Is there a way to 'cache'/share a Flow? E.g. I have ``` flow { expensiveNetworkOperation() } ``` an...

# coroutines

[jeff]

Is there a way to 'cache'/share a Flow? E.g. I have

flow { expensiveNetworkOperation() }

and I want to collect that flow repeatedly. What's the best way to prevent duplicating the expensiveNetworkOperation() call?

[nrobi]

I'd use maybe ConflatedBroadcastChannel instead, since that caches the latest value

[jeff]

interesting, ill look into that. But I may have more than one value in the flow (e.g. a paginated network call)

[jeff]

looks like ArrayBroadcastChannel might be what I need

[octylFractal]

perhaps storing the relevant data outside in variables would also suit your need, initializing it lazily in the flow block

[streetsofboston]

https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/issues/1261
and
https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/issues/1086