what is the proper way of sharing a flow ?

# coroutines

[myanmarking]

what is the proper way of sharing a flow ?

[Dominaezzz]

Sharing like this? https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/issues/1261

[myanmarking]

something like this:

val flow = callbackFlow{
    offer(dispatchValue1())
    offer(dispatchValue2())
    offer(dispatchValue3())
    close()
}

collecting this flow multiple times will only call those functions once

[Dominaezzz]

So it will call the functions once, but will it return the same items again or will it just continue onto the next function that hasn't been called?

[myanmarking]

this was a silly example 😛 Let's say i have table in the database that i'm observing. then i collect that flow two times, i want them to 'share' results

[myanmarking]

as in, not being cold, and perform the work twice

[Dominaezzz]

Interesting. The link I sent you one part of what you're looking for.

[Dominaezzz]

I'll look for the other.

[myanmarking]

yes, i know 😛 but not ready yet. thanks for your help

[Paul Woitaschek]

Still looking for a alternative to replay(1).refcount()