Operation AsObservable

rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/Observable.java

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import rx.operators.OperationAll;
 import rx.operators.OperationAmb;
 import rx.operators.OperationAny;
+import rx.operators.OperationAsObservable;
 import rx.operators.OperationAverage;
 import rx.operators.OperationBuffer;
 import rx.operators.OperationCache;
@@ -511,6 +512,14 @@ public Subscription subscribe(final Action1<? super T> onNext, final Action1<Thr
         return subscribeOn(scheduler).subscribe(onNext, onError, onComplete);
     }
 
+    /**
+      * Hides the identity of this observable.
+      * @return an Observable hiding the identity of this Observable.
+      */
+     public Observable<T> asObservable() {
+         return create(new OperationAsObservable<T>(this));
+     }
+
     /**
      * Returns a {@link ConnectableObservable} that upon connection causes the
      * source Observable to push results into the specified subject.

rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/operators/OperationAsObservable.java

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2013 Netflix, Inc.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package rx.operators;
+
+import rx.Observable;
+import rx.Observable.OnSubscribeFunc;
+import rx.Observer;
+import rx.Subscription;
+
+/**
+ * Hides the identity of another observable.
+ * @param <T> the return value type of the wrapped observable.
+ */
+public final class OperationAsObservable<T> implements OnSubscribeFunc<T> {
+    private final Observable<? extends T> source;
+
+    public OperationAsObservable(Observable<? extends T> source) {
+        this.source = source;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public Subscription onSubscribe(Observer<? super T> t1) {
+        return source.subscribe(t1);
+    }
+}