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/**
 * Classes representing so-called hot sources, aka <strong>subjects</strong>, that implement a base reactive class and
 * the respective consumer type at once to allow forms of multicasting events to multiple
 * consumers as well as consuming another base reactive type of their kind.
 * <p>
 * Available subject classes with their respective base classes and consumer interfaces:
 * <br>
 * <table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
 * <caption>The available subject classes with their respective base classes and consumer interfaces.</caption>
 * <tr><td><b>Subject type</b></td><td><b>Base class</b></td><td><b>Consumer interface</b></td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *     <td>{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.subjects.Subject Subject}
 *     <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.subjects.AsyncSubject AsyncSubject}
 *     <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.subjects.BehaviorSubject BehaviorSubject}
 *     <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.subjects.PublishSubject PublishSubject}
 *     <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.subjects.ReplaySubject ReplaySubject}
 *     <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.subjects.UnicastSubject UnicastSubject}
 *     </td>
 *     <td>{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Observable Observable}</td>
 *     <td>{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Observer Observer}</td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 *     <td>{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.subjects.SingleSubject SingleSubject}</td>
 *     <td>{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single Single}</td>
 *     <td>{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.SingleObserver SingleObserver}</td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 *     <td>{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.subjects.MaybeSubject MaybeSubject}</td>
 *     <td>{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe Maybe}</td>
 *     <td>{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.MaybeObserver MaybeObserver}</td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 *     <td>{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.subjects.CompletableSubject CompletableSubject}</td>
 *     <td>{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Completable Completable}</td>
 *     <td>{@link io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.CompletableObserver CompletableObserver}</td>
 * </tr>
 * </table>
 * <p>
 * The backpressure-aware variants of the {@code Subject} class are called
 * {@link org.reactivestreams.Processor}s and reside in the {@code io.reactivex.processors} package.
 * @see io.reactivex.rxjava3.processors
 */
package io.reactivex.rxjava3.subjects;
