ConditionalSubscriber.java

/**
 * Copyright 2016 Netflix, Inc.
 *
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 *
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package io.reactivex.internal.fuseable;

import org.reactivestreams.Subscriber;

/**
 * An Subscriber with an additional onNextIf(T) method that
 * tells the caller the specified value has been accepted or
 * not.
 *
 * <p>This allows certain queue-drain or source-drain operators
 * to avoid requesting 1 on behalf of a dropped value.
 *
 * @param <T> the value type
 */
public interface ConditionalSubscriber<T> extends Subscriber<T> {
    /**
     * Conditionally takes the value.
     * @param t the value to deliver
     * @return true if the value has been accepted, false if the value has been rejected
     */
    boolean tryOnNext(T t);
}