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This page shows operators with which you can transform items that are emitted by reactive sources, such as `Observable`s.
# Outline
- [`buffer`](#buffer)
- [`cast`](#cast)
- [`concatMap`](#concatmap)
- [`concatMapCompletable`](#concatmapcompletable)
- [`concatMapCompletableDelayError`](#concatmapcompletabledelayerror)
- [`concatMapDelayError`](#concatmapdelayerror)
- [`concatMapEager`](#concatmapeager)
- [`concatMapEagerDelayError`](#concatmapeagerdelayerror)
- [`concatMapIterable`](#concatmapiterable)
- [`concatMapMaybe`](#concatmapmaybe)
- [`concatMapMaybeDelayError`](#concatmapmaybedelayerror)
- [`concatMapSingle`](#concatmapsingle)
- [`concatMapSingleDelayError`](#concatmapsingledelayerror)
- [`flatMap`](#flatmap)
- [`flatMapCompletable`](#flatmapcompletable)
- [`flatMapIterable`](#flatmapiterable)
- [`flatMapMaybe`](#flatmapmaybe)
- [`flatMapObservable`](#flatmapobservable)
- [`flatMapPublisher`](#flatmappublisher)
- [`flatMapSingle`](#flatmapsingle)
- [`flatMapSingleElement`](#flatmapsingleelement)
- [`flattenAsFlowable`](#flattenasflowable)
- [`flattenAsObservable`](#flattenasobservable)
- [`groupBy`](#groupby)
- [`map`](#map)
- [`scan`](#scan)
- [`switchMap`](#switchmap)
- [`window`](#window)
## buffer
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/buffer.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/buffer.html)
Collects the items emitted by a reactive source into buffers, and emits these buffers.
### buffer example
```java
Observable.range(0, 10)
.buffer(4)
.subscribe((List<Integer> buffer) -> System.out.println(buffer));
// prints:
// [0, 1, 2, 3]
// [4, 5, 6, 7]
// [8, 9]
```
## cast
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/map.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/map.html)
Converts each item emitted by a reactive source to the specified type, and emits these items.
### cast example
```java
Observable<Number> numbers = Observable.just(1, 4.0, 3f, 7, 12, 4.6, 5);
numbers.filter((Number x) -> Integer.class.isInstance(x))
.cast(Integer.class)
.subscribe((Integer x) -> System.out.println(x));
// prints:
// 1
// 7
// 12
// 5
```
## concatMap
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a reactive source, and emits the items that result from concatenating the results of these function applications.
### concatMap example
```java
Observable.range(0, 5)
.concatMap(i -> {
long delay = Math.round(Math.random() * 2);
return Observable.timer(delay, TimeUnit.SECONDS).map(n -> i);
})
.blockingSubscribe(System.out::print);
// prints 01234
```
## concatMapCompletable
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a `io.reactivex.CompletableSource`, subscribes to them one at a time and returns a `Completable` that completes when all sources completed.
### concatMapCompletable example
```java
Observable<Integer> source = Observable.just(2, 1, 3);
Completable completable = source.concatMapCompletable(x -> {
return Completable.timer(x, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.doOnComplete(() -> System.out.println("Info: Processing of item \"" + x + "\" completed"));
});
completable.doOnComplete(() -> System.out.println("Info: Processing of all items completed"))
.blockingAwait();
// prints:
// Info: Processing of item "2" completed
// Info: Processing of item "1" completed
// Info: Processing of item "3" completed
// Info: Processing of all items completed
```
## concatMapCompletableDelayError
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a `io.reactivex.CompletableSource`, subscribes to them one at a time and returns a `Completable` that completes when all sources completed. Any errors from the sources will be delayed until all of them terminate.
### concatMapCompletableDelayError example
```java
Observable<Integer> source = Observable.just(2, 1, 3);
Completable completable = source.concatMapCompletableDelayError(x -> {
if (x.equals(2)) {
return Completable.error(new IOException("Processing of item \"" + x + "\" failed!"));
} else {
return Completable.timer(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.doOnComplete(() -> System.out.println("Info: Processing of item \"" + x + "\" completed"));
}
});
completable.doOnError(error -> System.out.println("Error: " + error.getMessage()))
.onErrorComplete()
.blockingAwait();
// prints:
// Info: Processing of item "1" completed
// Info: Processing of item "3" completed
// Error: Processing of item "2" failed!
```
## concatMapDelayError
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a reactive source, and emits the items that result from concatenating the results of these function applications. Any errors from the sources will be delayed until all of them terminate.
### concatMapDelayError example
```java
Observable.intervalRange(1, 3, 0, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.concatMapDelayError(x -> {
if (x.equals(1L)) return Observable.error(new IOException("Something went wrong!"));
else return Observable.just(x, x * x);
})
.blockingSubscribe(
x -> System.out.println("onNext: " + x),
error -> System.out.println("onError: " + error.getMessage()));
// prints:
// onNext: 2
// onNext: 4
// onNext: 3
// onNext: 9
// onError: Something went wrong!
