RxJava: difference between doOnNext and doOnEach

Question

In which cases I should use doOnNext, and in which cases doOnEach?

 .doOnEach(new Action1<Notification<? super MessageProfile>>() {                 @Override                 public void call(Notification<? super MessageProfile> notification) {                  }             })  .doOnNext(new Action1<MessageProfile>() {                 @Override                 public void call(MessageProfile profile) {                     messageProfileDao.save(profile);                 }             }) 

This looks like the both operators have the same effect.

Answer 1

They are indeed quite close. One thing that differs (and it's maybe not that clear in the javadoc actually, more visible in sourcecode) is that in doOnEach, you also get Notification wrappers for errors and completion event.

You can then check isOnNext, isOnCompleted or isOnError to check the actual kind of event you got a notification for.

So one Action.call to rule them all, instead of a fully fledged Observer