@theia/core/src/browser/user-working-directory-provider.ts

Theia is a cloud & desktop IDE framework implemented in TypeScript.

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import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify';
import URI from '../common/uri';
import { MaybePromise, SelectionService, UriSelection } from '../common';
import { EnvVariablesServer } from '../common/env-variables';

@injectable()
export class UserWorkingDirectoryProvider {
    @inject(SelectionService) protected readonly selectionService: SelectionService;
    @inject(EnvVariablesServer) protected readonly envVariables: EnvVariablesServer;

    /**
     * @returns A {@link URI} that represents a good guess about the directory in which the user is currently operating.
     *
     * Factors considered may include the current widget, current selection, user home directory, or other application state.
     */
    async getUserWorkingDir(): Promise<URI> {
        return await this.getFromSelection()
            ?? this.getFromUserHome();
    }

    protected getFromSelection(): MaybePromise<URI | undefined> {
        return this.ensureIsDirectory(UriSelection.getUri(this.selectionService.selection));
    }

    protected getFromUserHome(): MaybePromise<URI> {
        return this.envVariables.getHomeDirUri().then(home => new URI(home));
    }

    protected ensureIsDirectory(uri?: URI): MaybePromise<URI | undefined> {
        return uri?.parent;
    }
}