diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/client/HttpClientPipeline.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/client/HttpClientPipeline.scala
index c73b36e5f4..d07014f28f 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/client/HttpClientPipeline.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/client/HttpClientPipeline.scala
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ private[http] class HttpClientPipeline(effectiveSettings: ClientConnectionSettin
       Duct[(HttpRequest, Any)]
         .broadcast(contextBypassSubscriber)
         .map(requestMethodByPass)
-        .transform(responseRendererFactory.newRenderer)
+        .transform("renderer", () ⇒ responseRendererFactory.newRenderer)
         .flatten(FlattenStrategy.concat)
-        .transform(errorLogger(log, "Outgoing request stream error"))
+        .transform("errorLogger", () ⇒ errorLogger(log, "Outgoing request stream error"))
         .produceTo(tcpConn.outputStream)(materializer)
 
     val responsePublisher =
       Flow(tcpConn.inputStream)
-        .transform(rootParser.copyWith(warnOnIllegalHeader, requestMethodByPass))
+        .transform("rootParser", () ⇒ rootParser.copyWith(warnOnIllegalHeader, requestMethodByPass))
         .splitWhen(_.isInstanceOf[MessageStart])
         .headAndTail(materializer)
         .collect {
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/model/HttpEntity.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/model/HttpEntity.scala
index 999bdcec63..958655785b 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/model/HttpEntity.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/model/HttpEntity.scala
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ sealed trait HttpEntity extends japi.HttpEntity {
    */
   def toStrict(timeout: FiniteDuration, materializer: FlowMaterializer)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): Future[HttpEntity.Strict] =
     Flow(dataBytes(materializer))
-      .transform(new TimerTransformer[ByteString, HttpEntity.Strict] {
+      .timerTransform("toStrict", () ⇒ new TimerTransformer[ByteString, HttpEntity.Strict] {
         var bytes = ByteString.newBuilder
         scheduleOnce("", timeout)
 
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/rendering/HttpRequestRendererFactory.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/rendering/HttpRequestRendererFactory.scala
index 95375b42ba..82ff95ac76 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/rendering/HttpRequestRendererFactory.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/rendering/HttpRequestRendererFactory.scala
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ private[http] class HttpRequestRendererFactory(userAgentHeader: Option[headers.`
           case HttpEntity.Default(_, contentLength, data) ⇒
             renderContentLength(contentLength)
             renderByteStrings(r,
-              Flow(data).transform(new CheckContentLengthTransformer(contentLength)).toPublisher()(materializer),
+              Flow(data).transform("checkContentLenght", () ⇒ new CheckContentLengthTransformer(contentLength)).toPublisher()(materializer),
               materializer)
 
           case HttpEntity.Chunked(_, chunks) ⇒
             r ~~ `Transfer-Encoding` ~~ ChunkedBytes ~~ CrLf ~~ CrLf
-            renderByteStrings(r, Flow(chunks).transform(new ChunkTransformer).toPublisher()(materializer), materializer)
+            renderByteStrings(r, Flow(chunks).transform("chunkTransform", () ⇒ new ChunkTransformer).toPublisher()(materializer), materializer)
         }
 
       renderRequestLine()
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/rendering/HttpResponseRendererFactory.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/rendering/HttpResponseRendererFactory.scala
index c5bf94508a..6a3cbf425c 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/rendering/HttpResponseRendererFactory.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/rendering/HttpResponseRendererFactory.scala
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ private[http] class HttpResponseRendererFactory(serverHeader: Option[headers.Ser
             renderHeaders(headers.toList)
             renderEntityContentType(r, entity)
             r ~~ `Content-Length` ~~ contentLength ~~ CrLf ~~ CrLf
-            byteStrings(Flow(data).transform(new CheckContentLengthTransformer(contentLength)).toPublisher()(materializer))
+            byteStrings(Flow(data).transform("checkContentLenght", () ⇒ new CheckContentLengthTransformer(contentLength)).toPublisher()(materializer))
 
           case HttpEntity.CloseDelimited(_, data) ⇒
             renderHeaders(headers.toList, alwaysClose = true)
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ private[http] class HttpResponseRendererFactory(serverHeader: Option[headers.Ser
               if (!entity.isKnownEmpty || ctx.requestMethod == HttpMethods.HEAD)
                 r ~~ `Transfer-Encoding` ~~ ChunkedBytes ~~ CrLf
               r ~~ CrLf
-              byteStrings(Flow(chunks).transform(new ChunkTransformer).toPublisher()(materializer))
+              byteStrings(Flow(chunks).transform("checkContentLenght", () ⇒ new ChunkTransformer).toPublisher()(materializer))
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/HttpServerPipeline.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/HttpServerPipeline.scala
index 6513f45ef9..4367258372 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/HttpServerPipeline.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/HttpServerPipeline.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ private[http] class HttpServerPipeline(settings: ServerSettings,
 
     val requestPublisher =
       Flow(tcpConn.inputStream)
-        .transform(rootParser.copyWith(warnOnIllegalHeader))
+        .transform("rootParser", () ⇒ rootParser.copyWith(warnOnIllegalHeader))
         // this will create extra single element `[MessageEnd]` substreams, that will
         // be filtered out by the above `collect` for the applicationBypass and the
         // below `collect` for the actual request handling
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ private[http] class HttpServerPipeline(settings: ServerSettings,
     val responseSubscriber =
       Duct[HttpResponse]
         .merge(applicationBypassPublisher)
-        .transform(applyApplicationBypass)
-        .transform(responseRendererFactory.newRenderer)
+        .transform("applyApplicationBypass", () ⇒ applyApplicationBypass)
+        .transform("renderer", () ⇒ responseRendererFactory.newRenderer)
         .flatten(FlattenStrategy.concat)
-        .transform(errorLogger(log, "Outgoing response stream error"))
+        .transform("errorLogger", () ⇒ errorLogger(log, "Outgoing response stream error"))
         .produceTo(tcpConn.outputStream)(materializer)
 
     Http.IncomingConnection(tcpConn.remoteAddress, requestPublisher, responseSubscriber)
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/util/package.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/util/package.scala
index 1cc467e08b..5085221164 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/util/package.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/util/package.scala
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ package object util {
 
   private[http] implicit class FlowWithPrintEvent[T](val underlying: Flow[T]) {
     def printEvent(marker: String): Flow[T] =
-      underlying.transform {
-        new Transformer[T, T] {
+      underlying.transform("transform",
+        () ⇒ new Transformer[T, T] {
           def onNext(element: T) = {
             println(s"$marker: $element")
             element :: Nil
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ package object util {
             println(s"$marker: Terminated with error $e")
             Nil
           }
-        }
-      }
+        })
   }
 