```
## concatMapEager
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a reactive source, and emits the items that result from concatenating the results of these function applications. Unlike [`concatMap`](#concatmap), this operator eagerly subscribes to all sources.
### concatMapEager example
```java
Observable.range(0, 5)
.concatMapEager(i -> {
long delay = Math.round(Math.random() * 3);
return Observable.timer(delay, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.map(n -> i)
.doOnNext(x -> System.out.println("Info: Finished processing item " + x));
})
.blockingSubscribe(i -> System.out.println("onNext: " + i));
// prints (lines beginning with "Info..." can be displayed in a different order):
// Info: Finished processing item 2
// Info: Finished processing item 0
// onNext: 0
// Info: Finished processing item 1
// onNext: 1
// onNext: 2
// Info: Finished processing item 3
// Info: Finished processing item 4
// onNext: 3
// onNext: 4
```
## concatMapEagerDelayError
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a reactive source, and emits the items that result from concatenating the results of these function applications. A `boolean` value must be specified, which if `true` indicates that all errors from all sources will be delayed until the end, otherwise if `false`, an error from the main source will be signalled when the current source terminates. Unlike [concatMapDelayError](#concatmapdelayerror), this operator eagerly subscribes to all sources.
### concatMapEagerDelayError example
```java
Observable<Integer> source = Observable.create(emitter -> {
emitter.onNext(1);
emitter.onNext(2);
emitter.onError(new Error("Fatal error!"));
});
source.doOnError(error -> System.out.println("Info: Error from main source " + error.getMessage()))
.concatMapEagerDelayError(x -> {
return Observable.timer(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS).map(n -> x)
.doOnSubscribe(it -> System.out.println("Info: Processing of item \"" + x + "\" started"));
}, true)
.blockingSubscribe(
x -> System.out.println("onNext: " + x),
error -> System.out.println("onError: " + error.getMessage()));
// prints:
// Info: Processing of item "1" started
// Info: Processing of item "2" started
// Info: Error from main source Fatal error!
// onNext: 1
// onNext: 2
// onError: Fatal error!
```
## concatMapIterable
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a `java.lang.Iterable`, and emits the items that result from concatenating the results of these function applications.
### concatMapIterable example
```java
Observable.just("A", "B", "C")
.concatMapIterable(item -> List.of(item, item, item))
.subscribe(System.out::print);
// prints AAABBBCCC
```
## concatMapMaybe
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a `io.reactivex.MaybeSource`, and emits the items that result from concatenating these `MaybeSource`s.
### concatMapMaybe example
```java
Observable.just("5", "3,14", "2.71", "FF")
.concatMapMaybe(v -> {
return Maybe.fromCallable(() -> Double.parseDouble(v))
.doOnError(e -> System.out.println("Info: The value \"" + v + "\" could not be parsed."))
// Ignore values that can not be parsed.
.onErrorComplete();
})
.subscribe(x -> System.out.println("onNext: " + x));
// prints:
// onNext: 5.0
// Info: The value "3,14" could not be parsed.
// onNext: 2.71
// Info: The value "FF" could not be parsed.
```
## concatMapMaybeDelayError
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a `io.reactivex.MaybeSource`, and emits the items that result from concatenating these `MaybeSource`s. Any errors from the sources will be delayed until all of them terminate.
### concatMapMaybeDelayError example
```java
DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd.MM.uuuu");
Observable.just("04.03.2018", "12-08-2018", "06.10.2018", "01.12.2018")
.concatMapMaybeDelayError(date -> {
return Maybe.fromCallable(() -> LocalDate.parse(date, dateFormatter));
})
.subscribe(
localDate -> System.out.println("onNext: " + localDate),
error -> System.out.println("onError: " + error.getMessage()));
// prints:
// onNext: 2018-03-04
// onNext: 2018-10-06
// onNext: 2018-12-01
// onError: Text '12-08-2018' could not be parsed at index 2
```
## concatMapSingle
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a `io.reactivex.SingleSource`, and emits the items that result from concatenating these ``SingleSource`s.
### concatMapSingle example
```java
Observable.just("5", "3,14", "2.71", "FF")
.concatMapSingle(v -> {
return Single.fromCallable(() -> Double.parseDouble(v))
.doOnError(e -> System.out.println("Info: The value \"" + v + "\" could not be parsed."))
// Return a default value if the given value can not be parsed.
.onErrorReturnItem(42.0);
})
.subscribe(x -> System.out.println("onNext: " + x));
// prints:
// onNext: 5.0
// Info: The value "3,14" could not be parsed.
