unknownutil

A utility pack for handling unknown type.

Usage

It provides is module for type predicate functions and assert, ensure, and maybe helper functions.

is*

Type predicate function is a function which returns true if a given value is expected type. For example, isString (or is.String) returns true if a given value is string.

import { is } from "https://deno.land/x/unknownutil@$MODULE_VERSION/mod.ts";

const a: unknown = "Hello";
if (is.String(a)) {
  // 'a' is 'string' in this block
}

Additionally, is*Of (or is.*Of) functions return type predicate functions to predicate types of x more precisely like:

import {
  is,
  PredicateType,
} from "https://deno.land/x/unknownutil@$MODULE_VERSION/mod.ts";

const isArticle = is.ObjectOf({
  title: is.String,
  body: is.String,
  refs: is.ArrayOf(
    is.OneOf([
      is.String,
      is.ObjectOf({
        name: is.String,
        url: is.String,
      }),
    ]),
  ),
});

type Article = PredicateType<typeof isArticle>;

const a: unknown = {
  title: "Awesome article",
  body: "This is an awesome article",
  refs: [{ name: "Deno", url: "https://deno.land/" }, "https://github.com"],
};
if (isArticle(a)) {
  // a is narrowed to the type of `isArticle`
  console.log(a.title);
  console.log(a.body);
  for (const ref of a.refs) {
    if (is.String(ref)) {
      console.log(ref);
    } else {
      console.log(ref.name);
      console.log(ref.url);
    }
  }
}

assert

The assert function does nothing if a given value is expected type. Otherwise, it throws an AssertError exception like:

import {
  assert,
  is,
} from "https://deno.land/x/unknownutil@$MODULE_VERSION/mod.ts";

const a: unknown = "Hello";

// `assert` does nothing or throws an `AssertError`
assert(a, is.String);
// a is now narrowed to string

// With custom message
assert(a, is.String, { message: "a must be a string" });

ensure

The ensure function return the value as-is if a given value is expected type. Otherwise, it throws an AssertError exception like:

import {
  ensure,
  is,
} from "https://deno.land/x/unknownutil@$MODULE_VERSION/mod.ts";

const a: unknown = "Hello";

// `ensure` returns `string` or throws an `AssertError`
const _: string = ensure(a, is.String);

// With custom message
const __: string = ensure(a, is.String, { message: "a must be a string" });

maybe

The maybe function return the value as-is if a given value is expected type. Otherwise, it returns undefined that suites with nullish coalescing operator (??) like:

import {
  is,
  maybe,
} from "https://deno.land/x/unknownutil@$MODULE_VERSION/mod.ts";

const a: unknown = "Hello";

// `maybe` returns `string | undefined` so it suites with `??`
const _: string = maybe(a, is.String) ?? "default value";

Node.js (npm)

To use unknownutil in Node.js, install unknownutil like

npm i unknownutil

Then import is, assert, ensure, and maybe like:

import { assert, ensure, is, maybe } from "unknownutil";

// ...

Migration

See GitHub Wiki for migration to v3 from v2 or v2 from v1.

License

The code follows MIT license written in LICENSE. Contributors need to agree that any modifications sent in this repository follow the license.