src/rule/type.js
function type(rule, value, source, errors, options) {
  if (rule.required && value === undefined) {
    required(rule, value, source, errors, options);
    return;
  }
  const custom = ['integer', 'float', 'array', 'regexp', 'object',
    'method', 'email', 'number', 'date', 'url', 'hex'];
  const ruleType = rule.type;
  if (custom.indexOf(ruleType) > -1) {
    if (!types[ruleType](value)) {
      errors.push(util.format(options.messages.types[ruleType], rule.fullField, rule.type));
    }
    // straight typeof check
  } else if (ruleType && typeof (value) !== rule.type) {
    errors.push(util.format(options.messages.types[ruleType], rule.fullField, rule.type));
  }
}
function type(rule, value, source, errors, options) {
  if (rule.required && value === undefined) {
    required(rule, value, source, errors, options);
    return;
  }
  const custom = ['integer', 'float', 'array', 'regexp', 'object',
    'method', 'email', 'number', 'date', 'url', 'hex'];
  const ruleType = rule.type;
  if (custom.indexOf(ruleType) > -1) {
    if (!types[ruleType](value)) {
      errors.push(util.format(options.messages.types[ruleType], rule.fullField, rule.type));
    }
    // straight typeof check
  } else if (ruleType && typeof (value) !== rule.type) {
    errors.push(util.format(options.messages.types[ruleType], rule.fullField, rule.type));
  }
}
Rule for validating the type of a value.

@param rule The validation rule.
@param value The value of the field on the source object.
@param source The source object being validated.
@param errors An array of errors that this rule may add
validation errors to.
@param options The validation options.
@param options.messages The validation messages.