Why not give user ability to ask the type openly?

[agrublev]

Now you can actually ask axis what IS the item :) instead of just comparing.

No reason to hide a method that already exists there anyways.

[schuchard]

Hi @agrublev, i created a similar typescript version that adds some methods. Specifically getType, which returns the type as a string. https://schuchard.github.io/taap/globals.html#gettype