// When creating the camera
const storedCamera = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('camera'));
if (storedCamera) {
    camera.position.set(
        storedCamera.position.x,
        storedCamera.position.y,
        storedCamera.position.z,
    );
    controls.target.set(
        storedCamera.target.x,
        storedCamera.target.y,
        storedCamera.target.z,
    );
} else {
    camera.position.set(4, 2, 5); // Default starting position
}

// When the camera changes with a Three.js controller
controls.addEventListener(
  'change',
  // debounce is here to prevent saving to local storage every frame
  // when the controls have damping
  debounce(
    () => localStorage.setItem('camera', JSON.stringify({
        position: {
            x: camera.position.x,
            y: camera.position.y,
            z: camera.position.z,
        },
        target: {
            x: controls.target.x,
            y: controls.target.y,
            z: controls.target.z,
        },
    })),
  ),
);

// this default timeout works fine with the default values of the three.js Orbit controls
function debounce(func, timeout = 120) {
    let timer;
    return (...args) => {
        clearTimeout(timer);
        timer = setTimeout(() => { func.apply(this, args); }, timeout);
    };
}