How to convert an Observable into a BehaviorSubject?











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I'm trying to convert an Observable into a BehaviorSubject. Like this:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = BehaviorSubject.create(new BehaviorSubject(123), a$)
// 🔴


I have also tried:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = new BehaviorSubject(a$, 123)
// 🔴


And:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = a$.asBehaviorSubject(123)
// 🔴


And:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = a$.pipe(
toBehaviorSubject(123)
)
// 🔴


But none of these works. For now I have to implement like this:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = new BehaviorSubject(123)
a$.subscribe(b$)
// 🔵


This would be a little bit ugly in a class:



class Foo() {
a$ = new Observable() // Actually, a$ is more complicated than this.
b$ = new BehaviorSubject(123)

constructor() {
this.a$.subscribe(this.b$)
}
}


So, is there a simpler way to convert a Observable to a BehaviorSubject without using class constructor?





This is my real case:



export class Foo {
autoCompleteItems$ = new BehaviorSubject<string>(null)
autoCompleteSelected$ = new BehaviorSubject<number>(-1)
autoCompleteSelectedChange$ = new Subject<'up'|'down'>()

constructor() {
this.autoCompleteItems$.pipe(
switchMap((items) => {
if (!items) return EMPTY
return this.autoCompleteSelectedChange$.pipe(
startWith('down'),
scan<any, number>((acc, value) => {
if (value === 'up') {
if (acc <= 0) {
return items.length - 1
} else {
return acc - 1
}
} else {
if (acc >= items.length - 1) {
return 0
} else {
return acc + 1
}
}
}, -1)
)
})
).subscribe(this.autoCompleteSelected$)
}

doAutoComplete = () => {
const item = this.autoCompleteItems$.value[this.autoCompleteSelected$.value]
// do something with `item`
}
}









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    What is the usecase for this? You can typically use just merge. Using subscribe is the most Rx way I think.
    – martin
    yesterday










  • Which is the reason you want to convert an Observable to a BehaviourSubject? Is it because you want to have access to the last value? If this is the case you can look at shareReply or a sequence of publishReplay and refCount
    – Picci
    yesterday










  • @Picci Yes. I want to have access to the latest value. Thanks for advise! I'm going to have a look on these APIs.
    – awmleer
    yesterday










  • @Picci Actually I want to write something like b$.value or b$.getValue().
    – awmleer
    yesterday






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    With subjects, value and getValue are code smells and are best avoided.
    – cartant
    yesterday

















up vote
0
down vote

favorite












I'm trying to convert an Observable into a BehaviorSubject. Like this:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = BehaviorSubject.create(new BehaviorSubject(123), a$)
// 🔴


I have also tried:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = new BehaviorSubject(a$, 123)
// 🔴


And:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = a$.asBehaviorSubject(123)
// 🔴


And:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = a$.pipe(
toBehaviorSubject(123)
)
// 🔴


But none of these works. For now I have to implement like this:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = new BehaviorSubject(123)
a$.subscribe(b$)
// 🔵


This would be a little bit ugly in a class:



class Foo() {
a$ = new Observable() // Actually, a$ is more complicated than this.
b$ = new BehaviorSubject(123)

constructor() {
this.a$.subscribe(this.b$)
}
}


So, is there a simpler way to convert a Observable to a BehaviorSubject without using class constructor?





This is my real case:



export class Foo {
autoCompleteItems$ = new BehaviorSubject<string>(null)
autoCompleteSelected$ = new BehaviorSubject<number>(-1)
autoCompleteSelectedChange$ = new Subject<'up'|'down'>()

constructor() {
this.autoCompleteItems$.pipe(
switchMap((items) => {
if (!items) return EMPTY
return this.autoCompleteSelectedChange$.pipe(
startWith('down'),
scan<any, number>((acc, value) => {
if (value === 'up') {
if (acc <= 0) {
return items.length - 1
} else {
return acc - 1
}
} else {
if (acc >= items.length - 1) {
return 0
} else {
return acc + 1
}
}
}, -1)
)
})
).subscribe(this.autoCompleteSelected$)
}

doAutoComplete = () => {
const item = this.autoCompleteItems$.value[this.autoCompleteSelected$.value]
// do something with `item`
}
}









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  • 1




    What is the usecase for this? You can typically use just merge. Using subscribe is the most Rx way I think.
    – martin
    yesterday










  • Which is the reason you want to convert an Observable to a BehaviourSubject? Is it because you want to have access to the last value? If this is the case you can look at shareReply or a sequence of publishReplay and refCount
    – Picci
    yesterday










