From 95573356941fcf93d46d74e2f015805d271b89bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chris <chris@denkblock.mas>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:04:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] MINOR,FEAT: created convenience functions in builder for dev

---
 src/builder.js | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/builder.js b/src/builder.js
index e1ce5bd..5953e76 100644
--- a/src/builder.js
+++ b/src/builder.js
@@ -38,6 +38,64 @@ const builder = {
           }
      },
 
+     /**
+      * Pure convenience, mostly to enable jdocs for builder.extensions
+      * @param {*} unrecognizedComponent 
+      * @returns {Component}
+      */
+     asComponent(unrecognizedComponent) {
+          if (unrecognizedComponent instanceof Component) {
+               console.log("Recognized as Component");
+               return unrecognizedComponent;
+
+          } else if (unrecognizedComponent instanceof Modifier) {
+               return unrecognizedComponent.toComponent()
+          }
+          console.log("NOT Recognized");
+
+          return unrecognizedComponent;
+     },
+
+     /**
+      * Pure convenience, mostly to enable jdocs for builder.extensions
+      * in this case if there is an actual difference as the element being 
+      * a FlexContainerComponent
+      * @param {*} unrecognizedComponent 
+      * @returns {FlexContainerComponent}
+     */
+     asFlexContainerComponent(unrecognizedComponent) {
+          if (unrecognizedComponent instanceof FlexContainerComponent) {
+               console.log("Recognized as FlexContainerComponent");
+               return unrecognizedComponent;
+
+          } else if (unrecognizedComponent instanceof Modifier) {
+               return unrecognizedComponent.toComponent()
+          }
+          console.log("NOT Recognized");
+
+          return unrecognizedComponent;
+     },
+
+     /**
+      * Pure convenience, mostly to enable jdocs for builder.extensions
+      * in this case if there is an actual difference as the element being 
+      * an InputComponent
+      * @param {*} unrecognizedComponent 
+      * @returns {InputComponent}
+     */
+     asInputComponent(unrecognizedComponent) {
+          if (unrecognizedComponent instanceof InputComponent) {
+               console.log("Recognized as InputComponent");
+               return unrecognizedComponent;
+
+          } else if (unrecognizedComponent instanceof Modifier) {
+               return unrecognizedComponent.toComponent()
+          }
+          console.log("NOT Recognized");
+
+          return unrecognizedComponent;
+     },
+
      /**
       * 
       * @param {string} htmlText