import * as msg from "gen/msg_generated";
import * as flatbuffers from "./flatbuffers";
// dispatch is used to dispatch a message to Rust
import * as dispatch from "./dispatch";
export async function readFile(filename: string): Promise<Uint8Array> {
return res(await dispatch.sendAsync(...req(filename)));
): [flatbuffers.Builder, msg.Any, flatbuffers.Offset] {
// Builder for serializing a message
const builder = flatbuffers.createBuilder();
const filename_ = builder.createString(filename);
msg.ReadFile.startReadFile(builder);
// Filename is placed into the underlying ArrayBuffer
msg.ReadFile.addFilename(builder, filename_);
const inner = msg.ReadFile.endReadFile(builder);
return [builder, msg.Any.ReadFile, inner];
function res(baseRes: null | msg.Base): Uint8Array {
const inner = new msg.ReadFileRes();
// Taking data out of FlatBuffers
const dataArray = inner.dataArray();
return new Uint8Array(dataArray!);