import threading 
import os
import json

class Worker(threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self, directory, **kwargs):
        self.directory = directory
        self.status = {
            "state": "idle",
            "directory": directory,
        }
        
        kwargs["daemon"] = True
        return super().__init__(**kwargs)

    def workdir(self, *path):
        return os.path.join(self.directory, *path)

    def write_state(self, subdir, state):
        with open(self.workdir(subdir, "state.json"), "w") as f:
            json.dump(f, state)

    def read_state(self, subdir):
        with open(self.workdir(subdir, "state.json")) as f:
            return json.load(f)