1.x: deprecate create(), add alternatives

src/main/java/rx/Completable.java

@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ public final <R> R to(Func1<? super Completable, R> converter) {
      * @return the new Observable created
      */
     public final <T> Observable<T> toObservable() {
-        return Observable.create(new Observable.OnSubscribe<T>() {
+        return Observable.unsafeCreate(new Observable.OnSubscribe<T>() {
             @Override
             public void call(Subscriber<? super T> s) {
                 unsafeSubscribe(s);

src/main/java/rx/Single.java

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public interface Transformer<T, R> extends Func1<Single<T>, Single<R>> {
      */
     private static <T> Observable<T> asObservable(Single<T> t) {
         // is this sufficient, or do I need to keep the outer Single and subscribe to it?
-        return Observable.create(new SingleToObservable<T>(t.onSubscribe));
+        return Observable.unsafeCreate(new SingleToObservable<T>(t.onSubscribe));
     }
 
     /* *********************************************************************************************************

src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/EmptyObservableHolder.java

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public enum EmptyObservableHolder implements OnSubscribe<Object> {
     ;
 
     /** The singleton instance. */
-    static final Observable<Object> EMPTY = Observable.create(INSTANCE);
+    static final Observable<Object> EMPTY = Observable.unsafeCreate(INSTANCE);
 
 
     /**

src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/NeverObservableHolder.java

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public enum NeverObservableHolder implements OnSubscribe<Object> {
     ;
 
     /** The singleton instance. */
-    static final Observable<Object> NEVER = Observable.create(INSTANCE);
+    static final Observable<Object> NEVER = Observable.unsafeCreate(INSTANCE);
 
     /**
      * Returns a type-corrected singleton instance of the never Observable.

src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OnSubscribeFromEmitter.java → src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OnSubscribeCreate.java

@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
 import rx.plugins.RxJavaHooks;
 import rx.subscriptions.SerialSubscription;
 
-public final class OnSubscribeFromEmitter<T> implements OnSubscribe<T> {
+public final class OnSubscribeCreate<T> implements OnSubscribe<T> {
 
     final Action1<Emitter<T>> Emitter;
 
     final Emitter.BackpressureMode backpressure;
 
-    public OnSubscribeFromEmitter(Action1<Emitter<T>> Emitter, Emitter.BackpressureMode backpressure) {
+    public OnSubscribeCreate(Action1<Emitter<T>> Emitter, Emitter.BackpressureMode backpressure) {
         this.Emitter = Emitter;
         this.backpressure = backpressure;
     }
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public void onError(Throwable e) {
 
         @Override
         void onOverflow() {
-            onError(new MissingBackpressureException("fromEmitter: could not emit value due to lack of requests"));
+            onError(new MissingBackpressureException("create: could not emit value due to lack of requests"));
         }
 
     }

src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OnSubscribeFlattenIterable.java

@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ public static <T, R> Observable<R> createFrom(Observable<? extends T> source,
             Func1<? super T, ? extends Iterable<? extends R>> mapper, int prefetch) {
         if (source instanceof ScalarSynchronousObservable) {
             T scalar = ((ScalarSynchronousObservable<? extends T>) source).get();
-            return Observable.create(new OnSubscribeScalarFlattenIterable<T, R>(scalar, mapper));
+            return Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeScalarFlattenIterable<T, R>(scalar, mapper));
         }
-        return Observable.create(new OnSubscribeFlattenIterable<T, R>(source, mapper, prefetch));
+        return Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeFlattenIterable<T, R>(source, mapper, prefetch));
     }
 
     static final class FlattenIterableSubscriber<T, R> extends Subscriber<T> {

src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OnSubscribeGroupJoin.java

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public void onNext(T1 args) {
                         leftMap().put(id, subjSerial);
                     }
 
-                    Observable<T2> window = Observable.create(new WindowObservableFunc<T2>(subj, cancel));
+                    Observable<T2> window = Observable.unsafeCreate(new WindowObservableFunc<T2>(subj, cancel));
 
