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+#' Check uniformity of simulated residuals
+#'
+#' `check_residuals()` checks generalized linear (mixed) models for uniformity
+#' of randomized quantile residuals, which can be used to identify typical model
+#' misspecification problems, such as over/underdispersion, zero-inflation, and
+#' residual spatial and temporal autocorrelation.
+#'
+#' @export
+check_residuals <- function(x, ...) {
+  # TODO: This should be an S3 method instead of using ifelse
+  if (any(class(x) %in% c("performance_simres", "DHARMa"))) {
+    # tests if the overall distribution conforms to expectations; equivalent to:
+    # ks.test(residuals(simulated_residuals), "punif")
+    DHARMa::testUniformity(x, plot = FALSE, ...)
+  } else {
+    stop("Unsupported input")
+  }
+}
+
+# methods ------------------------------
+
+# TODO: Add print method