   private[http] def errorLogger(log: LoggingAdapter, msg: String): Transformer[ByteString, ByteString] =
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/parsing/RequestParserSpec.scala b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/parsing/RequestParserSpec.scala
index 82ee4064ca..215ad311a8 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/parsing/RequestParserSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/parsing/RequestParserSpec.scala
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class RequestParserSpec extends FreeSpec with Matchers with BeforeAndAfterAll {
         val future =
           Flow(input.toList)
             .map(ByteString.apply)
-            .transform(parser)
+            .transform("parser", () ⇒ parser)
             .splitWhen(_.isInstanceOf[ParserOutput.MessageStart])
             .headAndTail(materializer)
             .collect {
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/parsing/ResponseParserSpec.scala b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/parsing/ResponseParserSpec.scala
index dca2c7458d..5e62951dd5 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/parsing/ResponseParserSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/parsing/ResponseParserSpec.scala
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class ResponseParserSpec extends FreeSpec with Matchers with BeforeAndAfterAll {
           val future =
             Flow(input.toList)
               .map(ByteString.apply)
-              .transform(newParser(requestMethod))
+              .transform("parser", () ⇒ newParser(requestMethod))
               .splitWhen(_.isInstanceOf[ParserOutput.MessageStart])
               .headAndTail(materializer)
               .collect {
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/marshalling/MultipartMarshallers.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/marshalling/MultipartMarshallers.scala
index 2e2df5f56b..1930f6a81b 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/marshalling/MultipartMarshallers.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/marshalling/MultipartMarshallers.scala
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ trait MultipartMarshallers {
     Marshaller.withOpenCharset(mediaTypeWithBoundary) { (value, charset) ⇒
       val log = actorSystem(refFactory).log
       val bodyPartRenderer = new BodyPartRenderer(boundary, charset.nioCharset, partHeadersSizeHint = 128, fm, log)
-      val chunks = Flow(value.parts).transform(bodyPartRenderer).flatten(FlattenStrategy.concat).toPublisher()(fm)
+      val chunks = Flow(value.parts).transform("bodyPartRenderer", () ⇒ bodyPartRenderer).flatten(FlattenStrategy.concat).toPublisher()(fm)
       HttpEntity.Chunked(ContentType(mediaTypeWithBoundary), chunks)
     }
   }
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/unmarshalling/MultipartUnmarshallers.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/unmarshalling/MultipartUnmarshallers.scala
index bc608b64ed..756f2e2bb8 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/unmarshalling/MultipartUnmarshallers.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/unmarshalling/MultipartUnmarshallers.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ trait MultipartUnmarshallers {
             case None ⇒ sys.error("Content-Type with a multipart media type must have a 'boundary' parameter")
             case Some(boundary) ⇒
               val bodyParts = Flow(entity.dataBytes(fm))
-                .transform(new BodyPartParser(defaultContentType, boundary, fm, actorSystem(refFactory).log))
+                .transform("bodyPart", () ⇒ new BodyPartParser(defaultContentType, boundary, fm, actorSystem(refFactory).log))
                 .splitWhen(_.isInstanceOf[BodyPartParser.BodyPartStart])
                 .headAndTail(fm)
                 .collect {
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/TimerTransformer.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/TimerTransformer.scala
index 8dc6d75232..476b5a9978 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/TimerTransformer.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/TimerTransformer.scala
@@ -3,16 +3,15 @@
  */
 package akka.stream
 
-import scala.collection.immutable
-import scala.collection.mutable
+import akka.actor.{ ActorContext, Cancellable }
+
+import scala.collection.{ immutable, mutable }
 import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
-import akka.actor.ActorContext
-import akka.actor.Cancellable
 
 /**
  * [[Transformer]] with support for scheduling keyed (named) timer events.
  */
-abstract class TimerTransformer[-T, +U] extends Transformer[T, U] {
+abstract class TimerTransformer[-T, +U] extends TransformerLike[T, U] {
   import TimerTransformer._
   private val timers = mutable.Map[Any, Timer]()
   private val timerIdGen = Iterator from 1
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/Transformer.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/Transformer.scala
index 13e26b041c..5c2b898e26 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/Transformer.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/Transformer.scala
@@ -5,18 +5,7 @@ package akka.stream
 
 import scala.collection.immutable
 
-/**
- * General interface for stream transformation.
- *
- * It is possible to keep state in the concrete [[Transformer]] instance with
- * ordinary instance variables. The [[Transformer]] is executed by an actor and
- * therefore you don not have to add any additional thread safety or memory
- * visibility constructs to access the state from the callback methods.
- *
- * @see [[akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow#transform]]
- * @see [[akka.stream.javadsl.Flow#transform]]
- */
-abstract class Transformer[-T, +U] {
+abstract class TransformerLike[-T, +U] {
   /**
    * Invoked for each element to produce a (possibly empty) sequence of
    * output elements.
@@ -55,9 +44,17 @@ abstract class Transformer[-T, +U] {
    */
   def cleanup(): Unit = ()
 
-  /**
-   * Name of this transformation step. Used as part of the actor name.
-   * Facilitates debugging and logging.
-   */
-  def name: String = "transform"
 }
+
+/**
+ * General interface for stream transformation.
+ *
+ * It is possible to keep state in the concrete [[Transformer]] instance with
+ * ordinary instance variables. The [[Transformer]] is executed by an actor and
+ * therefore you don not have to add any additional thread safety or memory
+ * visibility constructs to access the state from the callback methods.
+ *
+ * @see [[akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow#transform]]
+ * @see [[akka.stream.javadsl.Flow#transform]]
+ */
+abstract class Transformer[-T, +U] extends TransformerLike[T, U]
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/extra/Timed.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/extra/Timed.scala
index bb6ca9343e..1995b2d5d0 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/extra/Timed.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/extra/Timed.scala
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ private[akka] trait TimedOps {
   def timed[I, O](flow: Flow[I], measuredOps: Flow[I] ⇒ Flow[O], onComplete: FiniteDuration ⇒ Unit): Flow[O] = {
     val ctx = new TimedFlowContext
 
-    val startWithTime = flow.transform(new StartTimedFlow(ctx))
+    val startWithTime = flow.transform("startTimed", () ⇒ new StartTimedFlow(ctx))
     val userFlow = measuredOps(startWithTime)
-    userFlow.transform(new StopTimed(ctx, onComplete))
+    userFlow.transform("stopTimed", () ⇒ new StopTimed(ctx, onComplete))
   }
 
   /**
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ private[akka] trait TimedOps {
     // todo is there any other way to provide this for Flow / Duct, without duplicating impl? (they don't share any super-type)
     val ctx = new TimedFlowContext
 
-    val startWithTime: Duct[I, O] = duct.transform(new StartTimedFlow(ctx))
+    val startWithTime: Duct[I, O] = duct.transform("startTimed", () ⇒ new StartTimedFlow(ctx))
     val userFlow: Duct[O, Out] = measuredOps(startWithTime)
-    userFlow.transform(new StopTimed(ctx, onComplete))
+    userFlow.transform("stopTimed", () ⇒ new StopTimed(ctx, onComplete))
   }
 
 }
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ private[akka] trait TimedIntervalBetweenOps {
    * Measures rolling interval between immediatly subsequent `matching(o: O)` elements.
    */
   def timedIntervalBetween[O](flow: Flow[O], matching: O ⇒ Boolean, onInterval: FiniteDuration ⇒ Unit): Flow[O] = {
-    flow.transform(new TimedIntervalTransformer[O](matching, onInterval))
+    flow.transform("timedInterval", () ⇒ new TimedIntervalTransformer[O](matching, onInterval))
   }
 
   /**
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ private[akka] trait TimedIntervalBetweenOps {
    */
   def timedIntervalBetween[I, O](duct: Duct[I, O], matching: O ⇒ Boolean, onInterval: FiniteDuration ⇒ Unit): Duct[I, O] = {
     // todo is there any other way to provide this for Flow / Duct, without duplicating impl? (they don't share any super-type)
-    duct.transform(new TimedIntervalTransformer[O](matching, onInterval))
+    duct.transform("timedInterval", () ⇒ new TimedIntervalTransformer[O](matching, onInterval))
   }
 }
 
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ object Timed extends TimedOps with TimedIntervalBetweenOps {
   }
 
   final class StartTimedFlow[T](ctx: TimedFlowContext) extends Transformer[T, T] {
-    override def name = "startTimed"
-
     private var started = false
 
     override def onNext(element: T) = {
@@ -115,7 +113,6 @@ object Timed extends TimedOps with TimedIntervalBetweenOps {
   }
 
   final class StopTimed[T](ctx: TimedFlowContext, _onComplete: FiniteDuration ⇒ Unit) extends Transformer[T, T] {
-    override def name = "stopTimed"
 
     override def cleanup() {
       val d = ctx.stop()
@@ -126,8 +123,6 @@ object Timed extends TimedOps with TimedIntervalBetweenOps {
   }
 
   final class TimedIntervalTransformer[T](matching: T ⇒ Boolean, onInterval: FiniteDuration ⇒ Unit) extends Transformer[T, T] {
-    override def name = "timedInterval"
-
     private var prevNanos = 0L
     private var matched = 0L
 
