meteor/packages/check/isPlainObject.js

// Copy of jQuery.isPlainObject for the server side from jQuery v3.1.1.

var class2type = {};

var toString = class2type.toString;

var hasOwn = class2type.hasOwnProperty;

var fnToString = hasOwn.toString;

var ObjectFunctionString = fnToString.call(Object);

var getProto = Object.getPrototypeOf;

exports.isPlainObject = function( obj ) {
  var proto,
    Ctor;

  // Detect obvious negatives
  // Use toString instead of jQuery.type to catch host objects
  if (!obj || toString.call(obj) !== "[object Object]") {
    return false;
  }

  proto = getProto(obj);

  // Objects with no prototype (e.g., `Object.create( null )`) are plain
  if (!proto) {
    return true;
  }

  // Objects with prototype are plain iff they were constructed by a global Object function
  Ctor = hasOwn.call(proto, "constructor") && proto.constructor;
  return typeof Ctor === "function" && fnToString.call(Ctor) === ObjectFunctionString;
};