Observable and subject both are observable's means an observer can track them. but both of them have some unique characteristics. Further there are total 3 type of subjects each of them again have unique characteristics. lets try to to understand each of them.
Observables
They are cold: Code gets executed when they have at least a single observer.
Creates copy of data: Observable creates copy of data for each observer.
Uni-directional: Observer can not assign value to observable(origin/master).
Subject
They are hot: code gets executed and value gets broadcast even if there is no observer.
Shares data: Same data get shared between all observers.
bi-directional: Observer can assign value to observable(origin/master).
If are using using subject then you miss all the values that are broadcast before creation of observer. So here comes Replay Subject
ReplaySubject
They are hot: code gets executed and value get broadcast even if there is no observer.
Shares data: Same data get shared between all observers.
bi-directional: Observer can assign value to observable(origin/master). plus
Replay the message stream: No matter when you subscribe the replay subject you will receive all the broadcasted messages.
In subject and replay subject you can not set the initial value to observable. So here comes Behavioral Subject
BehaviorSubject
They are hot: code gets executed and value get broadcast even if there is no observer.
Shares data: Same data get shared between all observers.
bi-directional: Observer can assign value to observable(origin/master). plus
Replay the message stream: No matter when you subscribe the replay subject you will receive all the broadcasted messages.
You can set initial value: You can initialize the observable with default value.
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