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorBasedFlowMaterializer.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorBasedFlowMaterializer.scala
index 589ad13720..50437f10f8 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorBasedFlowMaterializer.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorBasedFlowMaterializer.scala
@@ -3,34 +3,18 @@
  */
 package akka.stream.impl
 
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
+
+import akka.actor.{ Actor, ActorCell, ActorRef, ActorSystem, ExtendedActorSystem, Extension, ExtensionId, ExtensionIdProvider, LocalActorRef, Props, RepointableActorRef }
+import akka.pattern.ask
+import akka.stream._
+import org.reactivestreams.{ Processor, Publisher, Subscriber }
+
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import scala.collection.immutable
-import org.reactivestreams.{ Publisher, Subscriber, Processor }
-import akka.actor.ActorRefFactory
-import akka.stream.{ OverflowStrategy, MaterializerSettings, FlowMaterializer, Transformer }
-import scala.util.Try
-import scala.concurrent.Future
-import scala.util.Success
-import scala.util.Failure
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
-import akka.actor.ActorContext
-import akka.actor.ExtensionIdProvider
-import akka.actor.ExtensionId
-import akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem
-import akka.actor.ActorSystem
-import akka.actor.Extension
-import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
-import akka.stream.TimerTransformer
-import akka.actor.Props
-import akka.actor.Actor
-import akka.actor.ActorRef
-import akka.pattern.ask
-import akka.util.Timeout
+import scala.concurrent.{ Await, Future }
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
-import scala.concurrent.Await
-import akka.actor.LocalActorRef
-import akka.actor.RepointableActorRef
-import akka.actor.ActorCell
+import scala.util.{ Failure, Success }
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
@@ -40,9 +24,8 @@ private[akka] object Ast {
     def name: String
   }
 
-  case class Transform(transformer: Transformer[Any, Any]) extends AstNode {
-    override def name = transformer.name
-  }
+  case class Transform(name: String, mkTransformer: () ⇒ Transformer[Any, Any]) extends AstNode
+  case class TimerTransform(name: String, mkTransformer: () ⇒ TimerTransformer[Any, Any]) extends AstNode
   case class MapFuture(f: Any ⇒ Future[Any]) extends AstNode {
     override def name = "mapFuture"
   }
@@ -137,8 +120,7 @@ private[akka] case class ActorBasedFlowMaterializer(
   flowNameCounter: AtomicLong,
   namePrefix: String)
   extends FlowMaterializer(settings) {
-  import Ast._
-  import ActorBasedFlowMaterializer._
+  import akka.stream.impl.Ast._
 
   def withNamePrefix(name: String): FlowMaterializer = this.copy(namePrefix = name)
 
@@ -170,7 +152,7 @@ private[akka] case class ActorBasedFlowMaterializer(
     }
   }
 
-  private val identityTransform = Transform(
+  private val identityTransform = Transform("identity", () ⇒
     new Transformer[Any, Any] {
       override def onNext(element: Any) = List(element)
     })
@@ -178,7 +160,6 @@ private[akka] case class ActorBasedFlowMaterializer(
   def processorForNode(op: AstNode, flowName: String, n: Int): Processor[Any, Any] = {
     val impl = actorOf(ActorProcessor.props(settings, op), s"$flowName-$n-${op.name}")
     ActorProcessor(impl)
-
   }
 
   def actorOf(props: Props, name: String): ActorRef = supervisor match {
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorProcessor.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorProcessor.scala
index b3c97c123f..6a890ed28e 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorProcessor.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorProcessor.scala
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ private[akka] object ActorProcessor {
   import Ast._
   def props(settings: MaterializerSettings, op: AstNode): Props =
     (op match {
-      case Transform(transformer: TimerTransformer[_, _]) ⇒
-        Props(new TimerTransformerProcessorsImpl(settings, transformer))
-      case t: Transform      ⇒ Props(new TransformProcessorImpl(settings, t.transformer))
+      case t: TimerTransform ⇒ Props(new TimerTransformerProcessorsImpl(settings, t.mkTransformer()))
+      case t: Transform      ⇒ Props(new TransformProcessorImpl(settings, t.mkTransformer()))
       case s: SplitWhen      ⇒ Props(new SplitWhenProcessorImpl(settings, s.p))
       case g: GroupBy        ⇒ Props(new GroupByProcessorImpl(settings, g.f))
       case m: Merge          ⇒ Props(new MergeImpl(settings, m.other))
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/FlowImpl.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/FlowImpl.scala
index f2023c5a37..0fa05ec717 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/FlowImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/FlowImpl.scala
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ private[akka] case class FlowImpl[I, O](publisherNode: Ast.PublisherNode[I], ops
 
   override def toFuture()(implicit materializer: FlowMaterializer): Future[O] = {
     val p = Promise[O]()
-    transform(new Transformer[O, Unit] {
+    transform("toFuture", () ⇒ new Transformer[O, Unit] {
       var done = false
       override def onNext(in: O) = { p success in; done = true; Nil }
       override def onError(e: Throwable) = { p failure e }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ private[akka] case class FlowImpl[I, O](publisherNode: Ast.PublisherNode[I], ops
     produceTo(new BlackholeSubscriber[Any](materializer.settings.maximumInputBufferSize))
 
   override def onComplete(callback: Try[Unit] ⇒ Unit)(implicit materializer: FlowMaterializer): Unit =
-    transform(new Transformer[O, Unit] {
+    transform("onComplete", () ⇒ new Transformer[O, Unit] {
       override def onNext(in: O) = Nil
       override def onError(e: Throwable) = {
         callback(Failure(e))
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ private[akka] case class DuctImpl[In, Out](ops: List[Ast.AstNode]) extends Duct[
     produceTo(new BlackholeSubscriber[Any](materializer.settings.maximumInputBufferSize))
 
   override def onComplete(callback: Try[Unit] ⇒ Unit)(implicit materializer: FlowMaterializer): Subscriber[In] =
-    transform(new Transformer[Out, Unit] {
+    transform("onComplete", () ⇒ new Transformer[Out, Unit] {
       override def onNext(in: Out) = Nil
       override def onError(e: Throwable) = {
         callback(Failure(e))
@@ -155,45 +155,41 @@ private[akka] trait Builder[Out] {
   protected def andThen[U](op: Ast.AstNode): Thing[U]
 
   def map[U](f: Out ⇒ U): Thing[U] =
-    transform(new Transformer[Out, U] {
+    transform("map", () ⇒ new Transformer[Out, U] {
       override def onNext(in: Out) = List(f(in))
-      override def name = "map"
     })
 
   def mapFuture[U](f: Out ⇒ Future[U]): Thing[U] =
     andThen(MapFuture(f.asInstanceOf[Any ⇒ Future[Any]]))
 
   def filter(p: Out ⇒ Boolean): Thing[Out] =
-    transform(new Transformer[Out, Out] {
+    transform("filter", () ⇒ new Transformer[Out, Out] {
       override def onNext(in: Out) = if (p(in)) List(in) else Nil
-      override def name = "filter"
     })
 
   def collect[U](pf: PartialFunction[Out, U]): Thing[U] =
-    transform(new Transformer[Out, U] {
+    transform("collect", () ⇒ new Transformer[Out, U] {
       override def onNext(in: Out) = if (pf.isDefinedAt(in)) List(pf(in)) else Nil
     })
 
   def foreachTransform(c: Out ⇒ Unit): Thing[Unit] =
-    transform(new Transformer[Out, Unit] {
+    transform("foreach", () ⇒ new Transformer[Out, Unit] {
       override def onNext(in: Out) = { c(in); Nil }
       override def onTermination(e: Option[Throwable]) = ListOfUnit
-      override def name = "foreach"
     })
 
   def fold[U](zero: U)(f: (U, Out) ⇒ U): Thing[U] =
-    transform(new FoldTransformer[U](zero, f))
+    transform("fold", () ⇒ new FoldTransformer[U](zero, f))
 
