def is_collection(object_type, strict: bool = False) -> bool:
    """
    Utility method to check if a type is a subclass of typing.{List,Dict,Set,Tuple}
    or of list, dict, set, tuple.

    If strict is set to True, the method will return True only if the class IS directly one of the base collection
    classes

    :param object_type:
    :param strict: if set to True, this method will look for a strict match.
    :return:
    """
    if object_type is None or object_type is Any or is_union_type(object_type) or is_typevar(object_type):
        return False
    elif strict:
        return object_type == dict \
               or object_type == list \
               or object_type == tuple \
               or object_type == set \
               or get_base_generic_type(object_type) == Dict \
               or get_base_generic_type(object_type) == List \
               or get_base_generic_type(object_type) == Set \
               or get_base_generic_type(object_type) == Tuple
    else:
        return issubclass(object_type, Dict) \
               or issubclass(object_type, List) \
               or issubclass(object_type, Set) \
               or issubclass(object_type, Tuple) \
               or issubclass(object_type, dict) \
               or issubclass(object_type, list) \
               or issubclass(object_type, tuple) \
               or issubclass(object_type, set)