validateType

Description

It makes a validation upon primitive built-in javascript types, excluding complex/custom types (eg: classes and arrays).

Primitive examples: "undefined", "boolean", "number", "string", "bigint", "symbol".

Parameter List	Returns	Rejection Errors
`type: string` `arg: *` `tuple: Array (Optional)`	`Promise<*>`	`TypeValidateError`
Related Functions	Function Signature
`filterResolutionParam`	`function validateType(type, arg[, tuple]): Promise<*>`

Examples

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import { validateType } from "puddy-m/lib/validators";

validateType("boolean", true).then(console.log); // prints true

import { validateType, validateString } from "puddy-m/lib/validators";

validateType("string", "false", [])
  .then((tuple) => validateString("foo", tuple))
  .then(console.log); // prints ['false', 'foo']

import { validateType } from "puddy-m/lib/validators";


const run = async () => {
  try {
    const validTypeVar = await validateType("boolean", false);

    console.log(validTypeVar); // prints false
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e);
  }
};

run();

import { validateType } from "puddy-m/lib/validators";


const run = async () => {
  try {
    const validTypeVar = await validateType("boolean", 80);

    console.log(validTypeVar); // since arg is not a bollean, function will throw
  } catch (e) {
    // Throws TypeValidationError
    console.log(e);
  }
};

run();