2 files changed, 99 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/api/private/helpers.c b/src/nvim/api/private/helpers.c
index 519f2cc5bf..6beb3d8683 100644
--- a/src/nvim/api/private/helpers.c
+++ b/src/nvim/api/private/helpers.c
@@ -827,6 +827,36 @@ int object_to_hl_id(Object obj, const char *what, Error *err)
   }
 }
 
+char *api_typename(ObjectType t)
+{
+  switch (t) {
+  case kObjectTypeNil:
+    return "nil";
+  case kObjectTypeBoolean:
+    return "Boolean";
+  case kObjectTypeInteger:
+    return "Integer";
+  case kObjectTypeFloat:
+    return "Float";
+  case kObjectTypeString:
+    return "String";
+  case kObjectTypeArray:
+    return "Array";
+  case kObjectTypeDictionary:
+    return "Dict";
+  case kObjectTypeLuaRef:
+    return "Function";
+  case kObjectTypeBuffer:
+    return "Buffer";
+  case kObjectTypeWindow:
+    return "Window";
+  case kObjectTypeTabpage:
+    return "Tabpage";
+  default:
+    abort();
+  }
+}
+
 HlMessage parse_hl_msg(Array chunks, Error *err)
 {
   HlMessage hl_msg = KV_INITIAL_VALUE;
diff --git a/src/nvim/api/private/validate.h b/src/nvim/api/private/validate.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8448b416be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nvim/api/private/validate.h
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#ifndef NVIM_API_PRIVATE_VALIDATE_H
+#define NVIM_API_PRIVATE_VALIDATE_H
+
+#include "nvim/api/private/defs.h"
+#include "nvim/api/private/helpers.h"
+
+#define VALIDATE_INT(cond, name, val_, code) \
+  do { \
+    if (!(cond)) { \
+      api_set_error(err, kErrorTypeValidation, "Invalid " name ": %" PRId64, val_); \
+      code; \
+    } \
+  } while (0)
+
+#define VALIDATE_S(cond, name, val_, code) \
+  do { \
+    if (!(cond)) { \
+      if (strequal(val_, "")) { \
+        api_set_error(err, kErrorTypeValidation, "Invalid " name); \
+      } else { \
+        api_set_error(err, kErrorTypeValidation, "Invalid " name ": '%s'", val_); \
+      } \
+      code; \
+    } \
+  } while (0)
+
+#define VALIDATE_R(cond, name, code) \
+  do { \
+    if (!(cond)) { \
+      api_set_error(err, kErrorTypeValidation, "'" name "' is required"); \
+      code; \
+    } \
+  } while (0)
+
+#define VALIDATE_EXP(cond, name, expected, actual, code) \
+  do { \
+    if (!(cond)) { \
+      api_set_error(err, kErrorTypeValidation, "Invalid " name ": expected %s, got %s", \
+                    expected, actual); \
+      code; \
+    } \
+  } while (0)
+
+#define VALIDATE_T(name, expected_t, actual_t, code) \
+  do { \
+    if (expected_t != actual_t) { \
+      api_set_error(err, kErrorTypeValidation, "Invalid %s: expected %s, got %s", \
+                    name, api_typename(expected_t), api_typename(actual_t)); \
+      code; \
+    } \
+  } while (0)
+
+#define VALIDATE(cond, msg_, code) \
+  do { \
+    if (!(cond)) { \
+      api_set_error(err, kErrorTypeValidation, "%s", msg_); \
+      code; \
+    } \
+  } while (0)
+
+#define VALIDATE_FMT(cond, fmt_, msg_, code) \
+  do { \
+    if (!(cond)) { \
+      api_set_error(err, kErrorTypeValidation, fmt_, msg_); \
+      code; \
+    } \
+  } while (0)
+
+#endif  // NVIM_API_PRIVATE_VALIDATE_H