                     Observable<D1> duration = leftDuration.call(args);
 

src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OnSubscribeRedo.java

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import static rx.Observable.create; // NOPMD
+import static rx.Observable.unsafeCreate; // NOPMD
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.*;
 
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ public static <T> Observable<T> retry(Observable<T> source, final long count) {
     }
 
     public static <T> Observable<T> retry(Observable<T> source, Func1<? super Observable<? extends Notification<?>>, ? extends Observable<?>> notificationHandler) {
-        return create(new OnSubscribeRedo<T>(source, notificationHandler, true, false, Schedulers.trampoline()));
+        return unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeRedo<T>(source, notificationHandler, true, false, Schedulers.trampoline()));
     }
 
     public static <T> Observable<T> retry(Observable<T> source, Func1<? super Observable<? extends Notification<?>>, ? extends Observable<?>> notificationHandler, Scheduler scheduler) {
-        return create(new OnSubscribeRedo<T>(source, notificationHandler, true, false, scheduler));
+        return unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeRedo<T>(source, notificationHandler, true, false, scheduler));
     }
 
     public static <T> Observable<T> repeat(Observable<T> source) {
@@ -163,15 +163,15 @@ public static <T> Observable<T> repeat(Observable<T> source, final long count, S
     }
 
     public static <T> Observable<T> repeat(Observable<T> source, Func1<? super Observable<? extends Notification<?>>, ? extends Observable<?>> notificationHandler) {
-        return create(new OnSubscribeRedo<T>(source, notificationHandler, false, true, Schedulers.trampoline()));
+        return unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeRedo<T>(source, notificationHandler, false, true, Schedulers.trampoline()));
     }
 
     public static <T> Observable<T> repeat(Observable<T> source, Func1<? super Observable<? extends Notification<?>>, ? extends Observable<?>> notificationHandler, Scheduler scheduler) {
-        return create(new OnSubscribeRedo<T>(source, notificationHandler, false, true, scheduler));
+        return unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeRedo<T>(source, notificationHandler, false, true, scheduler));
     }
 
     public static <T> Observable<T> redo(Observable<T> source, Func1<? super Observable<? extends Notification<?>>, ? extends Observable<?>> notificationHandler, Scheduler scheduler) {
-        return create(new OnSubscribeRedo<T>(source, notificationHandler, false, false, scheduler));
+        return unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeRedo<T>(source, notificationHandler, false, false, scheduler));
     }
 
     private OnSubscribeRedo(Observable<T> source, Func1<? super Observable<? extends Notification<?>>, ? extends Observable<?>> f, boolean stopOnComplete, boolean stopOnError,

src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorPublish.java

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public static <T, R> Observable<R> create(final Observable<? extends T> source,
 
     public static <T, R> Observable<R> create(final Observable<? extends T> source,
             final Func1<? super Observable<T>, ? extends Observable<R>> selector, final boolean delayError) {
-        return create(new OnSubscribe<R>() {
+        return unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribe<R>() {
             @Override
             public void call(final Subscriber<? super R> child) {
                 final OnSubscribePublishMulticast<T> op = new OnSubscribePublishMulticast<T>(RxRingBuffer.SIZE, delayError);
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public void setProducer(Producer p) {
                 child.add(op);
                 child.add(subscriber);
 
-                selector.call(Observable.create(op)).unsafeSubscribe(subscriber);
+                selector.call(Observable.unsafeCreate(op)).unsafeSubscribe(subscriber);
 
                 source.unsafeSubscribe(op.subscriber());
             }

src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorReplay.java

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public Object call() {
     public static <T, U, R> Observable<R> multicastSelector(
             final Func0<? extends ConnectableObservable<U>> connectableFactory,
             final Func1<? super Observable<U>, ? extends Observable<R>> selector) {
-        return Observable.create(new OnSubscribe<R>() {
+        return Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribe<R>() {
             @Override
             public void call(final Subscriber<? super R> child) {
                 ConnectableObservable<U> co;

src/main/java/rx/internal/util/ScalarSynchronousObservable.java

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public void call() {
             };
         }
 
-        return create(new ScalarAsyncOnSubscribe<T>(t, onSchedule));
+        return unsafeCreate(new ScalarAsyncOnSubscribe<T>(t, onSchedule));
     }
 
