带有 kotlin 协程的 Rxjava

Question

I am in need that i need to start the coroutines from rxkotlin chain, But am i not sure whether this is right or wrong, to start a coroutines from the rx chain i use runblocking to start the suspend methods
Example

Single.just(someOperation())
   .map{
     someMethod(it)
   }
  .flatMap{
    startCoroutines(suspend { someOpeartions() } ) // i will be starting the coroutines here
  }

Coroutines

fun startCoroutines(suspendingObj : suspend () -> Any){
  runBlocking(newFixedThreadPoolContext(1,"Thread")){
       suspendingObj.invoke()
  }
}

Is this above code is correct way of doing it or is there is any other way to achieve this ? Can anyone help me out with this

Answer 1

This code chunk is fundamentally wrong.

1. In your case it is really not necessary to use Coroutines, because you can easily change Rx thread before flatMap with observeOn and pass any Scheduler you want (like IO).
2. Kotlin Coroutines were designed to avoid Threads , because creating Threads is a very expensive operation. And your function startCoroutines creates a new thread for every operation which makes no sense and potentially will cause overflow . You can read more about it here: Difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread"?
3. You should always try to find a better system design before deciding using runBlocking . Blocking threads is never a good idea.