checker-as-is
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Check your types at runtime with ESNext syntax by meta programing in node.js and browser with interfaces, strict object and more.
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Check your types at runtime with ESNext syntax by meta programing in node.js and browser with interfaces, strict object, enum type and more. Follow me on twitter for further updates twitter
This library respects the principle of code readability. The code should tell a story.
I.want.to.tell.you.a.story(myStory)
The main idea is to use proxies instead of functions
In traditional way we use functions to do the call
as(type, value)
// or
is(type, value);
But that means you have to use a quoted string when you need to make a call
is('string', stringVariable);
In the ECMAscript specification, object.property is always a string like this object['property']. So why can't we use this great standard feature to reduce quotas? We can use this feature and make our calls without quotas like as.string(value). But for this functionality, we need to implement specific methods in an object or class.
const is = {
string: (value)=> {
return typeof value === 'string'
},
number: ...,
boolean:...,
...,
etc
}
And it will be a lot of methods with almost the same functionality that we will need to refactor so as not to violate the DRY rule. Or we can use ESNext proxies and metaprogramming to do it in a simple way with lots of cool features inside. Like this
as.string(value) ;
//or
is.string(value);
But remember that this is the same function call is(type, value) and you can always create an alias if you need to use it like in the old days.
function is(type, value) {
return is[type](value)
};
function as(type, value) {
return as[type](value)
};
// and after that to use it like a function call
is('number', 33) // instead of is.number(33)
So, if the property name in the is/as calls is a string variable, you can do cool things. If you implement two methods for checking strings and numbers as an example, you can do it like this.
is.string_or_number(variable);
// inside the "is" method
...(type, varibale) {
if('string_or_number'.includes('string')) {
stringChecking(value);
};
if(type.includes('number')) {
numberChecking(value);
}
}
That's huge flexibility. You can write any text that includes "string" or "number" to make your code more readable.
is.doctor_prescription_a_string_variable(prescription); // this is a working example
const sum_first_plus_second = as.first_number(2) + as.second_number(3); // this is a working example
// sum_first_plus_second -> 5
And, of course, the is.doctor_prescription a_string method is not implemented, because doctor_prescription_a_string_variable is just an unquoted string variable.
Summary of Features
Types list with alias name:
- Number | number
- String | string
- Boolean | boolean
- Symbol | symbol
- Function | function
- BigInt | bigInt | bigint
- Array | array
- TypedArray | typedArray | Typedarray | typedarray
- Buffer | buffer
- SharedArrayBuffer | sharedArrayBuffer | SharedarrayBuffer | sharedsrrayBuffer | sharedsrraybuffer
- Date | date
- Object | date
- Class | class
- instance
- Enum | enum
- Set | set
- Map | map
- Iterator | iterator
- Nullish | nullish
- WeakSet | weakSet | weeakset
- WeakMap | wearMap | weakmap
- WeakRef | weakRef | weakref
- RegExp | regExp | regexp
- Promise | promise
- Error | error
- RangeError | rangeError
- ReferenceError | referenceError
- SyntaxError |syntaxError
- TypeError | typeError
- Any | any
Multi type checking:
- String | Number | Boolean | etc ...
IF/ELSE/END for type checking
IF.number(string_)? (
console.log('IF type checking')
):ELSE.string(string_)? (
console.log('ELSE type checking'),
expect(string_).to.be.eq(string_)
):END;
Strict type object:
strict.string`name`
strict.name = 'string'
// or
strict.string`name`.name = 'string'
Validators list:
- NotEmpty | notEmpty
- Empty | empty
- JSON | Json | json
- JSON5 | Json5 | json
- NodeJS | Node | nodejs | node | Bun | bun
- Browser | browser| Chrome | chrome | Safari | safari | Firefox | firefox | Opera | opera | Edg | edg | Samsung | samsung
- Argument | argument
- Generator | generator
Class checking:
- [className]
- [classInstance]
is.date(Date);
is.date(new Date);
is.class(Date) or is.class(new Date)
Interface
const { IUser } = Interface({
IUser: {
name: as.string,
age: as.number,
birthDate: as.date
}
});
IUser.pages = as.strings;
delete IUser.birthDate;
function example(name, age, _ = as.IUser = { name, age }) {
console.log(name, age);
return 'returned string';
}
as.StringNumber(example({ name: 'text', age: 12, pages:['page'] }));
Integrations:
import {default as email} from 'validator/lib/isEmail';
is.email('[email protected]'); // true | false
as.email('[email protected]'); // [email protected] | TypeError
Utility
get.type(Promise); // Promise
get.type(43); // Number
Install
Node.js
npm i checker-as-is -S
Browsers
<script type="module" src="https://unpkg.com/checker-as-is@latest/src/as-is.browser.min.js"></script>
API
Checker-as-is is a stateful module please keep this in mind.
