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A lightweight utility pack for handling unknown type
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A lightweight utility pack for handling unknown type

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# unknownutil

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A utility pack for handling `unknown` type.

[jsr.io]: https://jsr.io/@core/unknownutil

## Usage

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

### is\* and as\*

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`.

```typescript
import { is } from "@core/unknownutil";

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

For more complex types, you can use `is*Of` (or `is.*Of`) functions and `as*`
(or `as.*`) like:

```typescript
import { as, is, PredicateType } from "@core/unknownutil";

const isArticle = is.ObjectOf({
title: is.String,
body: is.String,
refs: is.ArrayOf(
is.UnionOf([
is.String,
is.ObjectOf({
name: is.String,
url: is.String,
}),
]),
),
createTime: as.Optional(is.InstanceOf(Date)),
updateTime: as.Optional(is.InstanceOf(Date)),
});

// Infer the type of `Article` from the definition of `isArticle`
type Article = PredicateType;

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);
}
}
}
```

Additionally, you can manipulate the predicate function returned from
`isObjectOf` with `isPickOf`, `isOmitOf`, `isPartialOf`, and `isRequiredOf`
similar to TypeScript's `Pick`, `Omit`, `Partial`, `Required` utility types.

```typescript
import { as, is } from "@core/unknownutil";

const isArticle = is.ObjectOf({
title: is.String,
body: is.String,
refs: is.ArrayOf(
is.UnionOf([
is.String,
is.ObjectOf({
name: is.String,
url: is.String,
}),
]),
),
createTime: as.Optional(is.InstanceOf(Date)),
updateTime: as.Optional(is.InstanceOf(Date)),
});

const isArticleCreateParams = is.PickOf(isArticle, ["title", "body", "refs"]);
// is equivalent to
//const isArticleCreateParams = is.ObjectOf({
// title: is.String,
// body: is.String,
// refs: is.ArrayOf(
// is.UnionOf([
// is.String,
// is.ObjectOf({
// name: is.String,
// url: is.String,
// }),
// ]),
// ),
//});

const isArticleUpdateParams = is.OmitOf(isArticleCreateParams, ["title"]);
// is equivalent to
//const isArticleUpdateParams = is.ObjectOf({
// body: is.String,
// refs: is.ArrayOf(
// is.UnionOf([
// is.String,
// is.ObjectOf({
// name: is.String,
// url: is.String,
// }),
// ]),
// ),
//});

const isArticlePatchParams = is.PartialOf(isArticleUpdateParams);
// is equivalent to
//const isArticlePatchParams = is.ObjectOf({
// body: as.Optional(is.String),
// refs: as.Optional(is.ArrayOf(
// is.UnionOf([
// is.String,
// is.ObjectOf({
// name: is.String,
// url: is.String,
// }),
// ]),
// )),
//});

const isArticleAvailableParams = is.RequiredOf(isArticle);
// is equivalent to
//const isArticlePutParams = is.ObjectOf({
// body: is.String,
// refs: is.ArrayOf(
// is.UnionOf([
// is.String,
// is.ObjectOf({
// name: is.String,
// url: is.String,
// }),
// ]),
// ),
// createTime: is.InstanceOf(Date),
// updateTime: is.InstanceOf(Date),
//});
```

If you need an union type or an intersection type, use `isUnionOf` and
`isIntersectionOf` like:

```typescript
import { is } from "@core/unknownutil";

const isFoo = is.ObjectOf({
foo: is.String,
});

const isBar = is.ObjectOf({
bar: is.String,
});

const isFooOrBar = is.UnionOf([isFoo, isBar]);
// { foo: string } | { bar: string }

const isFooAndBar = is.IntersectionOf([isFoo, isBar]);
// { foo: string } & { bar: string }
```

### assert

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

```typescript
import { assert, is } from "@core/unknownutil";

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:

```typescript
import { ensure, is } from "@core/unknownutil";

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 (`??`)](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Nullish_coalescing)
like:

```typescript
import { is, maybe } from "@core/unknownutil";

const a: unknown = "Hello";

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

## License

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