Creating Observable from normal Java events

Question

What is the best way to create an Rx-Java Observable from the classical Java event pattern? That is, given

class FooEvent { ... }

interface Foo         


        

Answer 1

If you want something simple and built in, give this approach a try http://examples.javacodegeeks.com/core-java/beans/bean-property-change-event-listener/

java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport;

From the site, there´s a snippet that shows how to use it

package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.core;

import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport;

public class BeanPropertyChangeEventListener {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        Bean bean = new Bean();
        bean.addPropertyChangeListener(new MyPropertyChangeListener());

        bean.setProperty1("newProperty1");
        bean.setProperty2(123);


        bean.setProperty1("newnewProperty1");
        bean.setProperty2(234);

    }

    public static class MyPropertyChangeListener implements PropertyChangeListener {
        // This method is called every time the property value is changed
        public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
            System.out.println("Name = " + evt.getPropertyName());

  System.out.println("Old Value = " + evt.getOldValue());

  System.out.println("New Value = " + evt.getNewValue());

  System.out.println("**********************************");
        }
    }

    public static class Bean {

        private PropertyChangeSupport pcs = new PropertyChangeSupport(this);

        // Property property1
        private String property1;
        // Property property2
        private int property2;

        public String getProperty1() {
            return property1;
        }
        public void setProperty1(String property1) {
            pcs.firePropertyChange("property1", this.property1, property1);
            this.property1 = property1;
        }

        public int getProperty2() {
            return property2;
        }
        public void setProperty2(int property2) {
            pcs.firePropertyChange("property2", this.property2, property2);
            this.property2 = property2;
        }

        public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) {
            pcs.addPropertyChangeListener(listener);
        }

    }

}

it´s pretty simple