ElectricIPC

ElectricIPC is an extension to the Electron framework. It extends the Electron IPC solution and enables easy shareable classes.

Usage

Install the package

npm i -s electric-ipc

Create a service which extends ElectricIPC

export class SampleIPCService extends ElectricIPC {
  // Sample private declarations
  private identifier: number;

  // Make sure to declare window as optional
  public constructor(window?: BrowserWindow) {
    // Here you can add methods
    // you don't want to share
    // with the renderer.
    super(window, 'init' /*, 'and', 'more', 'methods'*/);
  }

  public init(min: number, max: number): void {
    this.identifier = Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1) + min);
  }

  public getIdentifier(): number {
    return this.identifier;
  }
}

Create an instance of the service in the main process

app.on('ready', () => {
    const window = new BrowserWindow({
        width: 800,
        height: 600,
        webPreferences: {
            nodeIntegration: true
        }
    });
    new SampleIPCService(window).init(1, 100);
}));

Create an instance of the service in the renderer process and use methods

const service = new SampleIPCService();
console.log(service.getIdentifier());

Promises

This library also supports Promises. Just write a function in your service and return a Promise<T>.