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+import { Observable } from '../Observable';
+import { AsyncSubject } from '../AsyncSubject';
+import { multicast } from './multicast';
+import { ConnectableObservable } from '../observable/ConnectableObservable';
+import { UnaryFunction } from '../types';
+
+/**
+ * Returns a connectable observable sequence that shares a single subscription to the
+ * underlying sequence containing only the last notification.
+ *
+ * ![](publishLast.png)
+ *
+ * Similar to {@link publish}, but it waits until the source observable completes and stores
+ * the last emitted value.
+ * Similarly to {@link publishReplay} and {@link publishBehavior}, this keeps storing the last
+ * value even if it has no more subscribers. If subsequent subscriptions happen, they will
+ * immediately get that last stored value and complete.
+ *
+ * ## Example
+ *
+ * ```ts
+ * import { interval } from 'rxjs';
+ * import { publishLast, tap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+ *
+ * const connectable =
+ * interval(1000)
+ * .pipe(
+ * tap(x => console.log("side effect", x)),
+ * take(3),
+ * publishLast());
+ *
+ * connectable.subscribe(
+ * x => console.log( "Sub. A", x),
+ * err => console.log("Sub. A Error", err),
+ * () => console.log( "Sub. A Complete"));
+ *
+ * connectable.subscribe(
+ * x => console.log( "Sub. B", x),
+ * err => console.log("Sub. B Error", err),
+ * () => console.log( "Sub. B Complete"));
+ *
+ * connectable.connect();
+ *
+ * // Results:
+ * // "side effect 0"
+ * // "side effect 1"
+ * // "side effect 2"
+ * // "Sub. A 2"
+ * // "Sub. B 2"
+ * // "Sub. A Complete"
+ * // "Sub. B Complete"
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @see {@link ConnectableObservable}
+ * @see {@link publish}
+ * @see {@link publishReplay}
+ * @see {@link publishBehavior}
+ *
+ * @return {ConnectableObservable} An observable sequence that contains the elements of a
+ * sequence produced by multicasting the source sequence.
+ * @method publishLast
+ * @owner Observable
+ */
+
+export function publishLast<T>(): UnaryFunction<Observable<T>, ConnectableObservable<T>> {
+ return (source: Observable<T>) => multicast(new AsyncSubject<T>())(source);
+}