   // Without this class compiler complains about
   // "Parameter type in structural refinement may not refer to an abstract type defined outside that refinement"
   class FoldTransformer[S](var state: S, f: (S, Out) ⇒ S) extends Transformer[Out, S] {
     override def onNext(in: Out): immutable.Seq[S] = { state = f(state, in); Nil }
     override def onTermination(e: Option[Throwable]): immutable.Seq[S] = List(state)
-    override def name = "fold"
   }
 
   def drop(n: Int): Thing[Out] =
-    transform(new Transformer[Out, Out] {
+    transform("drop", () ⇒ new Transformer[Out, Out] {
       var delegate: Transformer[Out, Out] =
         if (n == 0) identityTransformer.asInstanceOf[Transformer[Out, Out]]
         else new Transformer[Out, Out] {
@@ -207,11 +203,10 @@ private[akka] trait Builder[Out] {
         }
 
       override def onNext(in: Out) = delegate.onNext(in)
-      override def name = "drop"
     })
 
   def dropWithin(d: FiniteDuration): Thing[Out] =
-    transform(new TimerTransformer[Out, Out] {
+    timerTransform("dropWithin", () ⇒ new TimerTransformer[Out, Out] {
       scheduleOnce(DropWithinTimerKey, d)
 
       var delegate: Transformer[Out, Out] =
@@ -224,11 +219,10 @@ private[akka] trait Builder[Out] {
         delegate = identityTransformer.asInstanceOf[Transformer[Out, Out]]
         Nil
       }
-      override def name = "dropWithin"
     })
 
   def take(n: Int): Thing[Out] =
-    transform(new Transformer[Out, Out] {
+    transform("take", () ⇒ new Transformer[Out, Out] {
       var delegate: Transformer[Out, Out] =
         if (n == 0) takeCompletedTransformer.asInstanceOf[Transformer[Out, Out]]
         else new Transformer[Out, Out] {
@@ -243,11 +237,10 @@ private[akka] trait Builder[Out] {
 
       override def onNext(in: Out) = delegate.onNext(in)
       override def isComplete = delegate.isComplete
-      override def name = "take"
     })
 
   def takeWithin(d: FiniteDuration): Thing[Out] =
-    transform(new TimerTransformer[Out, Out] {
+    timerTransform("takeWithin", () ⇒ new TimerTransformer[Out, Out] {
       scheduleOnce(TakeWithinTimerKey, d)
 
       var delegate: Transformer[Out, Out] = identityTransformer.asInstanceOf[Transformer[Out, Out]]
@@ -258,13 +251,12 @@ private[akka] trait Builder[Out] {
         delegate = takeCompletedTransformer.asInstanceOf[Transformer[Out, Out]]
         Nil
       }
-      override def name = "takeWithin"
     })
 
   def prefixAndTail[U >: Out](n: Int): Thing[(immutable.Seq[Out], Publisher[U])] = andThen(PrefixAndTail(n))
 
   def grouped(n: Int): Thing[immutable.Seq[Out]] =
-    transform(new Transformer[Out, immutable.Seq[Out]] {
+    transform("grouped", () ⇒ new Transformer[Out, immutable.Seq[Out]] {
       var buf: Vector[Out] = Vector.empty
       override def onNext(in: Out) = {
         buf :+= in
@@ -276,11 +268,10 @@ private[akka] trait Builder[Out] {
           Nil
       }
       override def onTermination(e: Option[Throwable]) = if (buf.isEmpty) Nil else List(buf)
-      override def name = "grouped"
     })
 
   def groupedWithin(n: Int, d: FiniteDuration): Thing[immutable.Seq[Out]] =
-    transform(new TimerTransformer[Out, immutable.Seq[Out]] {
+    timerTransform("groupedWithin", () ⇒ new TimerTransformer[Out, immutable.Seq[Out]] {
       schedulePeriodically(GroupedWithinTimerKey, d)
       var buf: Vector[Out] = Vector.empty
 
@@ -301,17 +292,18 @@ private[akka] trait Builder[Out] {
           buf = Vector.empty
           List(group)
         }
-      override def name = "groupedWithin"
     })
 
   def mapConcat[U](f: Out ⇒ immutable.Seq[U]): Thing[U] =
-    transform(new Transformer[Out, U] {
+    transform("mapConcat", () ⇒ new Transformer[Out, U] {
       override def onNext(in: Out) = f(in)
-      override def name = "mapConcat"
     })
 
-  def transform[U](transformer: Transformer[Out, U]): Thing[U] =
-    andThen(Transform(transformer.asInstanceOf[Transformer[Any, Any]]))
+  def transform[U](name: String, mkTransformer: () ⇒ Transformer[Out, U]): Thing[U] =
+    andThen(Transform(name, mkTransformer.asInstanceOf[() ⇒ Transformer[Any, Any]]))
+
+  def timerTransform[U](name: String, mkTransformer: () ⇒ TimerTransformer[Out, U]): Thing[U] =
+    andThen(TimerTransform(name, mkTransformer.asInstanceOf[() ⇒ TimerTransformer[Any, Any]]))
 
   def zip[O2](other: Publisher[O2]): Thing[(Out, O2)] = andThen(Zip(other.asInstanceOf[Publisher[Any]]))
 
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/SingleStreamProcessors.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/SingleStreamProcessors.scala
index 594b26cf50..1d20373176 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/SingleStreamProcessors.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/SingleStreamProcessors.scala
@@ -3,17 +3,18 @@
  */
 package akka.stream.impl
 
-import scala.collection.immutable
-import scala.util.{ Failure, Success }
 import akka.actor.Props
-import akka.stream.MaterializerSettings
-import akka.stream.Transformer
+import akka.stream.{ MaterializerSettings, TransformerLike }
+
+import scala.collection.immutable
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
-private[akka] class TransformProcessorImpl(_settings: MaterializerSettings, transformer: Transformer[Any, Any]) extends ActorProcessorImpl(_settings) {
+private[akka] class TransformProcessorImpl(_settings: MaterializerSettings, transformer: TransformerLike[Any, Any])
+  extends ActorProcessorImpl(_settings) {
+
   var hasCleanupRun = false
   // TODO performance improvement: mutable buffer?
   var emits = immutable.Seq.empty[Any]
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/javadsl/Duct.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/javadsl/Duct.scala
index 7163e55b51..62f4cd4f49 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/javadsl/Duct.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/javadsl/Duct.scala
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import akka.japi.Pair
 import akka.japi.Predicate
 import akka.japi.Procedure
 import akka.japi.Util.immutableSeq
-import akka.stream.{ FlattenStrategy, OverflowStrategy, FlowMaterializer, Transformer }
+import akka.stream._
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.{ Duct ⇒ SDuct }
 import akka.stream.impl.Ast
 import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
@@ -151,10 +151,35 @@ abstract class Duct[In, Out] {
    * therefore you don not have to add any additional thread safety or memory
    * visibility constructs to access the state from the callback methods.
    *
-   * Note that you can use [[akka.stream.TimerTransformer]] if you need support
-   * for scheduled events in the transformer.
+   * Note that you can use [[#timerTransform]] if you need support for scheduled events in the transformer.
    */
-  def transform[U](transformer: Transformer[Out, U]): Duct[In, U]
+  def transform[U](name: String, transformer: () ⇒ Transformer[Out, U]): Duct[In, U]
+
+  /**
+   * Transformation of a stream, with additional support for scheduled events.
+   *
+   * For each element the [[akka.stream.Transformer#onNext]]
+   * function is invoked, expecting a (possibly empty) sequence of output elements
+   * to be produced.
+   * After handing off the elements produced from one input element to the downstream
+   * subscribers, the [[akka.stream.Transformer#isComplete]] predicate determines whether to end
+   * stream processing at this point; in that case the upstream subscription is
+   * canceled. Before signaling normal completion to the downstream subscribers,
+   * the [[akka.stream.Transformer#onComplete]] function is invoked to produce a (possibly empty)
+   * sequence of elements in response to the end-of-stream event.
+   *
+   * [[akka.stream.Transformer#onError]] is called when failure is signaled from upstream.
+   *
+   * After normal completion or error the [[akka.stream.Transformer#cleanup]] function is called.
+   *
+   * It is possible to keep state in the concrete [[akka.stream.Transformer]] instance with
+   * ordinary instance variables. The [[akka.stream.Transformer]] is executed by an actor and
+   * therefore you do not have to add any additional thread safety or memory
+   * visibility constructs to access the state from the callback methods.
+   *
+   * Note that you can use [[#transform]] if you just need to transform elements time plays no role in the transformation.
+   */
+  def timerTransform[U](name: String, mkTransformer: () ⇒ TimerTransformer[Out, U]): Duct[In, U]
 
