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type-check-easy

v1.1.4

Published

Check types easy

Readme

#'type-check-easy' module provides following functions for easy type checks

  • typeOf(typeObj)
  • someTypeOf(typeObj)
  • everyTypeOf(typeObj)

All the functions have the following type signature

typeOf someTypeOf everyTypeOf :: Object -> Boolean

The functions accept only argument with following signature

const typeObj = {
  type: variable
}
// OR
const typeObj = {
  type: [variables]
}

###Important note Keep in mind that object should not contain duplicate keys

const typeObj = {
  string: ['str1', 12],
  string: ['str2', 'str3']
}

in this case second string key completely overwrite first string key so the function will receive

// {
//   string: ['str2', 'str3']
// }
// so
everyTypeOf(typeObj) // => true

All the functions use standard JS "typeof" function under the hood so use keys "undefined", "boolean", "number", "string", "symbol", "function", "object" in argument object. Read MDN typeof for details.

It also returns true for "promise" check if the value object has .then() method.

const typeObj = {
  number: [6, 8, 9],
  function: [x => x, y => y],
  object: [{}, null],
  string: 'any string',
  boolean: true,
  symbol: Symbol(),
  undefined: undefinedVariable,
  promise: promiseObject
}

###typeOf

typeOf checks only first key-value pair in passing object and ignores any further checks. You'll see warning message in console if you pass object with more then one key-value pair or array of values, still it executes without errors.

###someTypeOf

someTypeOf checks all specified key-values and returns 'true' if at least one of checks passed. It uses Array.prototype.some method under the hood

someTypeOf({
  string: 9,
  boolean: 'string',
  function: x => x
}); // => returns true
// as it received correct function type in last property

someTypeOf({
  string: [9, 'string'],
  boolean: 'string',
  function: 1
}); // => returns true
// as it received correct string type in one of first properties

###everyTypeOf

everyTypeOf checks all speсified key-values and returns 'true' only if all of checks passed. It uses Array.prototype.every

So everyTypeOf is usefull to check if some object implements kinda interface you need

const prom = (x) => new Promise((res, rej) => {
  try{
    setTimeout(() => {
      return res(x);
    }, 1000);
  } catch(err) {
    rej(err);
  }
});

const targetObject = {
  name: 'Object name',
  description: 'Object description',
  count: 9,
  fn: x => x,
  promise: prom('xxx')
}

if(everyTypeOf({
      string: [targetObject.name, targetObject.description],
      number: targetObject.count,
      function: targetObject.fn,
      promise: targetObject.promise
    })
  ) {
  // targetObject.name
  // targetObject.description
  // targetObject.fn()
  // targetObject.promise.then()
}