is there a way to use a kotlin flow retry operator...

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[Alexander Black]

is there a way to use a kotlin flow retry operator without the source throwing an exception? as in if the source returns some value retry the original flow

[Ryan]

https://kotlin.github.io/kotlinx.coroutines/kotlinx-coroutines-core/kotlinx.coroutines.flow/retry.html

[elizarov]

flow
  .onEach { if (it == SpecialValue) throw RetryException() }
  .retry { it is RetryException() }

[Alexander Black]

@elizarov That’s fantastically simple. Much appreciated.