Modify Source Observable on retry - RxJava

Question

How do i update a source observable on retry?

List<String> ids = new ArrayList<>(); // A,B,C
Observable.from(ids)
          .retryWhen(errors -> {
                    return errors
                    .zipWith(Observable.range(0, 1), (n, i) -> i)
                    .flatMap(retryCount -> Observable.timer((long) Math.pow(2, retryCount), TimeUnit.MINUTES));

           })
           .subscribe(....);

now rather than passing //A,B,C as ids if i want to pass some other values. How do i do it? or is this even the right approach?

Answer 1

Use defer. This would allow ids to be re-computed:

Observable.defer(() -> {
    List<String> ids = // compute this somehow
    return Observable.from(ids);
}).retryWhen(...

Documentation on the defer operator

Answer 2

onErrorResumeNext could be used. You probably need some additional logic to match your use case. Documentation for error handling operators here.

List<String> ids = new ArrayList<>(); // A,B,C
List<String> ids2 = new ArrayList<>(); // D,E,F
Observable.from(ids)
        .onErrorResumeNext(throwable -> {
            return Observable.from(ids2);
        });