Adding Neo4jReactorUtils.

neo4j-utils/src/main/java/uk/ac/rothamsted/neo4j/utils/Neo4jReactorUtils.java

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+package uk.ac.rothamsted.neo4j.utils;
+
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import org.neo4j.driver.Driver;
+import org.neo4j.driver.Record;
+import org.neo4j.driver.reactivestreams.ReactiveResult;
+import org.neo4j.driver.reactivestreams.ReactiveSession;
+import org.neo4j.driver.reactivestreams.ReactiveTransactionContext;
+import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
+
+import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+/**
+ * Utilities to work with the Project Reactor integration into Neo4j.
+ *
+ * TODO: write tests and examples.
+ *
+ * @author Marco Brandizi
+ * <dl><dt>Date:</dt><dd>29 Jun 2024</dd></dl>
+ *
+ */
+public class Neo4jReactorUtils
+{
+	/**
+	 * Helper to process a Neo4j read query in a reactive style.
+	 * 
+	 * In a nutshell, prepares a {@link Flux} that pushes an R object for each record
+	 * returned by the query in the callback. Records are mapped to R by the recordMapper
+	 * function.
+	 * 
+	 * This is a template based on the approach described
+	 * 
+	 * <a href = "https://neo4j.com/docs/java-manual/current/reactive">here</a>
+	 * <a href = "https://graphaware.com/neo4j/2021/01/14/reactive-data-copy.html">here</>.
+	 * 
+	 * @param callBack this is passed to 
+	 * {@link ReactiveSession#executeRead(org.neo4j.driver.reactivestreams.ReactiveTransactionCallback)}
+	 * and it's where you should run your Cypher query and produce a {@link ReactiveResult}, from which 
+	 * we do downstream processing. Typically, this is done via {@link ReactiveTransactionContext#run(String)}
+	 * and its variants (see the examples above)
+	 * 
+	 * @param recordMapper We use {@link ReactiveResult#records()} to get the records that the callBack's 
+	 * returns and then we map them to R objects. The mapping is based on {@link Mono#flatMapMany(Function)},
+	 * so it's a flux-to-flux mapping (again, see the linked examples).
+	 * 
+	 * @param neoDriver obviously, you need a Neo4j driver to talk to.
+	 * 
+	 * @return a reactive {@link Flux} of objects, where each object correspond to a Cypher
+	 * record, in the way explained above.
+	 * 
+	 */
+	public static <R> Flux<R> reactiveRead ( 
+		Function<ReactiveTransactionContext, Publisher<ReactiveResult>> callBack,
+		Function<Record, R> recordMapper,
+		Driver neoDriver )
+	{
+		return Flux.usingWhen (
+			// The reactive session is generated when a subscriber comes...
+			Mono.fromSupplier ( () -> neoDriver.session ( ReactiveSession.class ) ),
+			// ...and it's used in the closure, to spawn a Flux of Rs
+			rsession -> 
+				rsession.executeRead ( tx ->
+				  // This yields a ReactiveResult
+					Mono.fromDirect ( callBack.apply ( tx ) )
+					// which is mapped onto its records
+					.flatMapMany ( ReactiveResult::records )
+					// and then records are mapped by our custom mapper, the result is Flux<R>
+					.map ( recordMapper )
+				) // executeRead()	
+			, // usingWhen(), closure publisher
+			ReactiveSession::close // usingWhen(), flux cleanup 
+		); // usingWhen ()
+	}
+
+}

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 ## 5.1.1-SNAPSHOT
 * `XNeo4jDriver` added.
 * `GenericNeo4jException` deprecated (see comments)
+* `Neo4jReactorUtils`
 
 ## 5.1
 * Code cleaning and improvement.