flatMap(right -> function(left, right))); but I guess it's arguable whether this is in any way "prettier".
    – korolar
    Nov 12 '18 at 17:49
















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I have a Mono that I want to combine with another Mono, as in:



val firstMono = Mono.just("thing");
val secondMono = Mono.just("other thing");
val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono, function);


But I want the function to also return a Mono, without ending up with a Mono<Mono<?>>



The best I can come up with is:



val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono, function)
.flatMap(identity());


but that seems like a bit of a hack.



I also thought of



val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono)
.flatMap(function);


but in that case, I have to have the function accept a Tuple2 instead of the individual arguments, which is uglier.



Any thoughts?










share|improve this question






















  • val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono).flatMap(pair -> function(pair.getT1(), pair.getT2())); ...
    – Alex Shesterov
    Nov 12 '18 at 16:58










  • Yeah, I had that as well - works, but makes the Mono chain uglier... Likely, I'm looking for something that doesn't exist - some operator that recognises that I'm working with another Mono. .flatZipWith would've been nice...
    – AndyB
    Nov 12 '18 at 17:10










  • I'd go with var thirdMono = firstMono.flatMap(left -> secondMono.flatMap(right -> function(left, right))); but I guess it's arguable whether this is in any way "prettier".
    – korolar
    Nov 12 '18 at 17:49














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I have a Mono that I want to combine with another Mono, as in:



val firstMono = Mono.just("thing");
val secondMono = Mono.just("other thing");
val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono, function);


But I want the function to also return a Mono, without ending up with a Mono<Mono<?>>



The best I can come up with is:



val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono, function)
.flatMap(identity());


but that seems like a bit of a hack.



I also thought of



val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono)
.flatMap(function);


but in that case, I have to have the function accept a Tuple2 instead of the individual arguments, which is uglier.



Any thoughts?










share|improve this question













I have a Mono that I want to combine with another Mono, as in:



val firstMono = Mono.just("thing");
val secondMono = Mono.just("other thing");
val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono, function);


But I want the function to also return a Mono, without ending up with a Mono<Mono<?>>



The best I can come up with is:



val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono, function)
.flatMap(identity());


but that seems like a bit of a hack.



I also thought of



val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono)
.flatMap(function);


but in that case, I have to have the function accept a Tuple2 instead of the individual arguments, which is uglier.



Any thoughts?







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  • val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono).flatMap(pair -> function(pair.getT1(), pair.getT2())); ...
    – Alex Shesterov
    Nov 12 '18 at 16:58










  • Yeah, I had that as well - works, but makes the Mono chain uglier... Likely, I'm looking for something that doesn't exist - some operator that recognises that I'm working with another Mono. .flatZipWith would've been nice...
    – AndyB
    Nov 12 '18 at 17:10










  • I'd go with var thirdMono = firstMono.flatMap(left -> secondMono.flatMap(right -> function(left, right))); but I guess it's arguable whether this is in any way "prettier".
    – korolar
    Nov 12 '18 at 17:49


















  • val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono).flatMap(pair -> function(pair.getT1(), pair.getT2())); ...
    – Alex Shesterov
    Nov 12 '18 at 16:58










  • Yeah, I had that as well - works, but makes the Mono chain uglier... Likely, I'm looking for something that doesn't exist - some operator that recognises that I'm working with another Mono. .flatZipWith would've been nice...
    – AndyB
    Nov 12 '18 at 17:10










  • I'd go with var thirdMono = firstMono.flatMap(left -> secondMono.flatMap(right -> function(left, right))); but I guess it's arguable whether this is in any way "prettier".
    – korolar
    Nov 12 '18 at 17:49
















val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono).flatMap(pair -> function(pair.getT1(), pair.getT2())); ...
– Alex Shesterov
Nov 12 '18 at 16:58




val thirdMono = firstMono.zipWith(secondMono).flatMap(pair -> function(pair.getT1(), pair.getT2())); ...
– Alex Shesterov
Nov 12 '18 at 16:58












Yeah, I had that as well - works, but makes the Mono chain uglier... Likely, I'm looking for something that doesn't exist - some operator that recognises that I'm working with another Mono. .flatZipWith would've been nice...
– AndyB
Nov 12 '18 at 17:10




