Internal

LanguageClient

Summary

Flows

• args

serverOptions = {
    run: { module: serverModule, transport: TransportKind.ipc },
}

• LanguageClient
• client/src/node/main.ts

import * as cp from 'child_process'

createMessageTransports:
    server := serverOptions
    if isFunc(server) {
        ..
    }

    if server.run || server.debug {
        json = runDebug.run
    }

    workingDir = _getServerWorkingDir(json.options)
    if isNodeModule(json) && json.module {
        node = json
        transport = node.transport

        args = node.args
        if transport === TransportKind.ipc {
            sp = cp.fork(node.module, args || [], options)
        }
    }

Ref

• From l.node.lib.child_process

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  Summary

  The child_process module provides the ability to spawn child processes in a manner that is similar, but not identical, to popen(3). This capability is primarily provided by the child_process.spawn() function:

  API

  fork

  child_process.fork(): spawns a new Node.js process and invokes a specified module with an IPC communication channel established that allows sending messages between parent and child.

  • args

    • modulePath The module to run in the child.
    • args <string[]> List of string arguments.
    • options