when

when :: (Function, Function) → Function → Boolean

Takes two validators, the $condition$ validator and the $fn$ validator, then returns a new function receiving a value $v$ (of any type) and execute the $fn$ validator only when the $condition(v)$ returns true.

It is largely used within the library itself to evaluate certain conditions:

contains.js

/* Part of the contains validator */


const contains = (value) => compose(
  when(isString, (string) => string.includes(value)),
  when(Array.isArray, arrayContains(value)),
  when(not(or(isString, Array.isArray)), stubFalse),
);

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