def METHOD_NAME(item: Any | Sequence[Any]) -> Sequence[Any]:
    """
    Checks if the item is a list or tuple, and converts it to a list if it is
    not already a list or tuple
    :param item: an object which may or may not be a list or tuple
    :return: item_list: the input item unchanged if list or tuple and [item]
                        otherwise
    """
    if isinstance(item, (list, tuple)):
        return item
    return [item]