code: def _ensure_tree_maker(obj: Union[str, TreeMaker]) -> TreeMaker:
      return obj if isinstance(obj, TreeMaker) else pathlib.Path(obj)
  
imports: import functools
  import pathlib
  from typing import Dict, Protocol, Union
  from typing import runtime_checkable
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: _ensure_tree_maker(obj) and returns: unknown