Unable to check the type of node

I have a Yaml document with key, which can be either Yaml mapping with some configuration fields or a string as alias to some predefined configuration:

storage:
  type: fs
  location: /tmp/storage
  # etc

or

storage: default # alias to default storage

Since Yaml language is dynamic, I’m expecting to read different node types for some key, but EoYaml doesn’t support node type checks. So I need to use workarounds like:

if (yaml.string("storage") == null) {
  storage = fromConfig(yaml.mapping("storage"));
} else {
  storage = storages.get(yaml.string("storage"));
}

It would be great if I could check the type of node and convert it to string or mapping if needed. E.g. like in javax.json:

var node = yaml.node("storage");
if (node.type() == Node.STRING) {
  storage = storages.get(node.asString());
} else if (node.type() == Node.MAPPING) {
  storage = fromConfig(node.asMapping());
} else {
  // throw something
}

[amihaiemil]

@g4s8 OK, let’s do it. I’ll take care of these issues in the weekend I think. Then we’ll release 5.0.0

[g4s8]

@amihaiemil yes, I used old version with package private Scalar, now I can check it with instanceof, but it looks not really reliable: e.g. I may decorate Node interface somehow, then instanceof won’t work. I think it would be better to have a method like type() to check the type of node, WDYT?