Guard

Guard is a simple type checker function that aims to make it easier to check the types of arguments or values in a function. When a guard finds an invalid value it throws an error. The error thrown has a modified stack trace that originates from where guard was called to make for easier debugging.

npm install type-guard

var guard = require('type-guard');


function hello(name) {
  guard('name', name, 'string');
  console.log('Hello ' + name);
}

hello('Robert');
// Hello Robert

hello(1);
// GuardError: name must be a string
//     at hello (/Users/user/Developer/JS/hello.js:14:3)
//     at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/user/Developer/JS/hello.js:18:1)
//     at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
//     at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
//     at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
//     at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
//     at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)

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guard()

guard(string:key, *:val, string:type) => undefined

The guard function accepts a key, the name of your argument, a value, the argument itself, and a type. The supported types are object, string, boolean, number, array, regexp, date, function, null, and undefined.