     /** The OnSubscribe callback for the Observable constructor. */
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public String toString() {
      * @return the new observable
      */
     public <R> Observable<R> scalarFlatMap(final Func1<? super T, ? extends Observable<? extends R>> func) {
-        return create(new OnSubscribe<R>() {
+        return unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribe<R>() {
             @Override
             public void call(final Subscriber<? super R> child) {
                 Observable<? extends R> o = func.call(t);

src/main/java/rx/observables/AsyncOnSubscribe.java

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 /**
  * A utility class to create {@code OnSubscribe<T>} functions that respond correctly to back
  * pressure requests from subscribers. This is an improvement over
- * {@link rx.Observable#create(OnSubscribe) Observable.create(OnSubscribe)} which does not provide
+ * {@link rx.Observable#unsafeCreate(OnSubscribe) Observable.create(OnSubscribe)} which does not provide
  * any means of managing back pressure requests out-of-the-box. This variant of an OnSubscribe
  * function allows for the asynchronous processing of requests.
  *

src/main/java/rx/observables/ConnectableObservable.java

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public void call(Subscription t1) {
      * @see <a href="http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/refcount.html">ReactiveX documentation: RefCount</a>
      */
     public Observable<T> refCount() {
-        return create(new OnSubscribeRefCount<T>(this));
+        return unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeRefCount<T>(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -125,6 +125,6 @@ public Observable<T> autoConnect(int numberOfSubscribers, Action1<? super Subscr
             this.connect(connection);
             return this;
         }
-        return create(new OnSubscribeAutoConnect<T>(this, numberOfSubscribers, connection));
+        return unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeAutoConnect<T>(this, numberOfSubscribers, connection));
     }
 }

src/main/java/rx/observables/SyncOnSubscribe.java

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 /**
  * A utility class to create {@code OnSubscribe<T>} functions that responds correctly to back
  * pressure requests from subscribers. This is an improvement over
- * {@link rx.Observable#create(OnSubscribe) Observable.create(OnSubscribe)} which does not provide
+ * {@link rx.Observable#unsafeCreate(OnSubscribe) Observable.create(OnSubscribe)} which does not provide
  * any means of managing back pressure requests out-of-the-box.
  *
  * @param <S>

src/main/java/rx/plugins/RxJavaObservableExecutionHook.java

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
  */
 public abstract class RxJavaObservableExecutionHook { // NOPMD
     /**
-     * Invoked during the construction by {@link Observable#create(OnSubscribe)}
+     * Invoked during the construction by {@link Observable#unsafeCreate(OnSubscribe)}
      * <p>
      * This can be used to decorate or replace the <code>onSubscribe</code> function or just perform extra
      * logging, metrics and other such things and pass through the function.

src/perf/java/rx/OneItemPerf.java

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public void call(SingleSubscriber<? super T> t) {
     @Setup
     public void setup() {
         scalar = Observable.just(1);
-        one = Observable.create(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
+        one = Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
             @Override
             public void call(Subscriber<? super Integer> t) {
                 t.setProducer(new SingleProducer<Integer>(t, 1));

src/perf/java/rx/jmh/InputWithIncrementingInteger.java

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public void setup(final Blackhole bh) {
         final int size = getSize();
         observable = Observable.range(0, size);
 
-        firehose = Observable.create(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
+        firehose = Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
 
             @Override
             public void call(Subscriber<? super Integer> s) {

src/perf/java/rx/operators/FromComparison.java

@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ public void setup() {
 
         Arrays.fill(array, 1);
 
-        iterableSource = Observable.create(new OnSubscribeFromIterable<Integer>(Arrays.asList(array)));
-        arraySource = Observable.create(new OnSubscribeFromArray<Integer>(array));
+        iterableSource = Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeFromIterable<Integer>(Arrays.asList(array)));
+        arraySource = Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeFromArray<Integer>(array));
     }
 
     @Benchmark

src/perf/java/rx/operators/OperatorRangePerf.java

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public static class InputUsingRequest {
 