  • @Picci Yes. I want to have access to the latest value. Thanks for advise! I'm going to have a look on these APIs.
    – awmleer
    yesterday










  • @Picci Actually I want to write something like b$.value or b$.getValue().
    – awmleer
    yesterday






  • 1




    With subjects, value and getValue are code smells and are best avoided.
    – cartant
    yesterday















up vote
0
down vote

favorite









up vote
0
down vote

favorite











I'm trying to convert an Observable into a BehaviorSubject. Like this:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = BehaviorSubject.create(new BehaviorSubject(123), a$)
// 🔴


I have also tried:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = new BehaviorSubject(a$, 123)
// 🔴


And:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = a$.asBehaviorSubject(123)
// 🔴


And:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = a$.pipe(
toBehaviorSubject(123)
)
// 🔴


But none of these works. For now I have to implement like this:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = new BehaviorSubject(123)
a$.subscribe(b$)
// 🔵


This would be a little bit ugly in a class:



class Foo() {
a$ = new Observable() // Actually, a$ is more complicated than this.
b$ = new BehaviorSubject(123)

constructor() {
this.a$.subscribe(this.b$)
}
}


So, is there a simpler way to convert a Observable to a BehaviorSubject without using class constructor?





This is my real case:



export class Foo {
autoCompleteItems$ = new BehaviorSubject<string>(null)
autoCompleteSelected$ = new BehaviorSubject<number>(-1)
autoCompleteSelectedChange$ = new Subject<'up'|'down'>()

constructor() {
this.autoCompleteItems$.pipe(
switchMap((items) => {
if (!items) return EMPTY
return this.autoCompleteSelectedChange$.pipe(
startWith('down'),
scan<any, number>((acc, value) => {
if (value === 'up') {
if (acc <= 0) {
return items.length - 1
} else {
return acc - 1
}
} else {
if (acc >= items.length - 1) {
return 0
} else {
return acc + 1
}
}
}, -1)
)
})
).subscribe(this.autoCompleteSelected$)
}

doAutoComplete = () => {
const item = this.autoCompleteItems$.value[this.autoCompleteSelected$.value]
// do something with `item`
}
}









share|improve this question















I'm trying to convert an Observable into a BehaviorSubject. Like this:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = BehaviorSubject.create(new BehaviorSubject(123), a$)
// 🔴


I have also tried:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = new BehaviorSubject(a$, 123)
// 🔴


And:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = a$.asBehaviorSubject(123)
// 🔴


And:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = a$.pipe(
toBehaviorSubject(123)
)
// 🔴


But none of these works. For now I have to implement like this:



a$ = new Observable()
b$ = new BehaviorSubject(123)
a$.subscribe(b$)
// 🔵


This would be a little bit ugly in a class:



class Foo() {
a$ = new Observable() // Actually, a$ is more complicated than this.
b$ = new BehaviorSubject(123)

constructor() {
this.a$.subscribe(this.b$)
}
}


So, is there a simpler way to convert a Observable to a BehaviorSubject without using class constructor?





This is my real case:



export class Foo {
autoCompleteItems$ = new BehaviorSubject<string>(null)
autoCompleteSelected$ = new BehaviorSubject<number>(-1)
autoCompleteSelectedChange$ = new Subject<'up'|'down'>()

constructor() {
this.autoCompleteItems$.pipe(
switchMap((items) => {
if (!items) return EMPTY
return this.autoCompleteSelectedChange$.pipe(
startWith('down'),
scan<any, number>((acc, value) => {
if (value === 'up') {
if (acc <= 0) {
return items.length - 1
} else {
return acc - 1
}
} else {
if (acc >= items.length - 1) {
return 0
} else {
return acc + 1
}
}
}, -1)
)
})
).subscribe(this.autoCompleteSelected$)
}

doAutoComplete = () => {
const item = this.autoCompleteItems$.value[this.autoCompleteSelected$.value]
// do something with `item`
}
}






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    What is the usecase for this? You can typically use just merge. Using subscribe is the most Rx way I think.
    – martin
    yesterday










  • Which is the reason you want to convert an Observable to a BehaviourSubject? Is it because you want to have access to the last value? If this is the case you can look at shareReply or a sequence of publishReplay and refCount
    – Picci
    yesterday










  • @Picci Yes. I want to have access to the latest value. Thanks for advise! I'm going to have a look on these APIs.
    – awmleer
    yesterday










