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RxJava alternative for map() operator to save emitted items

I use Retrofit to interact with a REST API and RxJava do manipulate the data I receive.

In the code snippet below I make an API call and use the map operator to save the data I receive before moving on with other operations against the stream.

retrofitApi.registerDevice(mDevice)
           .map(new Func1<Device, Device>() {
               @Override
               public Device call(Device device) {
                  // The only purpose of the map() operator 
                  // is to save the received device.
                  magicBox.saveDeviceId(device.getId());
                  return device;
               }
           })
           .otherOperations()...

My question is: is there a better operator for the job? I feel like I misuse the map operator.

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Tudor Luca Avatar asked May 10 '15 09:05

Tudor Luca


1 Answers

Following Egor's answer I did some research and, based on Dan Lew's blogpost and this question, the correct answer appears to be doOnNext.

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Tudor Luca Avatar answered Oct 01 '22 09:10

Tudor Luca