{"id":725,"date":"2023-03-31T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/?p=725"},"modified":"2023-03-30T14:32:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T21:32:05","slug":"subject-behaviorsubject-and-replaysubject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/subject-behaviorsubject-and-replaysubject\/","title":{"rendered":"Subject, BehaviorSubject, and ReplaySubject"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/rxjs-subjects-when-and-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">RxJs Subjects<\/a> a few weeks back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BehaviorSubject<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common type of Subject used with Angular is <code><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.angulartraining.com\/rxjs-subjects-a-tutorial-4dcce0e9637f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">BehaviorSubject<\/a><\/code>. Why is that? Because a <code>BehaviorSubject<\/code> has two exciting features that a plain <code>Subject<\/code> does not have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It starts with a default value, which means it is never empty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When we subscribe to a behavior subject, it will immediately give us the last emitted value.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine subscribing to a magazine and receiving its latest published issue immediately. That&#8217;s what a <code>BehaviorSubject<\/code> does. This is helpful if you have components that need to know about the app&#8217;s current user. When the component subscribes to the &#8220;current user,&#8221; we want to get that info immediately and not wait for the next user update.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-41.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-41.png 522w, https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-41-300x151.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, since behavior subjects always have a value, they have a <code>getValue(<\/code>) method that synchronously returns the current value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ReplaySubject<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A <code><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.angulartraining.com\/rxjs-subjects-a-tutorial-4dcce0e9637f#:~:text=Replay%20Subjects,to%20new%20subscribers.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ReplaySubject<\/a><\/code> is very similar to a <code>BehaviorSubject<\/code>, with two key differences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No default value<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can replay more than just the last value<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The constructor parameter determines how many values should be replayed to new subscribers:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-42.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-42.png 517w, https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-42-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subject<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A plain <code>Subject<\/code> has none of the above capabilities. When a value is emitted, current subscribers receive it, but future subscribers won&#8217;t. There is no replaying of the latest value(s), which makes plain Subjects less interesting to work with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We introduced RxJs Subjects a few weeks back. BehaviorSubject The most common type of Subject used with Angular is BehaviorSubject. Why is that? Because a BehaviorSubject has two exciting features that a plain Subject does not have: Imagine subscribing to a magazine and receiving its latest published issue immediately. That&#8217;s what a BehaviorSubject does. 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