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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export function isResource(value: unknown): boolean {
+    return typeof value === 'object'
+        && value !== null
+        && value.hasOwnProperty("bundleName")
+        && value.hasOwnProperty("moduleName")
+}
+
+export function isPadding(value: unknown): boolean {
+    function isLength(value: unknown): boolean {
+        return typeof value === 'number'
+            || typeof value === 'string'
+            || isResource(value)
+    }
+    function hasLengthProperty(value: object, prop: string): boolean {
+        return value.hasOwnProperty(prop) && isLength(value[prop as keyof object])
+    }
+    return typeof value === 'object'
+        && value !== null
+        && (hasLengthProperty(value, "top")
+        ||  hasLengthProperty(value, "left")
+        ||  hasLengthProperty(value, "bottom")
+        ||  hasLengthProperty(value, "right"))
+}