src/main/java/io/reactivex/Maybe.java
@CheckReturnValue
    @SchedulerSupport(SchedulerSupport.NONE)
    public final Maybe<T> retryWhen(
            final Function<? super Flowable<Throwable>, ? extends Publisher<?>> handler) {
        return toFlowable().retryWhen(handler).singleElement();
    }
@CheckReturnValue
    @SchedulerSupport(SchedulerSupport.NONE)
    public final Maybe<T> retryWhen(
            final Function<? super Flowable<Throwable>, ? extends Publisher<?>> handler) {
        return toFlowable().retryWhen(handler).singleElement();
    }
@ CheckReturnValue @ SchedulerSupport ( SchedulerSupport . NONE ) public final Maybe < T > retryWhen ( final Function < ? super Flowable < Throwable > , ? extends Publisher < ? > > handler ) { return toFlowable ( ) . retryWhen ( handler ) . singleElement ( ) ; }
Returns a Maybe that emits the same values as the source Maybe with the exception of an
{@code onError}. An {@code onError} notification from the source will result in the emission of a
{@link Throwable} item to the Publisher provided as an argument to the {@code notificationHandler}
function. If that Publisher calls {@code onComplete} or {@code onError} then {@code retry} will call
{@code onComplete} or {@code onError} on the child subscription. Otherwise, this Publisher will
resubscribe to the source Publisher.
<p>
<img width="640" height="430" src="https://raw.github.com/wiki/ReactiveX/RxJava/images/rx-operators/retryWhen.f.png" alt="">
<p>
Example:

This retries 3 times, each time incrementing the number of seconds it waits.

<pre><code>
Maybe.create((MaybeEmitter&lt;? super String&gt; s) -&gt; {
System.out.println("subscribing");
s.onError(new RuntimeException("always fails"));
}, BackpressureStrategy.BUFFER).retryWhen(attempts -&gt; {
return attempts.zipWith(Publisher.range(1, 3), (n, i) -&gt; i).flatMap(i -&gt; {
System.out.println("delay retry by " + i + " second(s)");
return Flowable.timer(i, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
});
}).blockingForEach(System.out::println);
</code></pre>

Output is:

<pre> {@code
subscribing
delay retry by 1 second(s)
subscribing
delay retry by 2 second(s)
subscribing
delay retry by 3 second(s)
subscribing
} </pre>
<p>
Note that the inner {@code Publisher} returned by the handler function should signal
either {@code onNext}, {@code onError} or {@code onComplete} in response to the received
{@code Throwable} to indicate the operator should retry or terminate. If the upstream to
the operator is asynchronous, signalling onNext followed by onComplete immediately may
result in the sequence to be completed immediately. Similarly, if this inner
{@code Publisher} signals {@code onError} or {@code onComplete} while the upstream is
active, the sequence is terminated with the same signal immediately.
<p>
The following example demonstrates how to retry an asynchronous source with a delay:
<pre><code>
Maybe.timer(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.doOnSubscribe(s -&gt; System.out.println("subscribing"))
.map(v -&gt; { throw new RuntimeException(); })
.retryWhen(errors -&gt; {
AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger();
return errors
.takeWhile(e -&gt; counter.getAndIncrement() != 3)
.flatMap(e -&gt; {
System.out.println("delay retry by " + counter.get() + " second(s)");
return Flowable.timer(counter.get(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
});
})
.blockingGet();
</code></pre>
<dl>
<dt><b>Scheduler:</b></dt>
<dd>{@code retryWhen} does not operate by default on a particular {@link Scheduler}.</dd>
</dl>

@param handler
receives a Publisher of notifications with which a user can complete or error, aborting the
retry
@return the new Maybe instance
@see <a href="http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/retry.html">ReactiveX operators documentation: Retry</a>
Returns a Maybe that emits the same values as the source Maybe with the exception of an { @code onError } . An { @code onError } notification from the source will result in the emission of a { @link Throwable } item to the Publisher provided as an argument to the { @code notificationHandler } function . If that Publisher calls { @code onComplete } or { @code onError } then { @code retry } will call { @code onComplete } or { @code onError } on the child subscription . Otherwise this Publisher will resubscribe to the source Publisher . <p > <img width = 640 height = 430 src = https : // raw . github . com / wiki / ReactiveX / RxJava / images / rx - operators / retryWhen . f . png alt = > <p > Example :