System to handle IPC communication

src/electron/shared/IPCHandler.ts

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+import TestHandler from '../ipc/TestHandler.ipc'
+import { TestInput } from './interfaces/test.interface'
+
+/**
+ * To add a new IPC listener:
+ * 1.) Write input/output interfaces
+ * 2.) Add the event to IPCEvents
+ * 3.) Write a class that implements IPCHandler
+ * 4.) Add the class to getIPCHandlers
+ */
+
+export function getIPCHandlers(): IPCHandler<keyof IPCEvents>[] {
+  return [
+    new TestHandler()
+  ]
+}
+
+export type IPCEvents = {
+  ['test-event-A']: {
+    input: TestInput
+    output: string
+  }
+  ['test-event-B']: {
+    input: number
+    output: number
+  }
+}
+
+export interface IPCHandler<E extends keyof IPCEvents> {
+  event: E
+  handler(data: IPCEvents[E]['input']): Promise<IPCEvents[E]['output']> | IPCEvents[E]['output']
+}

src/electron/shared/interfaces/test.interface.ts

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+export interface TestInput {
+  value1: string
+  value2: number
+}