add data to the end of a behavior object array Angular 5
You can add a new method to your service like addData
in which you can combine your previous data with new data like.
import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
import {BehaviorSubject} from 'rxjs/BehaviorSubject';
@Injectable()
export class UserService {
userDataSource: BehaviorSubject<Array<any>> = new BehaviorSubject([]);
userData = this.userDataSource.asObservable();
updateUserData(data) {
this.userDataSource.next(data);
}
addData(dataObj) {
const currentValue = this.userDataSource.value;
const updatedValue = [...currentValue, dataObj];
this.userDataSource.next(updatedValue);
}
}
For someone that may come accross this issue with a BehaviorSubject<YourObject[]>
.
I found in this article a way to properly add the new array of YourObject
import { Observable, BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
import { YourObject} from './location';
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
@Injectable({
providedIn: 'root'
})
export class ObjService {
private theObjData: BehaviorSubject<YourObject[]> = new BehaviorSubject<YourObject[]>(null);
constructor() {
}
public SetObjData(newValue: YourObject[]): void {
this.theObjData.next(Object.assign([], newValue));
}
}
How to update data:
// inside some component
this.api.userData().subscribe((results:YourObject) =>
this.objService.SetObjData(results);
)
How to observe changes on other component
// inside another component
ngOnInit() {
this.objService.GetAccountStatements().subscribe((results) =>
...
)
}
Use concat to add object
userDataSource = BehaviorSubject<Array<any>>([]);
updateUserData(data) {
this.userDataSource.next(this.userDataSource.value.concat(data));
}
Use filter to remove object
removeUserData(data) {
this.userDataSource.next(this.userDataSource.value.filter(obj => obj !== data));
}
Normally Observables
and Subject
s are meant to be streams of data, not an assignment of data. BehaviorSubject
s are different because they hold their last emitted value.
Normally Subject
s or BehaviorSubjects
inside of a contained class (like a Service) do not want to expose themselves publicly to any other classes, so it's best practice to access their properties with get
ters or methods. This keeps the data stream cold to all subscribers.
However, since the BehaviorSubject
holds the last emitted value, there's a few options here. If all subscribers need a concatenated stream of data from every emission, you could access the last emitted value and append to it:
userDataSource = BehaviorSubject<any[]>([]);
userData = this.userDataSource.asObservable();
updateUserData(data) {
this.userDataSource.next(this.userDataSource.value.push(data));
}
...or, in what might be considered better practice, Subscribers to this Subject could do their own transformation on the stream:
this.api.userData()
.scan((prev, current) => prev.push(current). [])
.subscribe((data) => {
this.concatenatedUserData = data;
});