/** * @license Apache-2.0 * * Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ 'use strict'; // MAIN // /** * Tests whether a value has in its prototype chain a specified constructor as a prototype property. * * @param {*} value - value to test * @param {Function} constructor - constructor to test against * @throws {TypeError} constructor must be callable * @returns {boolean} boolean indicating whether a value is an instance of a provided constructor * * @example * var bool = instanceOf( [], Array ); * // returns true * * @example * var bool = instanceOf( {}, Object ); // exception * // returns true * * @example * var bool = instanceOf( 'beep', String ); * // returns false * * @example * var bool = instanceOf( null, Object ); * // returns false * * @example * var bool = instanceOf( 5, Object ); * // returns false */ function instanceOf( value, constructor ) { // TODO: replace with `isCallable` check if ( typeof constructor !== 'function' ) { throw new TypeError( 'invalid argument. `constructor` argument must be callable. Value: `'+constructor+'`.' ); } return ( value instanceof constructor ); } // EXPORTS // module.exports = instanceOf;