catch.md

Rx.Observable.catch(...args)

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Continues an observable sequence that is terminated by an exception with the next observable sequence. There is an alias for this method catchException for browsers <IE9

Arguments

1. args (Array | arguments): Observable sequences to catch exceptions for.

Returns

(Observable): An observable sequence containing elements from consecutive source sequences until a source sequence terminates successfully.

Example

var obs1 = Rx.Observable.throw(new Error('error'));
var obs2 = Rx.Observable.return(42);

var source = Rx.Observable.catch(obs1, obs2);

var subscription = source.subscribe(
    function (x) {
        console.log('Next: ' + x);
    },
    function (err) {
        console.log('Error: ' + err);
    },
    function () {
        console.log('Completed');
    });

// => Next: 42
// => Completed

Location

File:

• /src/core/linq/observable/catch.js

Dist:

• rx.all.js
• rx.all.compat.js
• rx.js
• rx.compat.js
• rx.lite.js
• rx.lite.compat.js

Prerequisites:

• None

NPM Packages:

• rx

NuGet Packages:

• RxJS-Complete
• RxJS-Main
• RxJS-Lite

Unit Tests:

• /tests/observable/catchexceptionproto.js