   /**
    * Takes up to n elements from the stream and returns a pair containing a strict sequence of the taken element
@@ -375,8 +400,11 @@ private[akka] class DuctAdapter[In, T](delegate: SDuct[In, T]) extends Duct[In,
   override def mapConcat[U](f: Function[T, java.util.List[U]]): Duct[In, U] =
     new DuctAdapter(delegate.mapConcat(elem ⇒ immutableSeq(f.apply(elem))))
 
-  override def transform[U](transformer: Transformer[T, U]): Duct[In, U] =
-    new DuctAdapter(delegate.transform(transformer))
+  override def transform[U](name: String, mkTransformer: () ⇒ Transformer[T, U]): Duct[In, U] =
+    new DuctAdapter(delegate.transform(name, mkTransformer))
+
+  override def timerTransform[U](name: String, mkTransformer: () ⇒ TimerTransformer[T, U]): Duct[In, U] =
+    new DuctAdapter(delegate.timerTransform(name, mkTransformer))
 
   override def prefixAndTail(n: Int): Duct[In, Pair[java.util.List[T], Publisher[T]]] =
     new DuctAdapter(delegate.prefixAndTail(n).map { case (taken, tail) ⇒ Pair(taken.asJava, tail) })
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/javadsl/Flow.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/javadsl/Flow.scala
index a635bf9b7b..679ed6eacd 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/javadsl/Flow.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/javadsl/Flow.scala
@@ -10,13 +10,9 @@ import scala.concurrent.Future
 import scala.util.Failure
 import scala.util.Success
 import org.reactivestreams.{ Publisher, Subscriber }
-import akka.japi.Function
-import akka.japi.Function2
-import akka.japi.Pair
-import akka.japi.Predicate
-import akka.japi.Procedure
+import akka.japi._
 import akka.japi.Util.immutableSeq
-import akka.stream.{ FlattenStrategy, OverflowStrategy, FlowMaterializer, Transformer }
+import akka.stream._
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.{ Flow ⇒ SFlow }
 import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
 import akka.dispatch.ExecutionContexts
@@ -197,7 +193,7 @@ abstract class Flow[T] {
 
   /**
    * Generic transformation of a stream: for each element the [[akka.stream.Transformer#onNext]]
-   * function is invoked and expecting a (possibly empty) sequence of output elements
+   * function is invoked, expecting a (possibly empty) sequence of output elements
    * to be produced.
    * After handing off the elements produced from one input element to the downstream
    * subscribers, the [[akka.stream.Transformer#isComplete]] predicate determines whether to end
@@ -206,6 +202,8 @@ abstract class Flow[T] {
    * the [[akka.stream.Transformer#onComplete]] function is invoked to produce a (possibly empty)
    * sequence of elements in response to the end-of-stream event.
    *
+   * [[akka.stream.Transformer#onError]] is called when failure is signaled from upstream.
+   *
    * After normal completion or error the [[akka.stream.Transformer#cleanup]] function is called.
    *
    * It is possible to keep state in the concrete [[akka.stream.Transformer]] instance with
@@ -213,10 +211,35 @@ abstract class Flow[T] {
    * therefore you do not have to add any additional thread safety or memory
    * visibility constructs to access the state from the callback methods.
    *
-   * Note that you can use [[akka.stream.TimerTransformer]] if you need support
-   * for scheduled events in the transformer.
+   * Note that you can use [[#timerTransform]] if you need support for scheduled events in the transformer.
    */
-  def transform[U](transformer: Transformer[T, U]): Flow[U]
+  def transform[U](name: String, mkTransformer: Creator[Transformer[T, U]]): Flow[U]
+
+  /**
+   * Transformation of a stream, with additional support for scheduled events.
+   *
+   * For each element the [[akka.stream.Transformer#onNext]]
+   * function is invoked, expecting a (possibly empty) sequence of output elements
+   * to be produced.
+   * After handing off the elements produced from one input element to the downstream
+   * subscribers, the [[akka.stream.Transformer#isComplete]] predicate determines whether to end
+   * stream processing at this point; in that case the upstream subscription is
+   * canceled. Before signaling normal completion to the downstream subscribers,
+   * the [[akka.stream.Transformer#onComplete]] function is invoked to produce a (possibly empty)
+   * sequence of elements in response to the end-of-stream event.
+   *
+   * [[akka.stream.Transformer#onError]] is called when failure is signaled from upstream.
+   *
+   * After normal completion or error the [[akka.stream.Transformer#cleanup]] function is called.
+   *
+   * It is possible to keep state in the concrete [[akka.stream.Transformer]] instance with
+   * ordinary instance variables. The [[akka.stream.Transformer]] is executed by an actor and
+   * therefore you do not have to add any additional thread safety or memory
+   * visibility constructs to access the state from the callback methods.
+   *
+   * Note that you can use [[#transform]] if you just need to transform elements time plays no role in the transformation.
+   */
+  def timerTransform[U](name: String, mkTransformer: Creator[TimerTransformer[T, U]]): Flow[U]
 
   /**
    * Takes up to n elements from the stream and returns a pair containing a strict sequence of the taken element
@@ -441,8 +464,11 @@ private[akka] class FlowAdapter[T](delegate: SFlow[T]) extends Flow[T] {
   override def mapConcat[U](f: Function[T, java.util.List[U]]): Flow[U] =
     new FlowAdapter(delegate.mapConcat(elem ⇒ immutableSeq(f.apply(elem))))
 