Yeah, I had that as well - works, but makes the Mono chain uglier... Likely, I'm looking for something that doesn't exist - some operator that recognises that I'm working with another Mono. .flatZipWith would've been nice...
– AndyB
Nov 12 '18 at 17:10












I'd go with var thirdMono = firstMono.flatMap(left -> secondMono.flatMap(right -> function(left, right))); but I guess it's arguable whether this is in any way "prettier".
– korolar
Nov 12 '18 at 17:49




I'd go with var thirdMono = firstMono.flatMap(left -> secondMono.flatMap(right -> function(left, right))); but I guess it's arguable whether this is in any way "prettier".
– korolar
Nov 12 '18 at 17:49












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I think your solution is good enough.



If you think that it seems like hack, you could place it in a separate utility method and change it when you find the better solution. Something like:



private static  <T1, T2, O> Function<Mono<T1>, Publisher<O>> flatZipTransformer(
Mono<T2> p2, BiFunction<T1, T2, Mono<O>> function) {
return p1 -> Mono.zip(p1, p2, function).flatMap(Function.identity());
}


Now you could use it like:



firstMono.transform(flatZipTransformer(secondMono, function))





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  • Thanks - I think I’ll stick with my flatMap(identity()) solution then - just wanted to know if I was missing something...
    – AndyB
    Nov 14 '18 at 7:56











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I think your solution is good enough.



If you think that it seems like hack, you could place it in a separate utility method and change it when you find the better solution. Something like:



private static  <T1, T2, O> Function<Mono<T1>, Publisher<O>> flatZipTransformer(
Mono<T2> p2, BiFunction<T1, T2, Mono<O>> function) {
return p1 -> Mono.zip(p1, p2, function).flatMap(Function.identity());
}


Now you could use it like:



firstMono.transform(flatZipTransformer(secondMono, function))





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  • Thanks - I think I’ll stick with my flatMap(identity()) solution then - just wanted to know if I was missing something...
    – AndyB
    Nov 14 '18 at 7:56
















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I think your solution is good enough.



If you think that it seems like hack, you could place it in a separate utility method and change it when you find the better solution. Something like:



private static  <T1, T2, O> Function<Mono<T1>, Publisher<O>> flatZipTransformer(
Mono<T2> p2, BiFunction<T1, T2, Mono<O>> function) {
return p1 -> Mono.zip(p1, p2, function).flatMap(Function.identity());
}


Now you could use it like:



firstMono.transform(flatZipTransformer(secondMono, function))





share|improve this answer





















  • Thanks - I think I’ll stick with my flatMap(identity()) solution then - just wanted to know if I was missing something...
    – AndyB
    Nov 14 '18 at 7:56














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I think your solution is good enough.



If you think that it seems like hack, you could place it in a separate utility method and change it when you find the better solution. Something like:



private static  <T1, T2, O> Function<Mono<T1>, Publisher<O>> flatZipTransformer(
Mono<T2> p2, BiFunction<T1, T2, Mono<O>> function) {
return p1 -> Mono.zip(p1, p2, function).flatMap(Function.identity());
}


Now you could use it like:



firstMono.transform(flatZipTransformer(secondMono, function))





share|improve this answer












I think your solution is good enough.



If you think that it seems like hack, you could place it in a separate utility method and change it when you find the better solution. Something like:



private static  <T1, T2, O> Function<Mono<T1>, Publisher<O>> flatZipTransformer(
Mono<T2> p2, BiFunction<T1, T2, Mono<O>> function) {
return p1 -> Mono.zip(p1, p2, function).flatMap(Function.identity());
}


Now you could use it like:



firstMono.transform(flatZipTransformer(secondMono, function))






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  • Thanks - I think I’ll stick with my flatMap(identity()) solution then - just wanted to know if I was missing something...
    – AndyB
    Nov 14 '18 at 7:56


















  • Thanks - I think I’ll stick with my flatMap(identity()) solution then - just wanted to know if I was missing something...
    – AndyB
    Nov 14 '18 at 7:56
















Thanks - I think I’ll stick with my flatMap(identity()) solution then - just wanted to know if I was missing something...
– AndyB
Nov 14 '18 at 7:56




Thanks - I think I’ll stick with my flatMap(identity()) solution then - just wanted to know if I was missing something...
– AndyB
Nov 14 '18 at 7:56


















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