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+/*
+ This file is part of TALER
+ (C) 2016 GNUnet e.V.
+
+ TALER is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+ Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ TALER is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+ WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+ A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ TALER; see the file COPYING.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ */
+
+
+// tslint:disable:no-var-requires
+
+const path = require("path");
+const fork = require("child_process").fork;
+
+const nodeWorkerEntry = path.join(__dirname, "nodeWorkerEntry.js");
+
+/**
+ * Worker implementation that uses node subprocesses.
+ */
+export class Worker {
+  private child: any;
+
+  /**
+   * Function to be called when we receive a message from the worker thread.
+   */
+  onmessage: undefined | ((m: any) => void);
+
+  /**
+   * Function to be called when we receive an error from the worker thread.
+   */
+  onerror: undefined | ((m: any) => void);
+
+  constructor(scriptFilename: string) {
+    this.child = fork(nodeWorkerEntry);
+    this.onerror = undefined;
+    this.onmessage = undefined;
+
+    this.child.on("error", (e: any) => {
+      if (this.onerror) {
+        this.onerror(e);
+      }
+    });
+
+    this.child.on("message", (msg: any) => {
+      const message = JSON.parse(msg);
+
+      if (!message.error && this.onmessage) {
+        this.onmessage(message);
+      }
+
+      if (message.error && this.onerror) {
+        const error = new Error(message.error);
+        error.stack = message.stack;
+
+        this.onerror(error);
+      }
+    });
+
+    this.child.send({scriptFilename, cwd: process.cwd()});
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add an event listener for either an "error" or "message" event.
+   */
+  addEventListener(event: "message" | "error", fn: (x: any) => void): void {
+    switch (event) {
+      case "message":
+        this.onmessage = fn;
+        break;
+      case "error":
+        this.onerror = fn;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Send a message to the worker thread.
+   */
+  postMessage (msg: any) {
+    this.child.send(JSON.stringify({data: msg}));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Forcibly terminate the worker thread.
+   */
+  terminate () {
+    console.log("terminating node.js worker");
+    this.child.kill("SIGINT");
+  }
+}