Basics
is['js type here']('argument here') // true | false
as['js type here']('argument here') // argument | TypeError
optional['js type here' + 'Undefined' + 'Null']('argument here') // argument | TypeError
An example
import { Checker, BaseInterface, Enum, JSON5 } from 'checker-as-is';
const { multi, strict, as, is, optional } = new Checker();
//positive
is.string('example string'); // true
as.string('example string'); // example string
optional.string() // undefined
optional.string('example string') // example string
//negative
is.number('example string'); // false
as.number('example string'); // TypeError: String is not a(an) number
optional.number('example string'); // TypeError: String is not a(an) number
Basic Usage
import { Checker, BaseInterface, Enum, JSON5 } from 'checker-as-is';
const { multi, strict, as, is, optional } = new Checker();
function example(arg, arg2, arg3) {
as.string(arg);
as.number(arg2);
as.boolean(arg3);
console.log(arg, arg2, arg3);
};
example(text, 2, true)
// text, 2, true
let result, one = 1, two = 2;
as.number(
result = as.number(one) + as.number(two)
)
console.log(result);
// 3
or next syntax
import { Checker, BaseInterface, Enum, JSON5 } from 'checker-as-is';
const { multi, strict, as, is, optional } = new Checker();
function example(arg, arg2, arg3) {
as.string(arg), as.number(arg2), as.boolean(arg3);
console.log(arg, arg2, arg3);
};
example(text, 2, true)
//[ text, 2, true ]
or more extraordinary syntax
import { Checker, BaseInterface, Enum, JSON5 } from 'checker-as-is';
const { multi, strict, as, is, optional } = new Checker();
function example(arg, arg2, arg3,
_ = [as.string(arg), as.number(arg2), as.boolean(arg3)]) {
console.log(type);
};
example(text, 2, true)
//[ text, 2, true ]
You can even check the class type
import { Checker, BaseInterface, Enum, JSON5 } from 'checker-as-is';
const instance = new Checker();
is.Checker(Checker); // true
as.Checker(Checker);// class Checker
is.Checker(instance); // true
as.Checker(instance);// class instance
is.class(instance); // true
as.class(instance);// class instance
Checking one repeated type
In object, array, set and map. All types ending with 's' will be checked.
is.strings(exampleObject) && as.strings(exampleObject);
is.Numbers(exampleArray) && as.Numbers(exampleArray);
is.Errors(exampleSet) && as.Errors(exampleSet);
is.BigInts(exampleMap) && as.BigInts(exampleMap);
is.BigInts(exampleMap) && optional.BigInts(exampleMap);
Strict typing
Basics
strict['js type here']`variable name`;// <-- meta programing magic
strict.string`name`;
strict.name = 'Stephen Hawking';
Basic usage
import { Checker, BaseInterface, Enum, JSON5 } from 'checker-as-is';
const { multi, strict, as, is } = new Checker();
strict.string`name`.name = 'Mike';
strict.number`age`;
strict.strings`pages`;
const $ = strict; // you can use alias for strict object
$.age = 12;
$.pages = ['pageOne', 'pageTwo'];
$.bla = 1; // will not be assigned
let { name, age, pages } = strict; // after that name, age and pages loose their strict behavior
name = 2022
console.log(name, age, pages );
// 2022 12 [ 'pageOne', 'pageTwo' ]
$.name = 2022; // but strict.name still has it
// TypeError: Number is not a(an) string
Strict has reserved variable names: get, set, variable, lastType. This means that you can't do the following;
strict.null`get`;
//or
strict.undefined`set`;
//or
strict.object`variables`;
Checking multiple types
When a variable is part of more than one type, you can also check for that.
