commit 9b8e0525efda851c8e64c61c4fbf8a642d892283
Author: David Kebler <d@kebler.net>
Date:   Sat Feb 16 11:45:22 2019 -0800

    split off from uci-utils - see uci-utils for former commits

diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
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+module.exports = {
+  "ecmaFeatures": {
+    "modules": true,
+    "spread" : true,
+    "restParams" : true
+  },
+  // "plugins": [
+  // "unicorn"
+  //  ],
+  "env": {
+    "es6": true,
+    "node": true,
+    "mocha": true
+  },
+  "parserOptions": {
+    "ecmaVersion": 2017,
+    "sourceType": "module"
+  },
+  "extends": "eslint:recommended",
+  "rules": {
+    "indent": [
+      "error",
+      2
+    ],
+    // "unicorn/no-array-instanceof": "error",
+    "no-console": 0,
+    "semi": ["error", "never"],
+    "linebreak-style": [
+      "error",
+      "unix"
+    ],
+    "quotes": [
+      "error",
+      "single"
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+/node_modules/
+/coverage/
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
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+tests/
+test/
+*.test.js
+testing/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@uci-utils/type",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "description": "A variable type check utility - extentsion of TypeChecker package",
+  "main": "src/type.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "./node_modules/.bin/mocha -r esm --timeout 30000",
+    "testd": "UCI_ENV=dev ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon --exec './node_modules/.bin/mocha -r esm --timeout 30000' || exit 0",
+    "testdd": "UCI_LOG_LEVEL='trace' npm run testd",
+    "testde": "UCI_LOG_LEVEL='warn' npm run testd",
+    "testl": "UCI_ENV=pro UCI_LOG_PATH=./test/test.log 0 npm run test || exit 0"
+  },
+  "author": "David Kebler",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/uCOMmandIt/uci-utils.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "node.js",
+    "type",
+    "typeof",
+    "typechecker",
+    "variables"
+  ],
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/uCOMmandIt/uci-utils/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/uCOMmandIt/uci-utils#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "typechecker": "^4.5.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "chai": "^4.2.0",
+    "esm": "^3.2.4",
+    "mocha": "^5.2.0",
+    "nodemon": "^1.18.10"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
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+### uCOMmandIt Type Library
+
+Extension of TypeChecker Package
diff --git a/src/type.js b/src/type.js
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+++ b/src/type.js
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+import typechecker from 'typechecker'
+
+const customTypeChecker = Object.assign({}, typechecker)  // typechecker is frozen
+
+// add custom types
+customTypeChecker.isPromise = function isPromise(obj) {
+  return !!obj && (typeof obj === 'object' || typeof obj === 'function') && typeof obj.then === 'function'
+}
+
+customTypeChecker.isBuffer = function isBuffer(obj) {
+  return !!obj.constructor && typeof obj.constructor.isBuffer === 'function' && obj.constructor.isBuffer(obj)
+}
+
+// Add custom types to typeMap
+let customTypeMap = {
+  buffer: customTypeChecker.isBuffer,
+  promise: customTypeChecker.isPromise
+}
+
+customTypeMap = Object.assign(customTypeMap, customTypeChecker.typeMap)
+
+customTypeChecker.getType = function customGetType(value, _typeMap) {
+  return typechecker.getType(value, _typeMap || customTypeMap)
+}
+
+export default customTypeChecker
+export { customTypeChecker as type }
diff --git a/test/type.test.js b/test/type.test.js
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+++ b/test/type.test.js
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+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import u  from '../src/type'
+
+describe('Variable Types Library - ', function () {
+
+  it('Should include custom types', function () {
+    expect(u.isBuffer(Buffer.from('this is a test'))).to.equal(true)
+    expect(u.getType(Buffer.from('this is a test'))).to.equal('buffer')
+    expect(u.isPromise(Promise.resolve(2))).to.equal(true)
+    expect(u.getType(Promise.resolve(2))).to.equal('promise')
+  })
+
+  it('Should load typechecker', function () {
+    expect(u.isPlainObject([1])).to.equal(false)
+    expect(u.getType(true)).to.equal('boolean')
+    expect(u.getObjectType('a string')).to.equal('[object String]')
+    expect(u.getType('this is a test')).to.equal('string')
+  })
+
+})