-  override def transform[U](transformer: Transformer[T, U]): Flow[U] =
-    new FlowAdapter(delegate.transform(transformer))
+  override def transform[U](name: String, transformer: Creator[Transformer[T, U]]): Flow[U] =
+    new FlowAdapter(delegate.transform(name, () ⇒ transformer.create()))
+
+  override def timerTransform[U](name: String, transformer: Creator[TimerTransformer[T, U]]): Flow[U] =
+    new FlowAdapter(delegate.timerTransform(name, () ⇒ transformer.create()))
 
   override def prefixAndTail(n: Int): Flow[Pair[java.util.List[T], Publisher[T]]] =
     new FlowAdapter(delegate.prefixAndTail(n).map { case (taken, tail) ⇒ Pair(taken.asJava, tail) })
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/Duct.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/Duct.scala
index da22908a63..05c264daf8 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/Duct.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/Duct.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package akka.stream.scaladsl
 import scala.collection.immutable
 import scala.util.Try
 import org.reactivestreams.{ Publisher, Subscriber }
-import akka.stream.{ FlattenStrategy, OverflowStrategy, FlowMaterializer, Transformer }
+import akka.stream._
 import akka.stream.impl.DuctImpl
 import akka.stream.impl.Ast
 import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
@@ -140,10 +140,35 @@ trait Duct[In, +Out] {
    * therefore you don not have to add any additional thread safety or memory
    * visibility constructs to access the state from the callback methods.
    *
-   * Note that you can use [[akka.stream.TimerTransformer]] if you need support
-   * for scheduled events in the transformer.
+   * Note that you can use [[#timerTransform]] if you need support for scheduled events in the transformer.
    */
-  def transform[U](transformer: Transformer[Out, U]): Duct[In, U]
+  def transform[U](name: String, transformer: () ⇒ Transformer[Out, U]): Duct[In, U]
+
+  /**
+   * Transformation of a stream, with additional support for scheduled events.
+   *
+   * For each element the [[akka.stream.Transformer#onNext]]
+   * function is invoked, expecting a (possibly empty) sequence of output elements
+   * to be produced.
+   * After handing off the elements produced from one input element to the downstream
+   * subscribers, the [[akka.stream.Transformer#isComplete]] predicate determines whether to end
+   * stream processing at this point; in that case the upstream subscription is
+   * canceled. Before signaling normal completion to the downstream subscribers,
+   * the [[akka.stream.Transformer#onComplete]] function is invoked to produce a (possibly empty)
+   * sequence of elements in response to the end-of-stream event.
+   *
+   * [[akka.stream.Transformer#onError]] is called when failure is signaled from upstream.
+   *
+   * After normal completion or error the [[akka.stream.Transformer#cleanup]] function is called.
+   *
+   * It is possible to keep state in the concrete [[akka.stream.Transformer]] instance with
+   * ordinary instance variables. The [[akka.stream.Transformer]] is executed by an actor and
+   * therefore you do not have to add any additional thread safety or memory
+   * visibility constructs to access the state from the callback methods.
+   *
+   * Note that you can use [[#transform]] if you just need to transform elements time plays no role in the transformation.
+   */
+  def timerTransform[U](name: String, mkTransformer: () ⇒ TimerTransformer[Out, U]): Duct[In, U]
 
   /**
    * Takes up to n elements from the stream and returns a pair containing a strict sequence of the taken element
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/Flow.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/Flow.scala
index 98a52de972..9adb3b0ea6 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/Flow.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/Flow.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import scala.collection.immutable
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 import scala.util.Try
 import org.reactivestreams.{ Publisher, Subscriber }
-import akka.stream.{ FlattenStrategy, OverflowStrategy, FlowMaterializer, Transformer }
+import akka.stream._
 import akka.stream.impl.Ast.{ ExistingPublisher, IterablePublisherNode, IteratorPublisherNode, ThunkPublisherNode }
 import akka.stream.impl.Ast.FuturePublisherNode
 import akka.stream.impl.FlowImpl
@@ -209,10 +209,35 @@ trait Flow[+T] {
    * therefore you do not have to add any additional thread safety or memory
    * visibility constructs to access the state from the callback methods.
    *
-   * Note that you can use [[akka.stream.TimerTransformer]] if you need support
-   * for scheduled events in the transformer.
+   * Note that you can use [[#timerTransform]] if you need support for scheduled events in the transformer.
    */
-  def transform[U](transformer: Transformer[T, U]): Flow[U]
+  def transform[U](name: String, mkTransformer: () ⇒ Transformer[T, U]): Flow[U]
+
+  /**
+   * Transformation of a stream, with additional support for scheduled events.
+   *
+   * For each element the [[akka.stream.Transformer#onNext]]
+   * function is invoked, expecting a (possibly empty) sequence of output elements
+   * to be produced.
+   * After handing off the elements produced from one input element to the downstream
+   * subscribers, the [[akka.stream.Transformer#isComplete]] predicate determines whether to end
+   * stream processing at this point; in that case the upstream subscription is
+   * canceled. Before signaling normal completion to the downstream subscribers,
+   * the [[akka.stream.Transformer#onComplete]] function is invoked to produce a (possibly empty)
+   * sequence of elements in response to the end-of-stream event.
+   *
+   * [[akka.stream.Transformer#onError]] is called when failure is signaled from upstream.
+   *
+   * After normal completion or error the [[akka.stream.Transformer#cleanup]] function is called.
+   *
+   * It is possible to keep state in the concrete [[akka.stream.Transformer]] instance with
+   * ordinary instance variables. The [[akka.stream.Transformer]] is executed by an actor and
+   * therefore you do not have to add any additional thread safety or memory
+   * visibility constructs to access the state from the callback methods.
+   *
+   * Note that you can use [[#transform]] if you just need to transform elements time plays no role in the transformation.
+   */
+  def timerTransform[U](name: String, mkTransformer: () ⇒ TimerTransformer[T, U]): Flow[U]
 
   /**
    * Takes up to n elements from the stream and returns a pair containing a strict sequence of the taken element
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/test/java/akka/stream/javadsl/FlowTest.java b/akka-stream/src/test/java/akka/stream/javadsl/FlowTest.java
index 312b119e2c..98777d4cfa 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/test/java/akka/stream/javadsl/FlowTest.java
+++ b/akka-stream/src/test/java/akka/stream/javadsl/FlowTest.java
@@ -1,40 +1,26 @@
 package akka.stream.javadsl;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import akka.stream.FlattenStrategy;
-import akka.stream.OverflowStrategy;
+import akka.actor.ActorRef;
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem;
+import akka.dispatch.Futures;
+import akka.dispatch.Mapper;
+import akka.japi.*;
+import akka.stream.*;
+import akka.stream.testkit.AkkaSpec;
+import akka.testkit.JavaTestKit;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
 import scala.Option;
 import scala.concurrent.Await;
 import scala.concurrent.Future;
 import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration;
 
-import akka.actor.ActorRef;
-import akka.actor.ActorSystem;
-import akka.dispatch.Futures;
-import akka.dispatch.Mapper;
-import akka.japi.Function;
-import akka.japi.Function2;
-import akka.japi.Pair;
-import akka.japi.Predicate;
-import akka.japi.Procedure;
-import akka.japi.Util;
-import akka.stream.FlowMaterializer;
-import akka.stream.MaterializerSettings;
-import akka.stream.Transformer;
-import akka.stream.testkit.AkkaSpec;
-import akka.testkit.JavaTestKit;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 public class FlowTest {
 
@@ -113,30 +99,35 @@ public class FlowTest {
     final JavaTestKit probe2 = new JavaTestKit(system);
     final java.lang.Iterable<Integer> input = Arrays.asList(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7);
     // duplicate each element, stop after 4 elements, and emit sum to the end
-    Flow.create(input).transform(new Transformer<Integer, Integer>() {
-      int sum = 0;
-      int count = 0;
-
+    Flow.create(input).transform("publish", new Creator<Transformer<Integer, Integer>>() {
       @Override
-      public scala.collection.immutable.Seq<Integer> onNext(Integer element) {
-        sum += element;
-        count += 1;
-        return Util.immutableSeq(new Integer[] { element, element });
-      }
+      public Transformer<Integer, Integer> create() throws Exception {
+        return new Transformer<Integer, Integer>() {
+          int sum = 0;
+          int count = 0;
 
-      @Override
-      public boolean isComplete() {
-        return count == 4;
-      }
+          @Override
+          public scala.collection.immutable.Seq<Integer> onNext(Integer element) {
+            sum += element;
+            count += 1;
+            return Util.immutableSeq(new Integer[]{element, element});
+          }
 
-      @Override
-      public scala.collection.immutable.Seq<Integer> onTermination(Option<Throwable> e) {
-        return Util.immutableSingletonSeq(sum);
-      }
+          @Override
+          public boolean isComplete() {
+            return count == 4;
+          }
 
