feat: add IsXLiteral types

index.d.ts

@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ export type {HasRequiredKeys} from './source/has-required-keys';
 export type {Spread} from './source/spread';
 export type {TupleToUnion} from './source/tuple-to-union';
 export type {IsEqual} from './source/is-equal';
+export type {
+	IsLiteral,
+	IsStringLiteral,
+	IsNumericLiteral,
+	IsBooleanLiteral,
+	IsSymbolLiteral,
+} from './source/is-literal';
 
 // Template literal types
 export type {CamelCase} from './source/camel-case';

readme.md

@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ Click the type names for complete docs.
 - [`HasRequiredKeys`](source/has-required-keys.d.ts) - Create a `true`/`false` type depending on whether the given type has any required fields.
 - [`Spread`](source/spread.d.ts) - Mimic the type inferred by TypeScript when merging two objects or two arrays/tuples using the spread syntax.
 - [`IsEqual`](source/is-equal.d.ts) - Returns a boolean for whether the two given types are equal.
+- [`IsLiteral`](source/is-literal.d.ts) - Returns a boolean for whether the given type is a [literal type](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/everyday-types.html#literal-types).
+- [`IsStringLiteral`](source/is-literal.d.ts) - Returns a boolean for whether the given type is a `string` [literal type](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/everyday-types.html#literal-types).
+- [`IsNumericLiteral`](source/is-literal.d.ts) - Returns a boolean for whether the given type is a `number` or `bigint` [literal type](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/everyday-types.html#literal-types).
+- [`IsBooleanLiteral`](source/is-literal.d.ts) - Returns a boolean for whether the given type is a `true` or `false` [literal type](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/everyday-types.html#literal-types).
+- [`IsSymbolLiteral`](source/is-literal.d.ts) - Returns a boolean for whether the given type is a `symbol` [literal type](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/everyday-types.html#literal-types).
 
 ### JSON
 

source/internal.d.ts

@@ -257,3 +257,8 @@ export type HasMultipleCallSignatures<T extends (...arguments: any[]) => unknown
 			? false
 			: true
 		: false;
+
+/**
+Returns a boolean for whether the given `boolean` is not `false`.
+*/
+export type IsNotFalse<T extends boolean> = [T] extends [false] ? false : true;

