wallet-core/packages/taler-wallet-webextension/src/browserCryptoWorkerFactory.ts

/*
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 */

/**
 * API to access the Taler crypto worker thread.
 * @author Florian Dold
 */

import type {
  CryptoWorker,
  CryptoWorkerFactory,
} from "@gnu-taler/taler-wallet-core";

export class BrowserCryptoWorkerFactory implements CryptoWorkerFactory {
  startWorker(): CryptoWorker {
    const workerCtor = Worker;
    const workerPath = "/dist/browserWorkerEntry.js";
    // FIXME: This is not really the same interface as the crypto worker!
    // We need to wrap it.
    return new workerCtor(workerPath) as CryptoWorker;
  }

  getConcurrency(): number {
    let concurrency = 2;
    try {
      // only works in the browser
      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-string-literal
      concurrency = (navigator as any)["hardwareConcurrency"];
      concurrency = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(concurrency / 2));
    } catch (e) {
      concurrency = 2;
    }
    return concurrency;
  }
}