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+import { Observable } from '../Observable';
+import { Operator } from '../Operator';
+import { Subscriber } from '../Subscriber';
+import { async } from '../scheduler/async';
+import { MonoTypeOperatorFunction, SchedulerAction, SchedulerLike, TeardownLogic } from '../types';
+
+/**
+ * Emits the most recently emitted value from the source Observable within
+ * periodic time intervals.
+ *
+ * <span class="informal">Samples the source Observable at periodic time
+ * intervals, emitting what it samples.</span>
+ *
+ * ![](sampleTime.png)
+ *
+ * `sampleTime` periodically looks at the source Observable and emits whichever
+ * value it has most recently emitted since the previous sampling, unless the
+ * source has not emitted anything since the previous sampling. The sampling
+ * happens periodically in time every `period` milliseconds (or the time unit
+ * defined by the optional `scheduler` argument). The sampling starts as soon as
+ * the output Observable is subscribed.
+ *
+ * ## Example
+ * Every second, emit the most recent click at most once
+ * ```ts
+ * import { fromEvent } from 'rxjs';
+ * import { sampleTime } from 'rxjs/operators';
+ *
+ * const clicks = fromEvent(document, 'click');
+ * const result = clicks.pipe(sampleTime(1000));
+ * result.subscribe(x => console.log(x));
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @see {@link auditTime}
+ * @see {@link debounceTime}
+ * @see {@link delay}
+ * @see {@link sample}
+ * @see {@link throttleTime}
+ *
+ * @param {number} period The sampling period expressed in milliseconds or the
+ * time unit determined internally by the optional `scheduler`.
+ * @param {SchedulerLike} [scheduler=async] The {@link SchedulerLike} to use for
+ * managing the timers that handle the sampling.
+ * @return {Observable<T>} An Observable that emits the results of sampling the
+ * values emitted by the source Observable at the specified time interval.
+ * @method sampleTime
+ * @owner Observable
+ */
+export function sampleTime<T>(period: number, scheduler: SchedulerLike = async): MonoTypeOperatorFunction<T> {
+ return (source: Observable<T>) => source.lift(new SampleTimeOperator(period, scheduler));
+}
+
+class SampleTimeOperator<T> implements Operator<T, T> {
+ constructor(private period: number,
+ private scheduler: SchedulerLike) {
+ }
+
+ call(subscriber: Subscriber<T>, source: any): TeardownLogic {
+ return source.subscribe(new SampleTimeSubscriber(subscriber, this.period, this.scheduler));
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * We need this JSDoc comment for affecting ESDoc.
+ * @ignore
+ * @extends {Ignored}
+ */
+class SampleTimeSubscriber<T> extends Subscriber<T> {
+ lastValue: T;
+ hasValue: boolean = false;
+
+ constructor(destination: Subscriber<T>,
+ private period: number,
+ private scheduler: SchedulerLike) {
+ super(destination);
+ this.add(scheduler.schedule(dispatchNotification, period, { subscriber: this, period }));
+ }
+
+ protected _next(value: T) {
+ this.lastValue = value;
+ this.hasValue = true;
+ }
+
+ notifyNext() {
+ if (this.hasValue) {
+ this.hasValue = false;
+ this.destination.next(this.lastValue);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+function dispatchNotification<T>(this: SchedulerAction<any>, state: any) {
+ let { subscriber, period } = state;
+ subscriber.notifyNext();
+ this.schedule(state, period);
+}