What is Multicasting?

Updated May 6, 2026

Short answer

Multicasting shares a single execution among subscribers.

Deep explanation

Prevents duplicate executions of expensive operations.

Real-world example

Shared API request caching.

Common mistakes

  • Accidentally duplicating streams.

Follow-up questions

  • What is shareReplay?
  • Why use multicasting?

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