         @Setup
         public void setup(final Blackhole bh) {
-            observable = Observable.create(new OnSubscribeRange(0, size));
+            observable = Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeRange(0, size));
             this.bh = bh;
         }
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public static class InputWithoutRequest {
 
         @Setup
         public void setup(final Blackhole bh) {
-            observable = Observable.create(new OnSubscribeRange(0, size));
+            observable = Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeRange(0, size));
             this.bh = bh;
 
         }

src/perf/java/rx/operators/OperatorSerializePerf.java

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public void serializedSingleStream(Input input) throws InterruptedException {
     @Benchmark
     public void serializedTwoStreamsHighlyContended(final Input input) throws InterruptedException {
         LatchedObserver<Integer> o = input.newLatchedObserver();
-        Observable.create(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
+        Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
 
             @Override
             public void call(Subscriber<? super Integer> s) {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public Integer call(Long t1) {
     @Benchmark
     public void serializedTwoStreamsSlightlyContended(final InputWithInterval input) throws InterruptedException {
         LatchedObserver<Integer> o = input.newLatchedObserver();
-        Observable.create(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
+        Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
 
             @Override
             public void call(Subscriber<? super Integer> s) {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public void call(Subscriber<? super Integer> s) {
     @Benchmark
     public void serializedTwoStreamsOneFastOneSlow(final InputWithInterval input) throws InterruptedException {
         LatchedObserver<Integer> o = input.newLatchedObserver();
-        Observable.create(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
+        Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
 
             @Override
             public void call(final Subscriber<? super Integer> s) {

src/perf/java/rx/operators/OperatorTakeLastOnePerf.java

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public void takeLastOneUsingTakeLast(Input input) {
 
     @Benchmark
     public void takeLastOneUsingTakeLastOne(Input input) {
-       Observable.create(new OnSubscribeTakeLastOne<Integer>(input.observable)).subscribe(input.observer);
+       Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribeTakeLastOne<Integer>(input.observable)).subscribe(input.observer);
     }
 
 }

src/test/java/rx/BackpressureTests.java

@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ private static Observable<Integer> incrementingIntegers(final AtomicInteger coun
     }
 
     private static Observable<Integer> incrementingIntegers(final AtomicInteger counter, final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Thread> threadsSeen) {
-        return Observable.create(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
+        return Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
 
             final AtomicLong requested = new AtomicLong();
 
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ public void request(long n) {
      * @return
      */
     private static Observable<Integer> firehose(final AtomicInteger counter) {
-        return Observable.create(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
+        return Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
 
             int i;
 

src/test/java/rx/CompletableTest.java

@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ public void call(CompletableSubscriber cs) {
                     cs.onError(e);
                 }
             })
-            .andThen(Observable.<String>create(new Observable.OnSubscribe<String>() {
+            .andThen(Observable.<String>unsafeCreate(new Observable.OnSubscribe<String>() {
                 @Override
                 public void call(Subscriber<? super String> s) {
                     hasRun.set(true);

src/test/java/rx/ConcatTests.java

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public void testConcatCovariance4() {
         Media media = new Media();
         HorrorMovie horrorMovie2 = new HorrorMovie();
 
-        Observable<Movie> o1 = Observable.create(new OnSubscribe<Movie>() {
+        Observable<Movie> o1 = Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribe<Movie>() {
 
             @Override
             public void call(Subscriber<? super Movie> o) {

src/test/java/rx/EventStream.java

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ private EventStream() {
         throw new IllegalStateException("No instances!");
     }
     public static Observable<Event> getEventStream(final String type, final int numInstances) {
-        return Observable.create(new OnSubscribe<Event>() {
+        return Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribe<Event>() {
 
             @Override
             public void call(final Subscriber<? super Event> subscriber) {

src/test/java/rx/MergeTests.java

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public void testMergeCovariance3() {
     @Test
     public void testMergeCovariance4() {
 
-        Observable<Movie> o1 = Observable.create(new OnSubscribe<Movie>() {
+        Observable<Movie> o1 = Observable.unsafeCreate(new OnSubscribe<Movie>() {
 
             @Override
             public void call(Subscriber<? super Movie> o) {