Angular 2 Message Bus / PubSub ex.

message-bus.service.ts

import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
import { ReplaySubject, Observable } from "rxjs/Rx";

interface Message {
    channel: string;
    data: any;
}

@Injectable()
export class MessageBus {
    public channelSubjects: { channel: string, subject: ReplaySubject<Message> }[];

    constructor() {
        this.channelSubjects = [];
    }

    private getTypeSub(channel: string) {
        let existingChannelSubject = this.channelSubjects.find(x => x.channel === channel);

        if (existingChannelSubject == null) {
            existingChannelSubject = { channel: channel, subject: new ReplaySubject<Message>(1) };
            this.channelSubjects.push(existingChannelSubject);
        }

        return existingChannelSubject;
    }

    public publish<T>(message: T): void {
        const channel = Array.isArray(message) ? (<any>message[0].constructor).name + '[]' : (<any>message.constructor).name
        const existingTypeSub = this.getTypeSub(channel);
        existingTypeSub.subject.next({ channel: channel, data: message });
    }

    public listenFor<T>(messageType: { new (...args: any[]): T }): Observable<T>
    public listenFor<T>(messageType: { new (...args: any[]): T }[]): Observable<T[]>
    public listenFor<T>(messageType: { new (...args: any[]): T } | { new (...args: any[]): T }[]): Observable<T> | Observable<T[]> {
        const channel = Array.isArray(messageType) ? (<any>messageType[0]).name + '[]' : (<any>messageType).name
        const existingTypeSub = this.getTypeSub(channel);
        return existingTypeSub.subject.map(m => m.data);
    }
}