-      @Override
-      public void cleanup() {
-        probe2.getRef().tell("cleanup", ActorRef.noSender());
+          @Override
+          public scala.collection.immutable.Seq<Integer> onTermination(Option<Throwable> e) {
+            return Util.immutableSingletonSeq(sum);
+          }
+
+          @Override
+          public void cleanup() {
+            probe2.getRef().tell("cleanup", ActorRef.noSender());
+          }
+        };
       }
     }).foreach(new Procedure<Integer>() {
       public void apply(Integer elem) {
@@ -167,34 +158,40 @@ public class FlowTest {
         else
           return elem + elem;
       }
-    }).transform(new Transformer<Integer, String>() {
-
+    }).transform("publish", new Creator<Transformer<Integer, String>>() {
       @Override
-      public scala.collection.immutable.Seq<String> onNext(Integer element) {
-        return Util.immutableSingletonSeq(element.toString());
-      }
+      public Transformer<Integer, String> create() throws Exception {
+        return new Transformer<Integer, String>() {
 
-      @Override
-      public scala.collection.immutable.Seq<String> onTermination(Option<Throwable> e) {
-        if (e.isEmpty())
-          return Util.immutableSeq(new String[0]);
-        else
-          return Util.immutableSingletonSeq(e.get().getMessage());
-      }
+          @Override
+          public scala.collection.immutable.Seq<String> onNext(Integer element) {
+            return Util.immutableSingletonSeq(element.toString());
+          }
 
-      @Override
-      public void onError(Throwable e) {
-      }
+          @Override
+          public scala.collection.immutable.Seq<String> onTermination(Option<Throwable> e) {
+            if (e.isEmpty()) {
+              return Util.immutableSeq(new String[0]);
+            } else {
+              return Util.immutableSingletonSeq(e.get().getMessage());
+            }
+          }
 
-      @Override
-      public boolean isComplete() {
-        return false;
-      }
+          @Override
+          public void onError(Throwable e) {
+          }
 
-      @Override
-      public void cleanup() {
-      }
+          @Override
+          public boolean isComplete() {
+            return false;
+          }
 
+          @Override
+          public void cleanup() {
+          }
+
+        };
+      }
     }).foreach(new Procedure<String>() {
       public void apply(String elem) {
         probe.getRef().tell(elem, ActorRef.noSender());
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTakeWithinSpec.scala b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTakeWithinSpec.scala
index 69c7e5cfc7..578e0a80a1 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTakeWithinSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTakeWithinSpec.scala
@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ class FlowTakeWithinSpec extends AkkaSpec {
       val p = StreamTestKit.PublisherProbe[Int]()
       val c = StreamTestKit.SubscriberProbe[Int]()
       Flow(p).takeWithin(1.second).produceTo(c)
-      val pSub = p.expectSubscription
-      val cSub = c.expectSubscription
+      val pSub = p.expectSubscription()
+      val cSub = c.expectSubscription()
       cSub.request(100)
-      val demand1 = pSub.expectRequest
+      val demand1 = pSub.expectRequest()
       (1 to demand1) foreach { _ ⇒ pSub.sendNext(input.next()) }
-      val demand2 = pSub.expectRequest
+      val demand2 = pSub.expectRequest()
       (1 to demand2) foreach { _ ⇒ pSub.sendNext(input.next()) }
-      val demand3 = pSub.expectRequest
+      val demand3 = pSub.expectRequest()
       val sentN = demand1 + demand2
       (1 to sentN) foreach { n ⇒ c.expectNext(n) }
       within(2.seconds) {
-        c.expectComplete
+        c.expectComplete()
       }
       (1 to demand3) foreach { _ ⇒ pSub.sendNext(input.next()) }
       c.expectNoMsg(200.millis)
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ class FlowTakeWithinSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "deliver bufferd elements onComplete before the timeout" in {
       val c = StreamTestKit.SubscriberProbe[Int]()
       Flow(1 to 3).takeWithin(1.second).produceTo(c)
-      val cSub = c.expectSubscription
+      val cSub = c.expectSubscription()
       c.expectNoMsg(200.millis)
       cSub.request(100)
       (1 to 3) foreach { n ⇒ c.expectNext(n) }
-      c.expectComplete
+      c.expectComplete()
       c.expectNoMsg(200.millis)
     }
 
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTimerTransformerSpec.scala b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTimerTransformerSpec.scala
index 9b142086ad..781ea44482 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTimerTransformerSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTimerTransformerSpec.scala
@@ -3,28 +3,22 @@
  */
 package akka.stream
 
-import scala.concurrent.duration._
-import akka.stream.testkit.StreamTestKit
-import akka.stream.testkit.AkkaSpec
-import akka.testkit.EventFilter
-import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow
-import akka.testkit.TestProbe
+import akka.stream.testkit.{ AkkaSpec, StreamTestKit }
+
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.util.control.NoStackTrace
-import scala.collection.immutable
 
 @org.junit.runner.RunWith(classOf[org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner])
 class FlowTimerTransformerSpec extends AkkaSpec {
 
-  import system.dispatcher
-
   implicit val materializer = FlowMaterializer(MaterializerSettings(dispatcher = "akka.test.stream-dispatcher"))
 
   "A Flow with TimerTransformer operations" must {
     "produce scheduled ticks as expected" in {
       val p = StreamTestKit.PublisherProbe[Int]()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new TimerTransformer[Int, Int] {
+        timerTransform("timer", () ⇒ new TimerTransformer[Int, Int] {
           schedulePeriodically("tick", 100.millis)
           var tickCount = 0
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = List(elem)
@@ -49,7 +43,7 @@ class FlowTimerTransformerSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "schedule ticks when last transformation step (consume)" in {
       val p = StreamTestKit.PublisherProbe[Int]()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new TimerTransformer[Int, Int] {
+        timerTransform("timer", () ⇒ new TimerTransformer[Int, Int] {
           schedulePeriodically("tick", 100.millis)
           var tickCount = 0
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = List(elem)
@@ -62,7 +56,7 @@ class FlowTimerTransformerSpec extends AkkaSpec {
           override def isComplete: Boolean = !isTimerActive("tick")
         }).
         consume()
-      val pSub = p.expectSubscription
+      val pSub = p.expectSubscription()
       expectMsg("tick-1")
       expectMsg("tick-2")
       expectMsg("tick-3")
@@ -73,7 +67,7 @@ class FlowTimerTransformerSpec extends AkkaSpec {
       val exception = new Exception("Expected exception to the rule") with NoStackTrace
       val p = StreamTestKit.PublisherProbe[Int]()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new TimerTransformer[Int, Int] {
+        timerTransform("timer", () ⇒ new TimerTransformer[Int, Int] {
           scheduleOnce("tick", 100.millis)
 