Basic
is['couple js type here']('argument here'); // true | false
as['couple js type here']('argument here'); // argument | TypeError
// as alias syntax
multi`couple js type here`('argument here'); // argument | TypeError
multi(['couple js type here'])('argument here'); // argument | TypeError
Basic usage
as.NumberStringBoolean(2022);
as.Number_String_Boolean_Symbol_Function_BigInt_Array([]);
as['Number|String|Boolean']('text');
as['Number-String-Boolean'](true);
as['Number or String or Boolean'](777);
as['it can be any text with type definition like String or Number'](111);
multi`Number|String|Boolean`(2022);
multi(['Number|String|Boolean'])(true);
const multiType = 'Number|String|Boolean';
as[multiType]({});
// TypeError: Object is not a(an) Number|String|Boolean
Interfaces
Basic
First you need create an interface, which will be stored in instance of checker in private area #interfaces.
const checker = new Checker();
const { multi, Interface, strict, as, is } = checker;
const { [InterfaceName] } = Interface({
[InterfaceName]: {
[propertyName]: ['as[js type here]']
}
});
// as result => checker.#interfaces[InterfaceName]
Working example
const { Interface, as } = new Checker();
const { IUser } = Interface({
IUser: {
name: as.string
}
});
When the interface is ready, you can change it.
IUser.pages = as.strings;
IUser.birthDate = as.number;
delete IUser.birthDate;
The method Interface receives an object of objects, where the properties are a reference to Checker-as-is type checking methods. You can use BaseInterface to create an interface object after instantiation. This gives you the ability to work with interfaces like classes.
// MyInterface.interface.js
export default class MyInterface extends BaseInterface {
age = ()=> as.number;
constructor() {
super(MyInterface);
}
name() {
return as.string
}
static surName() {
return as.string
}
}
After that
import MyInterface from './MyInterface.interface.js';
const { IMyInterface } = Interface({ IMyInterface: new MyInterface });
as.IMyInterface = { name: 'Tomas', age: 33, surName: 'Andersen' };
Basic usage
const { IUser, IBook } = Interface({
IUser: {
name: as.string,
age: as.number,
birthDate: as.date
},
IBook: {
title: as.string,
pages: as.number
}
});
IUser.pages = as.strings;
delete IUser.birthDate;
as.IUser = { name: 'text', age: 12, pages:['page'] };
function example(params, Interface = (as.IUser = params)) {
return 'returned string';
}
function exampleSecond(params) {
const { title, pages } = as.IBook = params;
return params
}
// to check returned interface use "set"
as.IBook = example({ name: 'text', age: 12, pages:['page'] });
// to check returned value use "call"
as.string(exampleSecond({ title: 'Book title', pages: 777}));
You can to get all interfaces from Checker instance like this:
const intefaces = Interface({});
// => { IUser, IBook, IMyInterface }
IF/ELSE/END
These commands are an alias for the "is" command and are added to make the code easier to read.
Basic
When you need to use a couple of variants of function or method calls, you can do the following
// Case 1
function someFunction(name, age, friends) {
console.log(name, age, friends);
}
// Case 2
function someFunction(name, friends) {
console.log(name, friends);
}
// Case 3
function someFunction(age, friends) {
console.log(age, friends);
}
// Case 4
function someFunction(friends) {
console.log(friends);
}
function someFunction(name, age, friends,
_= [as.stringNumberArray(name),
as.undefinedNumberArray(age),
as.undefinedArray(friends)
]) {
IF.string(name) && is.number(age) && is.array(friends)? (
as.array(_) && as.notEmpty(_)
):ELSE.string(name) && is.array(age)? (
friends = age,
age = undefined
):ELSE.number(name) && is.array(age)? (
friends = age,
age = name,
name = undefined
):ELSE.array(name)? (
friends = name,
name = undefined
):END;
console.log(`name: ${name}, age: ${age}, friends: ${friends}`);
