Method requestFileContent

src/liveShare/index.ts:308–326

(file: fs.PathLike | number, encoding?: string)

    public async requestFileContent(file: fs.PathLike | number): Promise<Buffer>;
    public async requestFileContent(file: fs.PathLike | number, encoding: string): Promise<string>;
    public async requestFileContent(file: fs.PathLike | number, encoding?: string): Promise<string | Buffer | undefined> {
        if (this._isStarted) {
            if (encoding !== undefined) {
                const content: string | unknown = await liveShareRequest(Callback.GetFileContent, file, encoding);
                if (typeof content === 'string') {
                    return content;
                } else {
                    console.error('[GuestService] failed to retrieve file content (not of type "string")');
                }
            } else {
                const content: Buffer | unknown = await liveShareRequest(Callback.GetFileContent, file);
                if (content) {
                    return content as Buffer;
                } else {
                    console.error('[GuestService] failed to retrieve file content (not of type "Buffer")');
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public async requestHelpContent(file: string): Promise<HelpFile | undefined> {
        const content: string | null | unknown = await liveShareRequest(Callback.GetHelpFileContent, file);