MINOR,FEAT: created convenience functions in builder for dev

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