var fs = require('fs');
const SerAny = require('serialize-anything');
import { Socket } from 'socket.io';
function sendbuffer(socket:Socket, bufferx: string, forcefulload:boolean) {
    var bufx = bufferx[socket.id];
    //add placeholder character(reserved unicode) for blinking cursor in client;
    bufx += "\u2588";
    if(forcefulload) {
    socket.emit('buffer', bufx);
    }
    else {
    socket.emit('bufferx', bufx);
    }
}
function loadsess(args:Array<string>, sessions:any, filesystem:any, curdir:any, buffer:string, socket:Socket ):string {
    var buf = "";
    if (args.length == 1) {
        sessions = SerAny.deserialize(fs.readFileSync("./sessions.json"));
        if(sessions[args[0]] != undefined) {
            filesystem = sessions[args[0]]["filesystem"];
            curdir = sessions[args[0]]["curdir"];
            buffer = sessions[args[0]]["buffer"];
            buf += "Session loaded.\n";
            sendbuffer(socket, buffer, true);
        }
    }
    else {
        buf += "Wrong number of arguments.";
    }
    return buf;
}
export { loadsess };