{"name":"isstream","version":"0.1.2","description":"Determine if an object is a Stream","main":"isstream.js","scripts":{"test":"tar --xform 's/^package/readable-stream-1.0/' -zxf readable-stream-1.0.*.tgz && tar --xform 's/^package/readable-stream-1.1/' -zxf readable-stream-1.1.*.tgz && node test.js; rm -rf readable-stream-1.?/"},"repository":{"type":"git","url":"https://github.com/rvagg/isstream.git"},"keywords":["stream","type","streams","readable-stream","hippo"],"devDependencies":{"tape":"~2.12.3","core-util-is":"~1.0.0","isarray":"0.0.1","string_decoder":"~0.10.x","inherits":"~2.0.1"},"author":{"name":"Rod Vagg","email":"rod@vagg.org"},"license":"MIT","bugs":{"url":"https://github.com/rvagg/isstream/issues"},"homepage":"https://github.com/rvagg/isstream","readme":"# isStream\n\n[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/rvagg/isstream.png)](http://travis-ci.org/rvagg/isstream)\n\n**Test if an object is a `Stream`**\n\n[![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/isstream.svg)](https://nodei.co/npm/isstream/)\n\nThe missing `Stream.isStream(obj)`: determine if an object is standard Node.js `Stream`. Works for Node-core `Stream` objects (for 0.8, 0.10, 0.11, and in theory, older and newer versions) and all versions of **[readable-stream](https://github.com/isaacs/readable-stream)**.\n\n## Usage:\n\n```js\nvar isStream = require('isstream')\nvar Stream = require('stream')\n\nisStream(new Stream()) // true\n\nisStream({}) // false\n\nisStream(new Stream.Readable())    // true\nisStream(new Stream.Writable())    // true\nisStream(new Stream.Duplex())      // true\nisStream(new Stream.Transform())   // true\nisStream(new Stream.PassThrough()) // true\n```\n\n## But wait! There's more!\n\nYou can also test for `isReadable(obj)`, `isWritable(obj)` and `isDuplex(obj)` to test for implementations of Streams2 (and Streams3) base classes.\n\n```js\nvar isReadable = require('isstream').isReadable\nvar isWritable = require('isstream').isWritable\nvar isDuplex = require('isstream').isDuplex\nvar Stream = require('stream')\n\nisReadable(new Stream()) // false\nisWritable(new Stream()) // false\nisDuplex(new Stream())   // false\n\nisReadable(new Stream.Readable())    // true\nisReadable(new Stream.Writable())    // false\nisReadable(new Stream.Duplex())      // true\nisReadable(new Stream.Transform())   // true\nisReadable(new Stream.PassThrough()) // true\n\nisWritable(new Stream.Readable())    // false\nisWritable(new Stream.Writable())    // true\nisWritable(new Stream.Duplex())      // true\nisWritable(new Stream.Transform())   // true\nisWritable(new Stream.PassThrough()) // true\n\nisDuplex(new Stream.Readable())    // false\nisDuplex(new Stream.Writable())    // false\nisDuplex(new Stream.Duplex())      // true\nisDuplex(new Stream.Transform())   // true\nisDuplex(new Stream.PassThrough()) // true\n```\n\n*Reminder: when implementing your own streams, please [use **readable-stream** rather than core streams](http://r.va.gg/2014/06/why-i-dont-use-nodes-core-stream-module.html).*\n\n\n## License\n\n**isStream** is Copyright (c) 2015 Rod Vagg [@rvagg](https://twitter.com/rvagg) and licenced under the MIT licence. All rights not explicitly granted in the MIT license are reserved. See the included LICENSE.md file for more details.\n","readmeFilename":"README.md","_id":"isstream@0.1.2","_shasum":"47e63f7af55afa6f92e1500e690eb8b8529c099a","_from":"https://registry.npmjs.org/isstream/-/isstream-0.1.2.tgz","_resolved":"https://registry.npmjs.org/isstream/-/isstream-0.1.2.tgz"}