async Future StreamSubscription Error - dart

Question

Could someone please explain what's wrong with the following code. I'm making two calls to the function fInputData. The first works ok, the second results in an error :
"unhandled exception"
"Bad state: Stream already has subscriber"
I need to write a test console program that inputs multiple parameters.
import "dart:async" as async;
import "dart:io";
void main() {
fInputData ("Enter Nr of Iterations : ")
.then((String sResult){
int iIters;
try {
iIters = int.parse(sResult);
if (iIters < 0) throw new Exception("Invalid");
} catch (oError) {
print ("Invalid entry");
exit(1);
}
print ("In Main : Iterations selected = ${iIters}");
fInputData("Continue Processing? (Y/N) : ") // this call bombs
.then((String sInput){
if (sInput != "y" && sInput != "Y")
exit(1);
fProcessData(iIters);
print ("Main Completed");
});
});
}
async.Future<String> fInputData(String sPrompt) {
async.Completer<String> oCompleter = new async.Completer();
stdout.write(sPrompt);
async.Stream<String> oStream = stdin.transform(new StringDecoder());
async.StreamSubscription oSub;
oSub = oStream.listen((String sInput) {
oCompleter.complete(sInput);
oSub.cancel();
});
return oCompleter.future;
}
void fProcessData(int iIters) {
print ("In fProcessData");
print ("iIters = ${iIters}");
for (int iPos = 1; iPos <= iIters; iPos++ ) {
if (iPos%100 == 0) print ("Processed = ${iPos}");
}
print ("In fProcessData - completed ${iIters}");
}

Answer 1

Some background reading:
Streams comes in two flavours: single or multiple (also known as
broadcast) subscriber. By default, our stream is a single-subscriber
stream. This means that if you try to listen to the stream more than
once, you will get an exception, and using any of the callback
functions or future properties counts as listening.
You can convert the single-subscriber stream into a broadcast stream
by using the asBroadcastStream() method.
So you've got two options - either re-use a single subscription object. i.e. call listen once, and keep the subscription object alive.
Or use a broadcast stream - note there are a number of differences between broadcast streams and single-subscriber streams, you'll need to read about those and make sure they suit your use-case.
Here's an example of reusing a subscriber to ask multiple questions:
import 'dart:async';
import 'dart:io';
main() {
var console = new Console();
var loop;
loop = () => ask(console).then((_) => loop());
loop();
}
Future ask(Console console) {
print('1 + 1 = ...');
return console.readLine().then((line) {
print(line.trim() == '2' ? 'Yup!' : 'Nope :(');
});
}
class Console {
StreamSubscription<String> _subs;
Console() {
var input = stdin
.transform(new StringDecoder())
.transform(new LineTransformer());
_subs = input.listen(null);
}
Future<String> readLine() {
var completer = new Completer<String>();
_subs.onData(completer.complete);
return completer.future;
}
}