// onNext: 42.0
// onNext: 2.71
// Info: The value "FF" could not be parsed.
// onNext: 42.0
```
## concatMapSingleDelayError
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a `io.reactivex.SingleSource`, and emits the items that result from concatenating the results of these function applications. Any errors from the sources will be delayed until all of them terminate.
### concatMapSingleDelayError example
```java
DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd.MM.uuuu");
Observable.just("24.03.2018", "12-08-2018", "06.10.2018", "01.12.2018")
.concatMapSingleDelayError(date -> {
return Single.fromCallable(() -> LocalDate.parse(date, dateFormatter));
})
.subscribe(
localDate -> System.out.println("onNext: " + localDate),
error -> System.out.println("onError: " + error.getMessage()));
// prints:
// onNext: 2018-03-24
// onNext: 2018-10-06
// onNext: 2018-12-01
// onError: Text '12-08-2018' could not be parsed at index 2
```
## flatMap
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a reactive source, and emits the items that result from merging the results of these function applications.
### flatMap example
```java
Observable.just("A", "B", "C")
.flatMap(a -> {
return Observable.intervalRange(1, 3, 0, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.map(b -> '(' + a + ", " + b + ')');
})
.blockingSubscribe(System.out::println);
// prints (not necessarily in this order):
// (A, 1)
// (C, 1)
// (B, 1)
// (A, 2)
// (C, 2)
// (B, 2)
// (A, 3)
// (C, 3)
// (B, 3)
```
## flatMapCompletable
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a `io.reactivex.CompletableSource`, and returns a `Completable` that completes when all sources completed.
### flatMapCompletable example
```java
Observable<Integer> source = Observable.just(2, 1, 3);
Completable completable = source.flatMapCompletable(x -> {
return Completable.timer(x, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.doOnComplete(() -> System.out.println("Info: Processing of item \"" + x + "\" completed"));
});
completable.doOnComplete(() -> System.out.println("Info: Processing of all items completed"))
.blockingAwait();
// prints:
// Info: Processing of item "1" completed
// Info: Processing of item "2" completed
// Info: Processing of item "3" completed
// Info: Processing of all items completed
```
## flatMapIterable
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a `java.lang.Iterable`, and emits the elements from these `Iterable`s.
### flatMapIterable example
```java
Observable.just(1, 2, 3, 4)
.flatMapIterable(x -> {
switch (x % 4) {
case 1:
return List.of("A");
case 2:
return List.of("B", "B");
case 3:
return List.of("C", "C", "C");
default:
return List.of();
}
})
.subscribe(System.out::println);
// prints:
// A
// B
// B
// C
// C
// C
```
## flatMapMaybe
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a `io.reactivex.MaybeSource`, and emits the items that result from merging these `MaybeSource`s.
### flatMapMaybe example
```java
Observable.just(9.0, 16.0, -4.0)
.flatMapMaybe(x -> {
if (x.compareTo(0.0) < 0) return Maybe.empty();
else return Maybe.just(Math.sqrt(x));
})
.subscribe(
System.out::println,
Throwable::printStackTrace,
() -> System.out.println("onComplete"));
// prints:
// 3.0
// 4.0
// onComplete
```
## flatMapObservable
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to the item emitted by a `Maybe` or `Single`, where that function returns an `io.reactivex.ObservableSource`, and returns an `Observable` that emits the items emitted by this `ObservableSource`.
### flatMapObservable example
```java
Single<String> source = Single.just("Kirk, Spock, Chekov, Sulu");
Observable<String> names = source.flatMapObservable(text -> {
return Observable.fromArray(text.split(","))
.map(String::strip);
});
names.subscribe(name -> System.out.println("onNext: " + name));
// prints:
// onNext: Kirk
// onNext: Spock
// onNext: Chekov
// onNext: Sulu
```
## flatMapPublisher
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to the item emitted by a `Maybe` or `Single`, where that function returns an `org.reactivestreams.Publisher`, and returns a `Flowable` that emits the items emitted by this `Publisher`.
### flatMapPublisher example
```java
Single<String> source = Single.just("Kirk, Spock, Chekov, Sulu");
Flowable<String> names = source.flatMapPublisher(text -> {
return Flowable.fromArray(text.split(","))
.map(String::strip);
});
names.subscribe(name -> System.out.println("onNext: " + name));
// prints:
// onNext: Kirk
// onNext: Spock
// onNext: Chekov
// onNext: Sulu
```
## flatMapSingle
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a `io.reactivex.SingleSource`, and emits the items that result from merging these `SingleSource`s.
