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Migrating from RxJS 4 to 5

RxJS 5 is a ground-up rewrite of RxJS that actually began development when RxJS was in 2.0. This new version of RxJS had three basic goals:

  1. Better performance
  2. Better debugging
  3. Compliance with the ES7 Observable Spec

Meeting the above goals meant breaking changes to the RxJS API, and a complete rewrite means that we had opportunity to change/fix/correct things we've wanted to correct about RxJS in general.

Key Component Classes Are Recomposed

They are similar to other language implementations of ReactiveX (e.g. RxJava).

RxJS 4 RxJS 5 remarks
Observer Subscriber implements Observer Observer is an interface now
IDisposable Subscription Subscription is a class, not an interface.

Observer Interface Changes (also Subjects)

Due to wanting to comply with the ES7 Observable Spec (goal 3 above), the Observer interface (as implemented by Observers and Subjects alike) has changed.

  • observer.onNext(value) -> observer.next(value)
  • observer.onError(err) -> observer.error(err)
  • observer.onCompleted() -> observer.complete()

So what was once subject.onNext("hi") is now subject.next("hi").

Subscription dispose is now unsubscribe

To meet the Observable spec (goal 3) dispose had to be renamed to unsubscribe.

var subscription = myObservable.subscribe(doSomething);
// RxJS 4: subscription.dispose();
subscription.unsubscribe();

Subscription: All Subscriptions Are "Composite"

In RxJS 4, there was the idea of a CompositeSubscription. Now all Subscriptions are "composite". Subscription objects have an add and remove method on them useful for adding and removing subscriptions enabling "composite" subscription behavior.

Operators Renamed or Removed

RxJS 4 RxJS 5
amb race
bufferWithCount bufferCount
bufferWithTime bufferTime
flatMap or selectMany mergeMap or flatMap(alias)
flatMapFirst exhaustMap
flatMapLatest switchMap
flatMapWithMaxConcurrent mergeMap or flatMap(alias)
fromCallback bindCallback
fromNodeCallback bindNodeCallback
publishValue publishBehavior
replay publishReplay
return or just of
select map
selectConcat concatMap
switchFirst exhaust
tap do
windowWithTime windowTime
windowWithCount windowCount
where filter
and -
asObservable -
average -
controlled -
delaySubscription -
doWhile -
extend -
groupByUntil -
groupJoin -
includes -
indexOf -
join -
jortSort -
jortSortUntil -
lastIndexOf -
manySelect -
maxBy -
minBy -
onErrorResumeNext -
ofObjectChanges -
pausable -
pausableBuffered -
shareReplay -
shareValue -
selectConcatObserver or concatMapObserver -
selectManyObserver or flatMapObserver -
sequenceEqual -
singleInstance -
skipLast -
skipLastWithTime -
skipUntilWithTime -
slice -
some -
sum -
takeLastBuffer -
takeLastBufferWithTime -
takeLastWithTime -
takeUntilWithTime -
tapOnNext -
tapOnError -
tapOnCompleted -
timestamp -
toMap -
toSet -
transduce -
windowWithTimeOrCount -

Operator Splits

To reduce polymorphism and get better performance out of operators, some operators have been split into more than one operator:

RxJS 4 RxJS 5
map map(project: function, thisArg?: any) map(project: function, thisArg?: any)
map(value: any) mapTo(value: any)
flatMap flatMap(project: function, resultSelector?: function) flatMap(project: function, resultSelector?: function)
flatMap(value: Observable, resultSelector?: function) flatMapTo(value: Observable, resultSelector?: function)
switchMap (aka flatMapLatest) flatMapLatest(project: function, resultSelector?: function) switchMap(project: function, resultSelector?: function)
flatMapLatest(value: Observable, resultSelector?: function) switchMapTo(value: Observable, resultSelector?: function)
concatMap concatMap(project: function, resultSelector?: function) concatMap(project: function, resultSelector?: function)
concatMap(value: Observable, resultSelector?: function) concatMapTo(value: Observable, resultSelector?: function)
buffer buffer(closings: Observable) buffer(closings: Observable)
buffer(closingNotifierFactory: function) bufferWhen(closingNotifierFactory: function)
buffer(openings: Observable, closingSelector?: function) bufferToggle(openings: Observable, closingSelector?: function)
window window(closings: Observable) window(closings: Observable)
window(closingNotifierFactory: function) windowWhen(closingNotifierFactory: function)
window(openings: Observable, closingSelector?: function) windowToggle(openings: Observable, closingSelector?: function)
debounce debounce(durationSelector: Observable) debounce(durationSelector: Observable)
debounce(delay: number, scheduler?: Scheduler) debounceTime(delay: number, scheduler?: Scheduler)
throttle throttle(delay: number, scheduler?: Scheduler) throttleTime(delay: number, scheduler?: Scheduler)
delay delay(dueTime: number|Date, scheduler?: Scheduler) delay(dueTime: number|Date, scheduler?: Scheduler)
delay(subscriptionDelay?: Observable, delayDurationSelector: function) delayWhen(delayDurationSelector: function, subscriptionDelay?: Observable)

Schedulers Renamed

The names of the Schedulers in RxJS 4 were based off of the Rx.NET implentation. Consequently, some of the names didn't make sense in a JavaScript context (for example: currentThread when there's only one thread anyhow).

RxJS 4 RxJS 5
Rx.Scheduler.default Rx.Scheduler.asap schedules on the micro task queue
Rx.Scheduler.currentThread Rx.Scheduler.queue schedules on a queue in the current event frame (trampoline scheduler)
Rx.Scheduler.immediate undefined by not passing a scheduler to operators that request it, it defaults to recursive execution

Unimplemented Operators/Features

If there is a feature that used to exist in RxJS 4, but no longer does in RxJS 5, please be sure to file an issue (and preferably a PR). In your issue, please describe the use case you have for the operator so we can better understand your need and prioritize it, and/or find and alternative way to compose the desired behavior.