source/is-literal.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+import type {Primitive} from './primitive';
+import type {Numeric} from './numeric';
+import type {IsNever, IsNotFalse} from './internal';
+
+/**
+Returns a boolean for whether the given type `T` is the specified `LiteralType`.
+
+@link https://stackoverflow.com/a/52806744/10292952
+
+@example
+```
+LiteralCheck<1, number>
+//=> true
+
+LiteralCheck<number, number>
+//=> false
+
+LiteralCheck<1, string>
+//=> false
+```
+*/
+type LiteralCheck<T, LiteralType extends Primitive> = (
+	IsNever<T> extends false // Must be wider than `never`
+		? [T] extends [LiteralType] // Must be narrower than `LiteralType`
+			? [LiteralType] extends [T] // Cannot be wider than `LiteralType`
+				? false
+				: true
+			: false
+		: false
+);
+
+/**
+Returns a boolean for whether the given type `T` is one of the specified literal types in `LiteralUnionType`.
+
+@example
+```
+LiteralChecks<1, Numeric>
+//=> true
+
+LiteralChecks<1n, Numeric>
+//=> true
+
+LiteralChecks<bigint, Numeric>
+//=> false
+```
+*/
+type LiteralChecks<T, LiteralUnionType> = (
+	// Conditional type to force union distribution.
+	// If `T` is none of the literal types in the union `LiteralUnionType`, then `LiteralCheck<T, LiteralType>` will evaluate to `false` for the whole union.
+	// If `T` is one of the literal types in the union, it will evaluate to `boolean` (i.e. `true | false`)
+	IsNotFalse<LiteralUnionType extends Primitive
+		? LiteralCheck<T, LiteralUnionType>
+		: never
+	>
+);
+
+/**
+Returns a boolean for whether the given type is a `string` [literal type](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/everyday-types.html#literal-types).
+
+Useful for:
+	- providing strongly-typed string manipulation functions
+	- constraining strings to be a string literal
+	- type utilities, such as when constructing parsers and ASTs
+
+@example
+```
+import type {IsStringLiteral} from 'type-fest';
+
+type CapitalizedString<T extends string> = IsStringLiteral<T> extends true ? Capitalize<T> : string;
+
+// https://github.com/yankeeinlondon/native-dash/blob/master/src/capitalize.ts
+function capitalize<T extends Readonly<string>>(input: T): CapitalizedString<T> {
+	return (input.slice(0, 1).toUpperCase() + input.slice(1)) as CapitalizedString<T>;
+}
+
+const output = capitalize('hello, world!');
+//=> 'Hello, world!'
+```
+
+@category Utilities
+@category Type Guard
+*/
+export type IsStringLiteral<T> = LiteralCheck<T, string>;
+
+/**
+Returns a boolean for whether the given type is a `number` or `bigint` [literal type](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/everyday-types.html#literal-types).
+
+Useful for:
+	- providing strongly-typed functions when given literal arguments
+	- type utilities, such as when constructing parsers and ASTs
+
+@example
+```
+import type {IsNumericLiteral} from 'type-fest';
+
+// https://github.com/inocan-group/inferred-types/blob/master/src/types/boolean-logic/EndsWith.ts
+type EndsWith<TValue, TEndsWith extends string> =
+	TValue extends string
+		? IsStringLiteral<TEndsWith> extends true
+			? IsStringLiteral<TValue> extends true
+				? TValue extends `${string}${TEndsWith}`
+					? true
+					: false
+				: boolean
+			: boolean
+		: TValue extends number
+			? IsNumericLiteral<TValue> extends true
+				? EndsWith<`${TValue}`, TEndsWith>
+				: false
+			: false;
+
+function endsWith<Input extends string | number, End extends string>(input: Input, end: End) {
+	return `${input}`.endsWith(end) as EndsWith<Input, End>;
+}
+
+endsWith('abc', 'c');
+//=> true
+
+endsWith(123456, '456');
+//=> true
+
+const end = '123' as string;
+
+endsWith('abc123', end);
+//=> boolean
+```
+
+@category Utilities
+@category Type Guard
+*/
+export type IsNumericLiteral<T> = LiteralChecks<T, Numeric>;
+
+/**
+Returns a boolean for whether the given type is a `true` or `false` [literal type](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/everyday-types.html#literal-types).
+
+Useful for:
+	- providing strongly-typed functions when given literal arguments
+	- type utilities, such as when constructing parsers and ASTs
+
+@example
+```
+import type {IsBooleanLiteral} from 'type-fest';
+
+const id = 123;
+
+type GetId<AsString extends boolean> =
+	IsBooleanLiteral<AsString> extends true
+		? AsString extends true
+			? `${typeof id}`
+			: typeof id
+		: number | string;
+
+function getId<AsString extends boolean = false>(options?: {asString: AsString}) {
+	return (options?.asString ? `${id}` : id) as GetId<AsString>;
+}
+
+const numberId = getId();
+//=> 123
+
+const stringId = getId({asString: true});
+//=> '123'
+
+declare const runtimeBoolean: boolean;
+const eitherId = getId({asString: runtimeBoolean});
+//=> number | string
+```
+
+@category Utilities
+@category Type Guard
+*/
+export type IsBooleanLiteral<T> = LiteralCheck<T, boolean>;
+
+/**
+Returns a boolean for whether the given type is a `symbol` [literal type](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/everyday-types.html#literal-types).
+
+Useful for:
+	- providing strongly-typed functions when given literal arguments
+	- type utilities, such as when constructing parsers and ASTs
+
+@example
+```
+import type {IsSymbolLiteral} from 'type-fest';
+
+type Get<Obj extends Record<symbol, number>, Key extends keyof Obj> =
+	IsSymbolLiteral<Key> extends true
+		? Obj[Key]
+		: number;
+
+function get<Obj extends Record<symbol, number>, Key extends keyof Obj>(o: Obj, key: Key) {
+	return o[key] as Get<Obj, Key>;
+}
+
+const symbolLiteral = Symbol('literal');
+const symbolValue: symbol = Symbol('value');
+
+get({[symbolLiteral]: 1} as const, symbolLiteral);
+//=> 1
+
+get({[symbolValue]: 1} as const, symbolValue);
+//=> number
+```
+
+@category Utilities
+@category Type Guard
+*/
+export type IsSymbolLiteral<T> = LiteralCheck<T, symbol>;
+
+/** Helper type for `IsLiteral`. */
+type IsLiteralUnion<T> =
+	| IsStringLiteral<T>
+	| IsNumericLiteral<T>
+	| IsBooleanLiteral<T>
+	| IsSymbolLiteral<T>;
+
+/**
+Returns a boolean for whether the given type is a [literal type](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/everyday-types.html#literal-types).
+
+Useful for:
+	- providing strongly-typed functions when given literal arguments
+	- type utilities, such as when constructing parsers and ASTs
+
+@example
+```
+import type {IsLiteral} from 'type-fest';
+
+// https://github.com/inocan-group/inferred-types/blob/master/src/types/string-literals/StripLeading.ts
+export type StripLeading<A, B> =
+	A extends string
+		? B extends string
+			? IsLiteral<A> extends true
+				? string extends B ? never : A extends `${B & string}${infer After}` ? After : A
+				: string
+			: A
+		: A;
+
+function stripLeading<Input extends string, Strip extends string>(input: Input, strip: Strip) {
+	return input.replace(`^${strip}`, '') as StripLeading<Input, Strip>;
+}
+
+stripLeading('abc123', 'abc');
+//=> '123'
+
+const str = 'abc123' as string;
+
+stripLeading(str, 'abc');
+//=> string
+```
+
+@category Utilities
+@category Type Guard
+*/
+export type IsLiteral<T extends Primitive> = IsNotFalse<IsLiteralUnion<T>>;