}
someFunction('Rick', 25, ['Mike', 'Liza']);
// name: Rick, age: 25, friends: Mike,Liza
someFunction('Rick', ['Mike', 'Liza']);
// name: Rick, age: undefined, friends: Mike,Liza
someFunction(25, ['Mike', 'Liza']);
// name: undefined, age: 25, friends: Mike,Liza
someFunction(['Mike', 'Liza']);
// name: undefined, age: undefined, friends: Mike,Liza
Utility
A simple method to get type of argument
get.type('any argument here'); // type of argument
get.type(43); // Number
get.type(Checker); // Checker
Aliases
You can check the following types by "is", "as" or javascript, but this looks more readable
is.arguments(1); // true | false
as.arguments(1) // 1 | TypeError
// the same of
is.arrayObject(1); // true
is.generator(function*() { yield 0 }) // true | false
as.generator(function*() { yield 0 }) // function*() { yield 0 } | TypeError
// the same of
is.iterator(function*() { yield 0 }) // true | false
as.iterator(function*() { yield 0 }) // function*() { yield 0 } | TypeError
is.NodeJs() // true | false
as.NodeJs() // process | TypeError
// the same of
process !== undefined // true
is.browser() // true
ss.browser() // navigator | TypeError
// the same of
navigator !== undefined // true
is.Chrome() // true
as.Chrome() // navigator | TypeError
// the same of
navigator.userAgent.includes('Chrome') // true
Enum type
Basic
Enum.init('enum object here')
Basic usage
Use increment
Enum.init({
RED: 0,
GREEN: Enum.inc,
BLUE: Enum.inc,
});
// Enum {
// '0': 'RED',
// '1': 'GREEN',
// '2': 'BLUE',
// RED: 0,
// GREEN: 1,
// BLUE: 2
// }
Use decrement
Enum.init({
ROOF: 2,
FLOOR: Enum.dec,
BASEMENT: Enum.dec,
});
// Enum {
// '0': 'BASEMENT',
// '1': 'FLOOR',
// '2': 'ROOF',
// ROOF: 2,
// FLOOR: 1,
// BASEMENT: 0
// }
Use both
Enum.init({
RED: 0,
GREEN: Enum.inc,
BLUE: Enum.inc,
ROOF: 6,
FLOOR: Enum.dec,
BASEMENT: Enum.dec,
});
// Enum {
// '0': 'RED',
// '1': 'GREEN',
// '2': 'BLUE',
// '4': 'BASEMENT',
// '5': 'FLOOR',
// '6': 'ROOF',
// RED: 0,
// GREEN: 1,
// BLUE: 2,
// ROOF: 6,
// FLOOR: 5,
// BASEMENT: 4
// }
Use with step
Enum.init({
[Enum.step]: 10, // ['Enum.step'] the same but with a quotes
RED: Enum.inc,
GREEN: Enum.inc,
BLUE: Enum.inc,
});
// Enum {
// '10': 'RED',
// '20': 'GREEN',
// '30': 'BLUE',
// RED: 10,
// GREEN: 20,
// BLUE: 30
// }
Enum.init({
[Enum.step]: 10,
ROOF: Enum.dec,
FLOOR: 30,
BASEMENT: Enum.dec,
});
// Enum {
// '10': 'ROOF',
// '20': 'BASEMENT',
// '30': 'FLOOR',
// ROOF: 10,
// FLOOR: 30,
// BASEMENT: 20
// }
Check the Enum type like this
as.Enum(enumExample) && as.enum(enumExample);
Integration
You can integrate any feature you want.
import { Checker, BaseInterface, Enum, JSON5 } from 'checker-as-is';
import axios from "axios";
const integrate = {
up: async function (url) {
const result = await axios.get(url);
if(result.status === 200) return 'Ok';
else throw new TypeError('url is down');
}
};
const { multi, strict, as, is } = new Checker(integrate);
const isUrl = as;
async function example(arg, arg2, arg3,
type = [as.string(arg), as.number(arg2), as.boolean(arg3)]) {
await isUrl.up('https://google.com');
console.log(type);
};
await example('text', 2, true)
// [ 'text', 2, true ]
await isUrl?.up('https://not-google.com');
// TypeError: url is down
Settings
To change error message you can reload Checker.errorMsg. If you want to disable throwing error please set checker.disabled = true.
const checker = new Checker(integrate);
checker.errorMsg = (params)=> `${params[2] || (params[0]?.constructor
? params[0].constructor.name
:params[0])
} , really? I'm not sure that is a(an) ${params[1]}`;
const { multi, strict, as, is } = checker;
checker.disabled = true;
// TypeError: Number, really? I'm not sure that is a(an) string
No dependencies except of json5 in vendor folder, pure javascript code. No selfish syntax, if you know javascript you can write code without any challenges.