rapnc/helpers/types.js

Node client for RAP 1.0

var toString = Object.prototype.toString;
var typeStr = "Boolean Number String Function Array Date RegExp Object Error";

var typeMapper = {};

var splited = typeStr.split(" ");
splited.forEach(function(name) {
    typeMapper["[object " + name + "]"] = name.toLowerCase();
});

function type(obj) {
    if ( obj == null ) {
        return obj + "";
    }
    return typeof obj === "object" || typeof obj === "function" 
        ? typeMapper[ toString.call(obj) ] || "object" 
        : typeof obj;
}

var obj = {};

obj.detect = type;

splited.forEach(function(name) {
    obj['is' + name] = (function(name) {
        return function(obj) {
            return type(obj) == name.toLowerCase();
        }
    })(name);
});

module.exports = obj;