used typescript the way its supposed to be used

src/main/base/utils.ts

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+import * as fs from "fs";
+import * as path from "path";
+import {jsonc} from "jsonc";
+import {Store} from "./store";
+import {BrowserWindow as bw} from "./browserwindow";
+
+export class utils {
+
+    /**
+     * Fetches the i18n locale for the given language.
+     * @param language {string} The language to fetch the locale for.
+     * @param key {string} The key to search for.
+     * @returns {string | Object} The locale value.
+     */
+    static getLocale(language: string, key?: string): string | object {
+        let i18n: { [index: string]: Object } = jsonc.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "../../src/i18n/en_US.jsonc"), "utf8"));
+
+        if (language !== "en_US" && fs.existsSync(path.join(__dirname, `../../src/i18n/${language}.jsonc`))) {
+            i18n = Object.assign(i18n, jsonc.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, `../../src/i18n/${language}.jsonc`), "utf8")));
+        }
+
+        if (key) {
+            return i18n[key]
+        } else {
+            return i18n
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a store value
+     * @param key
+     * @returns store value
+     */
+    static getStoreValue(key: string): any {
+        return Store.cfg.get(key)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets a store
+     * @returns store
+     */
+    static getStore(): Object {
+        return Store.cfg.store
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets a store value
+     * @param key
+     * @param value
+     */
+    static setStoreValue(key: string, value: any): void {
+        Store.cfg.set(key, value)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the browser window
+     */
+    static getWindow(): Electron.BrowserWindow {
+        return bw.win
+    }
+}