J-Curry

A library that enables Currying functions in Java (using RxJava2 interfaces), compatible with Java 7

What is Currying

A small video that explains Currying : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZLP4qOwY8I&feature=youtu.be

Curry.toConsumer(), Curry.toFunction(), Curry.toBiFunction(), Curry.toPredicate(), Curry.toAction(), Curry.toCallable()

it is possible to Curry any method through one of 2 ways, the first is to put this method in one of the RxJava2 functional interfaces like a Consumer.java, or Function.java, etc..., or through passing it's "method reference" as there first parameter, for Android this requires adding Retrolambda

• how to use Retrolambda : http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/Retrolambda/article.html

• Retrolambda on Github : https://github.com/evant/gradle-retrolambda

    public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity
  {
  
   private final Consumer<String> log = Curry.toConsumer(Log::d, "MainActivity");
  
   @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  
   super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  
   setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
   try{
  
    log.accept("onCreate()");
  
   
  }
  catch(Exception e){
  
    // do something
  
   
  }
  
  }
   

  }

RxConsumer, RxFunction, RxPredicate, RxAction, RxCallable

By default the functional interfaces (Consumer, Function, Predicate), there method throws Exception by default, thats why we have to wrap it's call in a try/catch, like this :

try{

  log.accept("onCreate()");
 
}
catch(Exception e){

  // do something 
}
 

so the library provides interfaces that already extends those functional interfaces, but removes the "throws Exception" from the method's Signature, those interfaces are (RxConsumer, RxFunction, RxPredicate) ... used as follows :

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private final RxConsumer<String> log = Curry.toConsumer(Log::d, "MainActivity");

@Override  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

log.accept("onCreate()");
  
}
 
}
 

so what happened to the thrown Exception ?

Curried functions does not throw exceptions other than RuntimeException, if there execution method threw an Exception, it will be wrapped in a RuntimeException, else it will throw the sub-class of the RuntimeException that was already thrown by the executing function
  

Usage with RxJava2 Operators through functional interfaces

The greatest benefit from such library is to use with RxJava2 operators, since it uses the RxJava interfaces (Consumer, Function, Predicate).

exmaples from CurryTest.java in version 0.0.1 :

use in map() operator :

@Test public void useCurriedBiFunctionInLocalVariableInMapOperator() throws Exception {

Function<Integer, Integer> sumWith10 = Curry.toFunction(sumFunction(), 10);

  List<Integer> integers = Observable.fromArray(1, 2)

 .map(sumWith10)

 .toList().blockingGet();

assertTrue(integers.get(0).equals(11) && integers.get(1).equals(12));
  
}
  private BiFunction<Integer, Integer, Integer> sumFunction() {

  return new BiFunction<Integer, Integer, Integer>()
  {

@Override

public Integer apply(@NonNull Integer numOne, @NonNull Integer numTwo) {

 return numOne + numTwo;

}

  
}
; 
}
 

use in filter() operator :

@Test public void curryBiPredicateInFilterOperator() throws Exception {

  List<Integer> evens = Observable.fromArray(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

 .filter(Curry.toPredicate(remainderFilter(), 2))

 .toList().blockingGet();

assertTrue(evens.get(0).equals(0) && evens.get(1).equals(2));
 
}
  private BiPredicate<Integer, Integer> remainderFilter() {

  return new BiPredicate<Integer, Integer>()
  {

@Override

public boolean test(@NonNull Integer remainder, @NonNull Integer value) {

 return value % remainder == 0;

}

  
}
; 
}
 

and so on ... since every Curry method returns a Functional interface that awaits single parameter, this is perfectly usable in RxJava2 operators

Usage with RxJava2 Operators through method reference (using Retrolambda)

Observable.fromArray("1","2","3","4","5")

 .forEach(Curry.toConsumer(Log::d,"MY_TAG"));
  Observable.fromArray(1,2,3,4)

 .map(Curry.toFunction(IntMath::checkedMultiply,10))

 .map(Curry.toFunction(String::format, "|%3d|"))

 .subscribe(Curry.toConsumer(Log::d,"MY_TAG"), Throwable::printStackTrace);

Observable.fromCallable(Curry.toCallable(this::requestProfileFromServer, userId))
 .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io)
 .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.main())
 .subscribe(
  Curry.toConsumer(Log::d,"MY_TAG"),
  Throwable::printStackTrace,

Curry.toAction(this::completed,"COMPLETED_TAG"));

  private UserProfile requestProfileFromServer(String userId){
...
}
  private void completed(String tag){
...
}
 

notice that Currying now can work on any function in any class, and now it does not require implementing functional interfaces any more

SwapCurry ... where the fun begins

after version 0.0.3, it is possible to swap the parameters of the curried function, so we can pass the second parameter of the method first, and the curried function will return another function that expects to receive the first parameter of the original method, then it executes, like in the following example :

Observable.fromArray("%d","%02d","%04d")

 .forEach(SwapCurry.toConsumer(System.out::printf,10));
 

the System.out.printf() takes a "String" as it's first parameter, and an "Integer" as it's second parameter, what was done here is that, we passed the "Integer" first in the SwapCurry.toConsumer() method, and we receieved the "String" later from the Observable.forEach() method.

Adding gradle dependency

Step 1. Add it in your root build.gradle at the end of repositories:

allprojects {

  repositories {

...

maven {
 url 'https://jitpack.io' 
}

  
}
 
}
 

Step 2. Add the dependency

dependencies {

 compile 'com.github.Ahmed-Adel-Ismail:J-Curry:0.0.5' 
}