validate_type() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the validate_type() function in _models.py from the anthropic-sdk-python codebase.

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Source Code

src/anthropic/_models.py lines 748–753

def validate_type(*, type_: type[_T], value: object) -> _T:
    """Strict validation that the given value matches the expected type"""
    if inspect.isclass(type_) and issubclass(type_, pydantic.BaseModel):
        return cast(_T, parse_obj(type_, value))

    return cast(_T, _validate_non_model_type(type_=type_, value=value))