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X-Value

X-Value (X stands for "cross") is a medium-somewhat-neutral runtime type validation library.

Comparing to alternatives like io-ts and Zod, X-Value uses medium/value concept and allows values to be decoded from and encoded to different mediums.

Installation

yarn add x-value
# or
npm install x-value

Usages

Defining types with X-Value is similar to io-ts/Zod.

import * as x from 'x-value';

const Oops = x.object({
  foo: x.string,
  bar: x.number.optional(),
});

const Rock = x.record(x.string, x.number);

const Aha = x.array(Oops);

const Tick = x.tuple(x.string, x.number);

const Um = x.union(Oops, x.boolean);

const I = x.intersection(
  Oops,
  x.object({
    yoha: x.boolean,
  }),
);

interface R {
  type: 'recursive';
  child: R;
}

const R = x.recursive<R>(R =>
  x.object({
    type: x.literal('recursive'),
    child: R,
  }),
);

Get static type of type object:

declare global {
  namespace XValue {
    interface Using extends x.UsingJSONMedium {}
  }
}

type Oops = x.TypeOf<typeof Oops>;
type JSONOops = x.MediumTypeOf<typeof Oops, 'json'>;

Refine type:

const Email = x.string.refine(value => value.includes('@'));

// Or with refined or nominal type:
const Email = x.string.refine<never, `${string}@${string}`>(value =>
  value.includes('@'),
);
const Email = x.string.refine<'email'>(value => value.includes('@'));

// Or just nominal type without extra constraints:
const Email = x.string.nominal<'email'>();

Decode from medium:

declare global {
  namespace XValue {
    interface Using extends x.UsingJSONMedium {}
  }
}

let value = Oops.decode(x.json, '{"foo":"abc","bar":123}');

Encode to medium:

declare global {
  namespace XValue {
    interface Using extends x.UsingJSONMedium {}
  }
}

let json = Oops.encode(x.json, {foo: 'abc', bar: 123});

Transform from medium to medium:

declare global {
  namespace XValue {
    interface Using extends x.UsingJSONMedium, x.UsingQueryStringMedium {}
  }
}

let json = Oops.transform(x.queryString, x.json, 'foo=abc&bar=123');

Type is guard:

if (Oops.is(value)) {
  // ...
}

Type satisfies assertion (will throw if does not satisfy):

let oops = Oops.satisfies(value);

Diagnose for type issues:

let issues = Oops.diagnose(value);

Mediums and Values

Mediums are what's used to store values: JSON strings, query strings, buffers etc.

For example, a string "2022-03-31T16:00:00.000Z" in JSON medium with type Date represents value new Date('2022-03-31T16:00:00.000Z').

Assuming we have 3 mediums: browser, server, rpc; and 2 types: ObjectId, Date. Their types in mediums and value are listed below.

Type\MediumBrowserRPCServerValue
ObjectIdstringpacked as stringObjectIdstring
DateDatepacked as stringDateDate

We can encode values to mediums:

let id = '6246056b1be8cbf6ca18401f';

ObjectId.encode(browser, id); // string '6246056b1be8cbf6ca18401f'
ObjectId.encode(rpc, id);     // packed string '"6246056b1be8cbf6ca18401f"'
ObjectId.encode(server, id);  // new ObjectId('6246056b1be8cbf6ca18401f')

let date = new Date('2022-03-31T16:00:00.000Z');

Date.encode(browser, date); // new Date('2022-03-31T16:00:00.000Z')
Date.encode(rpc, date);     // packed string '"2022-03-31T16:00:00.000Z"'
Date.encode(server, date);  // new Date('2022-03-31T16:00:00.000Z')

Or decode packed data of mediums to values:

// All result in '6246056b1be8cbf6ca18401f'
ObjectId.decode(browser, '6246056b1be8cbf6ca18401f');
ObjectId.decode(rpc, '"6246056b1be8cbf6ca18401f"');
ObjectId.decode(server, new ObjectId('6246056b1be8cbf6ca18401f'));

// All result in new Date('2022-03-31T16:00:00.000Z')
Date.decode(browser, new Date('2022-03-31T16:00:00.000Z'));
Date.decode(rpc, '"2022-03-31T16:00:00.000Z"');
Date.decode(server, new Date('2022-03-31T16:00:00.000Z'));

Ideally there's no need to have "value" as a separate concept because it's essentially "ECMAScript runtime medium". But to make decode/encode easier among different mediums, "value" is promoted as an interchangeable medium.

New Atomic Type

Before we can add medium support for a new type of atomic value, we need to add new atomic value. It is quite easy to do so:

import * as x from 'x-value';

// 1. Create a symbol for the new atomic type.
const newAtomicTypeSymbol = Symbol();

// 3. Create the new atomic type with constraint.
const NewAtomic = x.atomic(newAtomicTypeSymbol, value =>
  Buffer.isBuffer(value),
);

declare global {
  namespace XValue {
    interface Types {
      // 2. Define the symbol to value type mapping.
      [newAtomicTypeSymbol]: Buffer;
    }
  }
}

New Medium

After creating the new atomic type, we need to create/extend a new medium that supports this type:

interface SuperJSONTypes extends x.JSONTypes {
  [newAtomicTypeSymbol]: string;
}

interface UsingSuperJSONMedium {
  'super-json': SuperJSONTypes;
}

const superJSON = x.json.extend<UsingSuperJSONMedium>('super-json', {
  codecs: {
    [newAtomicTypeSymbol]: {
      decode(value) {
        if (typeof value !== 'string') {
          throw new TypeError(
            `Expected hex string, getting ${Object.prototype.toString.call(
              value,
            )}`,
          );
        }

        return Buffer.from(value, 'hex');
      },
      encode(value) {
        return value.toString('hex');
      },
    },
  },
});

To use this medium:

declare global {
  namespace XValue {
    interface Using extends x.UsingSuperJSONMedium {}
  }
}

Medium Packing

When decode() from a medium, X-Value unpacks data for a structured input (e.g., JSON.parse()). It packs the data again on encode() (e.g., JSON.stringify()).

For medium that requires packing:

interface PackedTypes {
  // 1. Define the packed type.
  packed: string;
}

const packed = x.medium<PackedTypes>('Packed ', {
  // 2. Define packing methods.
  packing: {
    pack(data) {
      return JSON.stringify(data);
    },
    unpack(json) {
      return JSON.parse(json);
    },
  },
});

The superJSON medium is actually a packed medium. However, the related definitions are inherited from x.JSONTypes.

License

MIT License.

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Package last updated on 26 May 2022

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