           def onNext(element: Int) = Nil
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformRecoverSpec.scala b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformRecoverSpec.scala
index 5837de84f6..f751afd90b 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformRecoverSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformRecoverSpec.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "produce one-to-one transformation as expected" in {
       val p = Flow(List(1, 2, 3).iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           var tot = 0
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = {
             tot += elem
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "produce one-to-several transformation as expected" in {
       val p = Flow(List(1, 2, 3).iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           var tot = 0
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = {
             tot += elem
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "produce dropping transformation as expected" in {
       val p = Flow(List(1, 2, 3, 4).iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           var tot = 0
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = {
             tot += elem
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "produce multi-step transformation as expected" in {
       val p = Flow(List("a", "bc", "def").iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new TryRecoveryTransformer[String, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new TryRecoveryTransformer[String, Int] {
           var concat = ""
           override def onNext(element: Try[String]) = {
             concat += element
             List(concat.length)
           }
         }).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           var tot = 0
           override def onNext(length: Int) = {
             tot += length
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "invoke onComplete when done" in {
       val p = Flow(List("a").iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new TryRecoveryTransformer[String, String] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new TryRecoveryTransformer[String, String] {
           var s = ""
           override def onNext(element: Try[String]) = {
             s += element
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "allow cancellation using isComplete" in {
       val p = StreamTestKit.PublisherProbe[Int]()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new TryRecoveryTransformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new TryRecoveryTransformer[Int, Int] {
           var s = ""
           override def onNext(element: Try[Int]) = {
             s += element
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "call onComplete after isComplete signaled completion" in {
       val p = StreamTestKit.PublisherProbe[Int]()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new TryRecoveryTransformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new TryRecoveryTransformer[Int, Int] {
           var s = ""
           override def onNext(element: Try[Int]) = {
             s += element
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "report error when exception is thrown" in {
       val p = Flow(List(1, 2, 3).iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = {
             if (elem == 2) throw new IllegalArgumentException("two not allowed")
             else List(elem, elem)
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
             if (elem == 2) throw new IllegalArgumentException("two not allowed")
             else (1 to 5).map(elem * 100 + _)
           }.
-          transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+          transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
             override def onNext(elem: Int) = List(elem)
             override def onError(e: Throwable) = ()
             override def onTermination(e: Option[Throwable]) = e match {
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "transform errors in sequence with normal messages" in {
       val p = StreamTestKit.PublisherProbe[Int]()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, String] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, String] {
           var s = ""
           override def onNext(element: Int) = {
             s += element.toString
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "forward errors when received and thrown" in {
       val p = StreamTestKit.PublisherProbe[Int]()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           override def onNext(in: Int) = List(in)
           override def onError(e: Throwable) = throw e
         }).
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "support cancel as expected" in {
       val p = Flow(List(1, 2, 3).iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = List(elem, elem)
           override def onError(e: Throwable) = List(-1)
         }).
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformSpec.scala b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformSpec.scala
index 7c67033310..3cd81ac15b 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformSpec.scala
@@ -3,21 +3,18 @@
  */
 package akka.stream
 
-import scala.concurrent.duration._
-import akka.stream.testkit.StreamTestKit
-import akka.stream.testkit.AkkaSpec
-import akka.testkit.EventFilter
-import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow
-import akka.testkit.TestProbe
+import akka.stream.testkit.{ AkkaSpec, StreamTestKit }
+import akka.testkit.{ EventFilter, TestProbe }
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
+
+import scala.collection.immutable.Seq
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.util.control.NoStackTrace
-import scala.collection.immutable
 
 @org.junit.runner.RunWith(classOf[org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner])
 class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.debug.receive=off\nakka.loglevel=INFO")) {
 
-  import system.dispatcher
-
   implicit val materializer = FlowMaterializer(MaterializerSettings(
     initialInputBufferSize = 2,
     maximumInputBufferSize = 2,
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
     "produce one-to-one transformation as expected" in {
       val p = Flow(List(1, 2, 3).iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           var tot = 0
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = {
             tot += elem
@@ -52,7 +49,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
     "produce one-to-several transformation as expected" in {
       val p = Flow(List(1, 2, 3).iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           var tot = 0
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = {
             tot += elem
@@ -78,11 +75,15 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
     "produce dropping transformation as expected" in {
       val p = Flow(List(1, 2, 3, 4).iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           var tot = 0
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = {
             tot += elem
-            if (elem % 2 == 0) Nil else List(tot)
+            if (elem % 2 == 0) {
+              Nil
+            } else {
+              List(tot)
+            }
           }
         }).
         toPublisher()
@@ -101,14 +102,14 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
     "produce multi-step transformation as expected" in {
       val p = Flow(List("a", "bc", "def").iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[String, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[String, Int] {
           var concat = ""
           override def onNext(elem: String) = {
             concat += elem
             List(concat.length)
           }
         }).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           var tot = 0
           override def onNext(length: Int) = {
             tot += length
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
     "invoke onComplete when done" in {
       val p = Flow(List("a").iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[String, String] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[String, String] {
           var s = ""
           override def onNext(element: String) = {
             s += element
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
       val cleanupProbe = TestProbe()
       val p = Flow(List("a").iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[String, String] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[String, String] {
           var s = ""
           override def onNext(element: String) = {
             s += element
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
       val cleanupProbe = TestProbe()
       val p = Flow(List("a").iterator).toPublisher()
       Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[String, String] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[String, String] {
           var s = "x"
           override def onNext(element: String) = {
             s = element
@@ -200,11 +201,12 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
       val cleanupProbe = TestProbe()
       val p = Flow(List("a", "b", "c").iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[String, String] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[String, String] {
           var s = ""
           override def onNext(in: String) = {
-            if (in == "b") throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not b") with NoStackTrace
-            else {
+            if (in == "b") {
+              throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not b") with NoStackTrace
+            } else {
               val out = s + in
               s += in.toUpperCase
               List(out)
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
     "allow cancellation using isComplete" in {
       val p = StreamTestKit.PublisherProbe[Int]()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           var s = ""
           override def onNext(element: Int) = {
             s += element
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
       val cleanupProbe = TestProbe()
       val p = StreamTestKit.PublisherProbe[Int]()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           var s = ""
           override def onNext(element: Int) = {
             s += element
@@ -280,10 +282,13 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
     "report error when exception is thrown" in {
       val p = Flow(List(1, 2, 3).iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = {
-            if (elem == 2) throw new IllegalArgumentException("two not allowed")
-            else List(elem, elem)
+            if (elem == 2) {
+              throw new IllegalArgumentException("two not allowed")
+            } else {
+              List(elem, elem)
+            }
           }
         }).
         toPublisher()
@@ -302,7 +307,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
     "support cancel as expected" in {
       val p = Flow(List(1, 2, 3).iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = List(elem, elem)
         }).
         toPublisher()
@@ -321,7 +326,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
     "support producing elements from empty inputs" in {
       val p = Flow(List.empty[Int].iterator).toPublisher()
       val p2 = Flow(p).
-        transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+        transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = Nil
           override def onTermination(e: Option[Throwable]) = List(1, 2, 3)
         }).
@@ -339,7 +344,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
 
     "support converting onComplete into onError" in {
       val subscriber = StreamTestKit.SubscriberProbe[Int]()
-      Flow(List(5, 1, 2, 3)).transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+      Flow(List(5, 1, 2, 3)).transform("transform", () ⇒ new Transformer[Int, Int] {
         var expectedNumberOfElements: Option[Int] = None
         var count = 0
         override def onNext(elem: Int) =
@@ -354,7 +359,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
           case Some(e) ⇒ Nil
           case None ⇒
             expectedNumberOfElements match {
-              case Some(expected) if (count != expected) ⇒
+              case Some(expected) if count != expected ⇒
                 throw new RuntimeException(s"Expected $expected, got $count") with NoStackTrace
               case _ ⇒ Nil
             }
@@ -367,7 +372,31 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
       subscriber.expectNext(1)
       subscriber.expectNext(2)
       subscriber.expectNext(3)
-      subscriber.expectError.getMessage should be("Expected 5, got 3")
+      subscriber.expectError().getMessage should be("Expected 5, got 3")
+    }
+
+    "be safe to reuse" in {
+      val flow = Flow(1 to 3).transform("transform", () ⇒
+        new Transformer[Int, Int] {
+          var count = 0
+
+          override def onNext(elem: Int): Seq[Int] = {
+            count += 1
+            List(count)
+          }
+        })
+
+      val s1 = StreamTestKit.SubscriberProbe[Int]()
+      flow.produceTo(s1)
+      s1.expectSubscription().request(3)
+      s1.expectNext(1, 2, 3)
+      s1.expectComplete()
+
+      val s2 = StreamTestKit.SubscriberProbe[Int]()
+      flow.produceTo(s2)
+      s2.expectSubscription().request(3)
+      s2.expectNext(1, 2, 3)
+      s2.expectComplete()
     }
   }