/**
 * @author Martin Karkowski
 * @email m.karkowski@zema.de
 */

import { BehaviorSubject, ReplaySubject, Subject } from "rxjs";

export interface TSubjectOptions {
  /**
   * Definitin whether to use the history or not.
   *
   * @author M.Karkowski
   * @type {boolean}
   * @memberof TSubjectOptions
   */
  showCurrent?: boolean;

  /**
   * Definition, whether to playback the history every
   * time or not.
   *
   * @author M.Karkowski
   * @type {boolean}
   * @memberof TSubjectOptions
   */
  playHistory?: boolean;
}

/**
 * Helper to define the correct RXJS Subject.
 *
 * @author M.Karkowski
 * @export
 * @template T
 * @param {{
 *   useHistory?: boolean,
 *   playBackhistoryEveryTime?: boolean;
 * }} [options={}]
 * @return {*}
 */
export function getSubject<T>(
  options: TSubjectOptions = {}
): Subject<T> | ReplaySubject<T> | BehaviorSubject<T> {
  if (options.showCurrent) {
    if (options.playHistory) {
      return new ReplaySubject<T>();
    }
    return new BehaviorSubject<T>(undefined);
  }
  return new Subject<T>();
}