### flatMapSingle example
```java
Observable.just(4, 2, 1, 3)
.flatMapSingle(x -> Single.timer(x, TimeUnit.SECONDS).map(i -> x))
.blockingSubscribe(System.out::print);
// prints 1234
```
*Note:* `Maybe::flatMapSingle` returns a `Single` that signals an error notification if the `Maybe` source is empty:
```java
Maybe<Object> emptySource = Maybe.empty();
Single<Object> result = emptySource.flatMapSingle(x -> Single.just(x));
result.subscribe(
x -> System.out.println("onSuccess will not be printed!"),
error -> System.out.println("onError: Source was empty!"));
// prints:
// onError: Source was empty!
```
Use [`Maybe::flatMapSingleElement`](#flatmapsingleelement) -- which returns a `Maybe` -- if you don't want this behaviour.
## flatMapSingleElement
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to the item emitted by a `Maybe`, where that function returns a `io.reactivex.SingleSource`, and returns a `Maybe` that either emits the item emitted by this `SingleSource` or completes if the source `Maybe` just completes.
### flatMapSingleElement example
```java
Maybe<Integer> source = Maybe.just(-42);
Maybe<Integer> result = source.flatMapSingleElement(x -> {
return Single.just(Math.abs(x));
});
result.subscribe(System.out::println);
// prints 42
```
## flattenAsFlowable
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to the item emitted by a `Maybe` or `Single`, where that function returns a `java.lang.Iterable`, and returns a `Flowable` that emits the elements from this `Iterable`.
### flattenAsFlowable example
```java
Single<Double> source = Single.just(2.0);
Flowable<Double> flowable = source.flattenAsFlowable(x -> {
return List.of(x, Math.pow(x, 2), Math.pow(x, 3));
});
flowable.subscribe(x -> System.out.println("onNext: " + x));
// prints:
// onNext: 2.0
// onNext: 4.0
// onNext: 8.0
```
## flattenAsObservable
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to the item emitted by a `Maybe` or `Single`, where that function returns a `java.lang.Iterable`, and returns an `Observable` that emits the elements from this `Iterable`.
### flattenAsObservable example
```java
Single<Double> source = Single.just(2.0);
Observable<Double> observable = source.flattenAsObservable(x -> {
return List.of(x, Math.pow(x, 2), Math.pow(x, 3));
});
observable.subscribe(x -> System.out.println("onNext: " + x));
// prints:
// onNext: 2.0
// onNext: 4.0
// onNext: 8.0
```
## groupBy
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/groupby.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/groupby.html)
Groups the items emitted by a reactive source according to a specified criterion, and emits these grouped items as a `GroupedObservable` or `GroupedFlowable`.
### groupBy example
```java
Observable<String> animals = Observable.just(
"Tiger", "Elephant", "Cat", "Chameleon", "Frog", "Fish", "Turtle", "Flamingo");
animals.groupBy(animal -> animal.charAt(0), String::toUpperCase)
.concatMapSingle(Observable::toList)
.subscribe(System.out::println);
// prints:
// [TIGER, TURTLE]
// [ELEPHANT]
// [CAT, CHAMELEON]
// [FROG, FISH, FLAMINGO]
```
## map
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/map.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/map.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source and emits the results of these function applications.
### map example
```java
Observable.just(1, 2, 3)
.map(x -> x * x)
.subscribe(System.out::println);
// prints:
// 1
// 4
// 9
```
## scan
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/scan.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/scan.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.BiFunction` to a seed value and the first item emitted by a reactive source, then feeds the result of that function application along with the second item emitted by the reactive source into the same function, and so on until all items have been emitted by the reactive source, emitting each intermediate result.
### scan example
```java
Observable.just(5, 3, 8, 1, 7)
.scan(0, (partialSum, x) -> partialSum + x)
.subscribe(System.out::println);
// prints:
// 0
// 5
// 8
// 16
// 17
// 24
```
## switchMap
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/flatmap.html)
Applies the given `io.reactivex.functions.Function` to each item emitted by a reactive source, where that function returns a reactive source, and emits the items emitted by the most recently projected of these reactive sources.
### switchMap example
```java
Observable.interval(0, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.switchMap(x -> {
return Observable.interval(0, 750, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
.map(y -> x);
})
.takeWhile(x -> x < 3)
.blockingSubscribe(System.out::print);
// prints 001122
```
## window
**Available in:**  `Flowable`,  `Observable`,  `Maybe`,  `Single`,  `Completable`
**ReactiveX documentation:** [http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/window.html](http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/window.html)
Collects the items emitted by a reactive source into windows, and emits these windows as a `Flowable` or `Observable`.
### window example
```java
Observable.range(1, 10)
// Create windows containing at most 2 items, and skip 3 items before starting a new window.
.window(2, 3)
.flatMapSingle(window -> {
return window.map(String::valueOf)
.reduce(new StringJoiner(", ", "[", "]"), StringJoiner::add);
})
.subscribe(System.out::println);
// prints:
// [1, 2]
// [4, 5]
// [7, 8]
// [10]
```
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