  • @Picci Actually I want to write something like b$.value or b$.getValue().
    – awmleer
    yesterday






  • 1




    With subjects, value and getValue are code smells and are best avoided.
    – cartant
    yesterday
















  • 1




    What is the usecase for this? You can typically use just merge. Using subscribe is the most Rx way I think.
    – martin
    yesterday










  • Which is the reason you want to convert an Observable to a BehaviourSubject? Is it because you want to have access to the last value? If this is the case you can look at shareReply or a sequence of publishReplay and refCount
    – Picci
    yesterday










  • @Picci Yes. I want to have access to the latest value. Thanks for advise! I'm going to have a look on these APIs.
    – awmleer
    yesterday










  • @Picci Actually I want to write something like b$.value or b$.getValue().
    – awmleer
    yesterday






  • 1




    With subjects, value and getValue are code smells and are best avoided.
    – cartant
    yesterday










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1




What is the usecase for this? You can typically use just merge. Using subscribe is the most Rx way I think.
– martin
yesterday




What is the usecase for this? You can typically use just merge. Using subscribe is the most Rx way I think.
– martin
yesterday












Which is the reason you want to convert an Observable to a BehaviourSubject? Is it because you want to have access to the last value? If this is the case you can look at shareReply or a sequence of publishReplay and refCount
– Picci
yesterday




Which is the reason you want to convert an Observable to a BehaviourSubject? Is it because you want to have access to the last value? If this is the case you can look at shareReply or a sequence of publishReplay and refCount
– Picci
yesterday












@Picci Yes. I want to have access to the latest value. Thanks for advise! I'm going to have a look on these APIs.
– awmleer
yesterday




@Picci Yes. I want to have access to the latest value. Thanks for advise! I'm going to have a look on these APIs.
– awmleer
yesterday












@Picci Actually I want to write something like b$.value or b$.getValue().
– awmleer
yesterday




@Picci Actually I want to write something like b$.value or b$.getValue().
– awmleer
yesterday




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With subjects, value and getValue are code smells and are best avoided.
– cartant
yesterday






With subjects, value and getValue are code smells and are best avoided.
– cartant
yesterday














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I have pretty concerns about the use case too. But here it comes a solution, feel free vote down as long you leave feedback too. Since BehaviourSubject and any other Subject are Observables,



import { BehaviorSubject, from } from 'rxjs'; 
import { map, mergeMap } from 'rxjs/operators';


const source$ = const source$ = from([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]);
const bs = new BehaviorSubject('start')
.pipe(
mergeMap(() => source$)
);

bs.subscribe(console.log);





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    I have pretty concerns about the use case too. But here it comes a solution, feel free vote down as long you leave feedback too. Since BehaviourSubject and any other Subject are Observables,



    import { BehaviorSubject, from } from 'rxjs'; 
    import { map, mergeMap } from 'rxjs/operators';


    const source$ = const source$ = from([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]);
    const bs = new BehaviorSubject('start')
    .pipe(
    mergeMap(() => source$)
    );

    bs.subscribe(console.log);





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      I have pretty concerns about the use case too. But here it comes a solution, feel free vote down as long you leave feedback too. Since BehaviourSubject and any other Subject are Observables,



      import { BehaviorSubject, from } from 'rxjs'; 
      import { map, mergeMap } from 'rxjs/operators';


      const source$ = const source$ = from([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]);
      const bs = new BehaviorSubject('start')
      .pipe(
      mergeMap(() => source$)
      );

      bs.subscribe(console.log);





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        up vote
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        down vote









        I have pretty concerns about the use case too. But here it comes a solution, feel free vote down as long you leave feedback too. Since BehaviourSubject and any other Subject are Observables,



        import { BehaviorSubject, from } from 'rxjs'; 
        import { map, mergeMap } from 'rxjs/operators';


        const source$ = const source$ = from([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]);
        const bs = new BehaviorSubject('start')
        .pipe(
        mergeMap(() => source$)
        );

        bs.subscribe(console.log);





        share|improve this answer












        I have pretty concerns about the use case too. But here it comes a solution, feel free vote down as long you leave feedback too. Since BehaviourSubject and any other Subject are Observables,



        import { BehaviorSubject, from } from 'rxjs'; 
        import { map, mergeMap } from 'rxjs/operators';


        const source$ = const source$ = from([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]);
        const bs = new BehaviorSubject('start')
        .pipe(
        mergeMap(() => source$)
        );

        bs.subscribe(console.log);






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