test-d/internal.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {expectType} from 'tsd';
-import type {IsWhitespace, IsNumeric} from '../source/internal';
+import type {IsWhitespace, IsNumeric, IsNotFalse} from '../source/internal';
 
 expectType<IsWhitespace<''>>(false);
 expectType<IsWhitespace<' '>>(true);
@@ -27,3 +27,11 @@ expectType<IsNumeric<' 1.2'>>(false);
 expectType<IsNumeric<'1 2'>>(false);
 expectType<IsNumeric<'1_200'>>(false);
 expectType<IsNumeric<' 1 '>>(false);
+
+expectType<IsNotFalse<true>>(true);
+expectType<IsNotFalse<boolean>>(true);
+expectType<IsNotFalse<true | false>>(true);
+expectType<IsNotFalse<true | false | false | false>>(true);
+expectType<IsNotFalse<false>>(false);
+expectType<IsNotFalse<false | false>>(false);
+expectType<IsNotFalse<false | false | false | false>>(false);

test-d/is-literal.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import {expectError, expectType} from 'tsd';
+import type {
+	IsLiteral,
+	IsStringLiteral,
+	IsNumericLiteral,
+	IsBooleanLiteral,
+	IsSymbolLiteral,
+} from '../index';
+
+const stringLiteral = '';
+const numberLiteral = 1;
+// @ts-expect-error: suppress BigInt literal tsd warning
+const bigintLiteral = 1n;
+const booleanLiteral = true;
+const symbolLiteral = Symbol('');
+
+declare const _string: string;
+declare const _number: number;
+declare const _bigint: bigint;
+declare const _boolean: boolean;
+declare const _symbol: symbol;
+
+// Literals should be true
+expectType<IsLiteral<typeof stringLiteral>>(true);
+expectType<IsLiteral<typeof numberLiteral>>(true);
+expectType<IsLiteral<typeof bigintLiteral>>(true);
+expectType<IsLiteral<typeof booleanLiteral>>(true);
+expectType<IsLiteral<typeof symbolLiteral>>(true);
+
+// Primitives should be false
+expectType<IsLiteral<typeof _string>>(false);
+expectType<IsLiteral<typeof _number>>(false);
+expectType<IsLiteral<typeof _bigint>>(false);
+expectType<IsLiteral<typeof _boolean>>(false);
+expectType<IsLiteral<typeof _symbol>>(false);
+
+// Null, undefined, and non-primitives should fail all literal checks
+expectType<IsLiteral<null>>(false);
+expectType<IsLiteral<undefined>>(false);
+expectType<IsLiteral<any>>(false);
+expectType<IsLiteral<never>>(false);
+
+expectType<IsStringLiteral<typeof stringLiteral>>(true);
+expectType<IsStringLiteral<typeof _string>>(false);
+
+expectType<IsNumericLiteral<typeof numberLiteral>>(true);
+expectType<IsNumericLiteral<typeof bigintLiteral>>(true);
+expectType<IsNumericLiteral<typeof _number>>(false);
+expectType<IsNumericLiteral<typeof _bigint>>(false);
+
+expectType<IsBooleanLiteral<typeof booleanLiteral>>(true);
+expectType<IsBooleanLiteral<typeof _boolean>>(false);
+
+expectType<IsSymbolLiteral<typeof symbolLiteral>>(true);
+expectType<IsSymbolLiteral<typeof _symbol>>(false);
+
+declare const anything: any;
+
+// Missing generic parameter
+expectError<IsLiteral>(anything);
+expectError<IsStringLiteral>(anything);
+expectError<IsNumericLiteral>(anything);
+expectError<IsBooleanLiteral>(anything);
+expectError<IsSymbolLiteral>(anything);