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+/**
+ * @author HighArcs
+ * @version 1.0.0
+ * @description allows you to set cooldowns (or "ratelimits") for commands
+ * @license null
+
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * import { cooldown } from "../plugins/cooldown";
+ * import { sernModule, CommandType } from "@sern/handler";
+ * export default commandModule({
+ *   plugins: [cooldown.add( [ ['channel', '1/4'] ] )], // limit to 1 action every 4 seconds per channel
+ *   execute: (ctx) => {}
+ * })
+ * ```
+ */
+
+ import { CommandType, Context, EventPlugin, PluginType } from "@sern/handler";
+ import { GuildMember } from "discord.js";
+ /**
+  * actions/seconds
+  */
+ export type CooldownString = `${number}/${number}`;
+ export interface Cooldown {
+     location: CooldownLocation;
+     seconds: number;
+     actions: number;
+ }
+ export enum CooldownLocation {
+     channel = "channel",
+     user = "user",
+     guild = "guild",
+ }
+ 
+ export class ExpiryMap<K, V> extends Map<K, V> {
+     public readonly expiry: number;
+     constructor(
+         expiry: number = Infinity,
+         iterable: [K, V][] | ReadonlyMap<K, V> = []
+     ) {
+         super(iterable);
+         this.expiry = expiry;
+     }
+ 
+     public set(key: K, value: V, expiry: number = this.expiry): this {
+         super.set(key, value);
+         if (expiry !== Infinity) setTimeout(() => {
+             super.delete(key)
+         }, expiry);
+         return this;
+     }
+ }
+ 
+ export const map = new ExpiryMap<string, number>();
+ 
+ function parseCooldown(
+     location: CooldownLocation,
+     cooldown: CooldownString
+ ): Cooldown {
+     const [actions, seconds] = cooldown.split("/").map((s) => Number(s));
+ 
+     if (
+         !Number.isSafeInteger(actions) ||
+         !Number.isSafeInteger(seconds) ||
+         actions === undefined ||
+         seconds === undefined
+     ) {
+         throw new Error(`Invalid cooldown string: ${cooldown}`);
+     }
+ 
+     return {
+         actions,
+         seconds,
+         location,
+     };
+ }
+ 
+ function getPropertyForLocation(context: Context, location: CooldownLocation) {
+     switch (location) {
+         case CooldownLocation.channel:
+             return context.channel!.id;
+         case CooldownLocation.user:
+             if (!context.member || !(context.member instanceof GuildMember)) {
+                 throw new Error("context.member is not a GuildMember");
+             }
+             return context.member.id;
+         case CooldownLocation.guild:
+             return context.guildId;
+     }
+ }
+ 
+ export interface RecievedCooldown {
+     location: CooldownLocation;
+     actions: number;
+     maxActions: number;
+     seconds: number;
+     context: Context;
+ }
+ type CooldownResponse = (cooldown: RecievedCooldown) => any;
+ 
+ function add(
+     items: Array<
+         | [CooldownLocation | keyof typeof CooldownLocation, CooldownString]
+         | Cooldown
+         >,
+     message?: CooldownResponse
+ ): EventPlugin<CommandType.Both> {
+     const raw = items.map((c) => {
+         if (!Array.isArray(c)) return c;
+         return parseCooldown(c[0] as CooldownLocation, c[1]);
+     }) as Array<Cooldown>;
+ 
+     return {
+         name: "cooldown",
+         description: "limits user/channel/guild actions",
+         type: PluginType.Event,
+         async execute([context], controller) {
+             for (const { location, actions, seconds } of raw) {
+                 const id = getPropertyForLocation(context, location);
+                 const cooldown = map.get(id);
+ 
+                 if (!cooldown) {
+                     map.set(id, 1, seconds * 1000);
+                     continue;
+                 }
+ 
+                 if (cooldown >= actions) {
+                     if (message) {
+                         await message({
+                             location,
+                             actions: cooldown,
+                             maxActions: actions,
+                             seconds,
+                             context,
+                         });
+                     }
+                     return controller.stop();
+                 }
+ 
+                 map.set(id, cooldown + 1, seconds * 1000);
+             }
+             return controller.next();
+         },
+     };
+ }
+ 
+ type Location = (value: CooldownString) => ReturnType<typeof add>;
+ 
+ const locations: Record<CooldownLocation, Location> = {
+     [CooldownLocation.channel]: (value) =>
+         add([[CooldownLocation.channel, value]]),
+     [CooldownLocation.user]: (value) => add([[CooldownLocation.user, value]]),
+     [CooldownLocation.guild]: (value) => add([[CooldownLocation.guild, value]]),
+ };
+ 
+ export const cooldown = {
+     add,
+     locations,
+     map,
+ };
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