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+"use strict";
+Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
+exports.RESULTS_PATH = void 0;
+var asyncLib = require("async");
+var fs = require("fs");
+var net = require("net");
+// will just write to wherever the process is running, but the server needs to be launched from the same directory so we use an abs path
+exports.RESULTS_PATH = "".concat(__dirname, "/results.json");
+function launchQueueServer() {
+    // Create a write to result.json queue with a concurrency of 1
+    // Possibly the simplest fix would be to run this as a separate process, then we can enforce messages sent to this queue are processed in order
+    var queue = asyncLib.queue(function (task, callback) {
+        console.log('received task', task.analysisKey);
+        // return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        var results = task.results, analysisKey = task.analysisKey;
+        try {
+            fs.writeFileSync(exports.RESULTS_PATH, JSON.stringify(results, null, 2));
+            console.log("Analysis \"".concat(analysisKey, "\" has been written to ").concat(exports.RESULTS_PATH));
+        }
+        catch (err) {
+            console.error('Error writing to results.json', err);
+        }
+        // });
+    }, 1);
+    queue.drain(function () {
+        console.log('all items have been processed');
+    });
+    // this event listener receives tasks from the parallel processes
+    var server = net.createServer(function (socket) {
+        socket.on('data', function (data) {
+            var task = JSON.parse(data.toString());
+            queue.push(task);
+        });
+    });
+    console.log('Queue server listening on port 8000');
+    server.listen(8000);
+}
+// for use with zst_decompresser.js
+if (require.main === module) {
+    launchQueueServer();
+}