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+import * as _ from 'lodash';
+import * as BigNumber from 'bignumber.js';
+import * as Web3 from 'web3';
+import {SchemaValidator} from './schema_validator';
+
+const HEX_REGEX = /^0x[0-9A-F]*$/i;
+
+export const assert = {
+    isBigNumber(variableName: string, value: BigNumber.BigNumber): void {
+        const isBigNumber = _.isObject(value) && value.isBigNumber;
+        this.assert(isBigNumber, this.typeAssertionMessage(variableName, 'BigNumber', value));
+    },
+    isUndefined(value: any, variableName?: string): void {
+        this.assert(_.isUndefined(value), this.typeAssertionMessage(variableName, 'undefined', value));
+    },
+    isString(variableName: string, value: string): void {
+        this.assert(_.isString(value), this.typeAssertionMessage(variableName, 'string', value));
+    },
+    isHexString(variableName: string, value: string): void {
+        this.assert(_.isString(value) && HEX_REGEX.test(value),
+            this.typeAssertionMessage(variableName, 'HexString', value));
+    },
+    isETHAddressHex(variableName: string, value: string): void {
+        const web3 = new Web3();
+        this.assert(web3.isAddress(value), this.typeAssertionMessage(variableName, 'ETHAddressHex', value));
+    },
+    isNumber(variableName: string, value: number): void {
+        this.assert(_.isFinite(value), this.typeAssertionMessage(variableName, 'number', value));
+    },
+    doesConformToSchema(variableName: string, value: object, schema: Schema): void {
+        const schemaValidator = new SchemaValidator();
+        const validationResult = schemaValidator.validate(value, schema);
+        const hasValidationErrors = validationResult.errors.length > 0;
+        const msg = `Expected ${variableName} to conform to schema ${schema.id}
+Encountered: ${JSON.stringify(value, null, '\t')}
+Validation errors: ${validationResult.errors.join(', ')}`;
+        this.assert(!hasValidationErrors, msg);
+    },
+    assert(condition: boolean, message: string): void {
+        if (!condition) {
+            throw new Error(message);
+        }
+    },
+    typeAssertionMessage(variableName: string, type: string, value: any): string {
+        return `Expected ${variableName} to be of type ${type}, encountered: ${value}`;
+    },
+};