I receive some events from the backend. I want to internally pass the events as a `Flow` or through ...

# coroutines

[Lukasz Kalnik]

I receive some events from the backend. I want to internally pass the events as a Flow or through a Channel. After the last event I want to send a "complete" signal. Is there something like this in Flow?

[Sam]

Does the “complete” signal need to contain any data? A channel terminates normally if you close() it, but you can’t include any data in the close signal 😞 (except by using exceptions, which is gross)

[Sam]

Related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63754572/how-can-i-provide-a-close-reason-for-a-flow-without-using-exceptions

[Lukasz Kalnik]

Oh, that would be enough - I just need to signal that the stream completed normally (i.e. has not been canceled). Thanks for your help!

[hfhbd]

You could also use a channelFlow if you like the flow API more

[Lukasz Kalnik]

I need a hot flow, so I will probably send the events to a Channel and maybe receive it as Flow