retrywhen.js

  function repeat(value) {
    return {
      '@@iterator': function () {
        return {
          next: function () {
            return { done: false, value: value };
          }
        };
      }
    };
  }

  var RetryWhenObservable = (function(__super__) {
    function createDisposable(state) {
      return {
        isDisposed: false,
        dispose: function () {
          if (!this.isDisposed) {
            this.isDisposed = true;
            state.isDisposed = true;
          }
        }
      };
    }

    function RetryWhenObservable(source, notifier) {
      this.source = source;
      this._notifier = notifier;
      __super__.call(this);
    }

    inherits(RetryWhenObservable, __super__);

    RetryWhenObservable.prototype.subscribeCore = function (o) {
      var exceptions = new Subject(),
        notifier = new Subject(),
        handled = this._notifier(exceptions),
        notificationDisposable = handled.subscribe(notifier);

      var e = this.source['@@iterator']();

      var state = { isDisposed: false },
        lastError,
        subscription = new SerialDisposable();
      var cancelable = currentThreadScheduler.scheduleRecursive(null, function (_, recurse) {
        if (state.isDisposed) { return; }
        var currentItem = e.next();

        if (currentItem.done) {
          if (lastError) {
            o.onError(lastError);
          } else {
            o.onCompleted();
          }
          return;
        }

        // Check if promise
        var currentValue = currentItem.value;
        isPromise(currentValue) && (currentValue = observableFromPromise(currentValue));

        var outer = new SingleAssignmentDisposable();
        var inner = new SingleAssignmentDisposable();
        subscription.setDisposable(new BinaryDisposable(inner, outer));
        outer.setDisposable(currentValue.subscribe(
          function(x) { o.onNext(x); },
          function (exn) {
            inner.setDisposable(notifier.subscribe(recurse, function(ex) {
              o.onError(ex);
            }, function() {
              o.onCompleted();
            }));

            exceptions.onNext(exn);
            outer.dispose();
          },
          function() { o.onCompleted(); }));
      });

      return new NAryDisposable([notificationDisposable, subscription, cancelable, createDisposable(state)]);
    };

    return RetryWhenObservable;
  }(ObservableBase));

  observableProto.retryWhen = function (notifier) {
    return new RetryWhenObservable(repeat(this), notifier);
  };