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@namecheap/error-extender

v2.2.1

Published

error-extender

Downloads

977

Readme

@namecheap/error-extender

npm Actions Status

Simplifies creation of custom Error classes for Node.js and Browser!

...which then produces stack with appended stacks of supplied cause (very much like in Java)!

const extendError = require('@namecheap/error-extender');

const CustomError = extendError('CustomError');

const rootCause = new Error('the root cause');

console.log(new CustomError({ message: 'An error has occurred.', cause: rootCause }));

Shall output:

CustomError: An error has occurred.
    at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/app/index.js:7:13)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:702:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:713:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:612:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:551:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:543:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:744:10)
    at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:240:19)
    at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:564:3)
Caused by: Error: the root cause
    at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/app/index.js:5:19)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:702:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:713:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:612:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:551:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:543:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:744:10)
    at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:240:19)
    at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:564:3)

100% Code Coverage

Oh, by the way, 100% test coverage. See for yourself (via npm test)!

Features

"Extending" Errors

It's quite simple! See below:

const extendError = require('@namecheap/error-extender');

const AppError = extendError('AppError'); // extends `Error` (default)

Or... A bit more complex using the second argument (options):

const extendError = require('@namecheap/error-extender');

const AppError = extendError('AppError', {
  defaultMessage: 'An unhandled error has occurred.',
  defaultData: { status: 503, message: 'An unhandled error has occurred.' }
});

const ServiceError = extendError('ServiceError', {
  parent: AppError, // extends `AppError`
  defaultMessage: 'A service error has occurred.',
  defaultData: { status: 500, message: 'A service error has occurred.' }
});

const DatabaseError = extendError('DatabaseError', {
  parent: ServiceError, // extends `ServiceError`
  defaultMessage: 'A service database error has occurred.',
  defaultData: { message: 'A service database error has occurred.' }
});

require('assert').deepStrictEqual(
  DatabaseError.defaultData, {
    status: 500,
    message: 'A service database error has occurred.'
  });
// no error

Yes, defaultData merges!

error-extender Arguments

error-extender accepts a single object literal as second argument.

The options (object literal keys) are as follows:

| key | expected type | | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------ | | parent | Error.prototype or one that extends it | | defaultMessage | string | | defaultData | any |

"Extended Errors"

  1. Creates prototype-based Error classes (child/subclass) : "Extended Errors".
  2. Those "Extended Errors", accepts cause (Error); very much like how it is with Java Exception.
  3. Appends stack of cause to the bottom (or top) of instantiated "Extended Errors" stack.
  4. "Extended Errors" constructor & argument (w/ optional new):
    1. new ExtendedError(options)
    2. ExtendedError(options)

Yes, much like JavaScript's native Error, "Extended Errors" can be written/used "factory-like" (without the new keyword).

"Extended Errors" Arguments (constructor)

"Extended Errors" accepts a single object literal as argument:

const extendError = require('@namecheap/error-extender');
const ServiceError = extendError('ServiceError');
try {
  // ... something throws something
} catch (error) {
  throw new ServiceError({
    message: 'An error has occurred',
    data: { ref: '7e9f876ca116' },
    cause: error
  });
}

The options (object literal keys) are as follows:

| key | alias | expected type | | :-------- | :---: | ------------------- | | message | m | string | | data | d | any | | cause | c | instancedof Error |

Given the alias, you may construct extended errors by:

const extendError = require('@namecheap/error-extender');
const ServiceError = extendError('ServiceError');
try {
  // ... something throws something
} catch (error) {
  throw new ServiceError({
    m: 'An error has occurred',
    d: { ref: '7e9f876ca116' },
    c: error
  });
}

Note: Aliases are evaluated first; hence if you have both m and message, if m's value is truthy, then m's value will be used.

Instance Properties

As with Error, "Extended Errors" would have the following properties:

  • name
  • message
  • stack

... "Extended Errors" shall have the following additiona properties:

  • data - (as set in constructor args)
  • cause - (as set in constructor args)

data merging w/ defaultData

Yes, you heard right, instance data merges with defaultData!!!

See example below:

const extendError = require('@namecheap/error-extender');

const AppError = extendError('ServiceError', {
  defaultData: { status: 503, message: 'An unhandled error has occurred.' }
});

const appError = new AppError({ d: { status: 401 } });

require('assert').deepStrictEqual(
  appError.data, {
    status: 401,
    message: 'An unhandled error has occurred.'
  });
// no error

The inspiration (thanks bluebird!):

const Promise = require('bluebird');
// ...
const extendError = require('@namecheap/error-extender');
// ...
const ServiceError = extendError('ServiceError');
const ServiceStateError = extendError(
  'ServiceStateError',
  { parent: ServiceError });
// ...
function aServiceFunction() {
  return new Promise(
    function (resolve, reject) {
      // ... multiple things that may throw your
      //     custom "expected" errors
    })
    .catch(ServiceStateError, function (error) {
      // ... your "common way" of handling
      //     ServiceStateError
      // ... then propagate
    })
    .catch(ServiceError, function (error) {
      // ... your "common generc way" of handling
      //     ServiceError
      // ... then propagate
    })
    .catch(function (error) {
      // ... the "catch all"
      // ... then propagate
    });
}

With JavaScript, I felt quite stifled when I was limited to:

  1. Do selective/custom handling based on matching messages from throw new Error('..').
  2. Return/propagate JSend-like responses to function "callers"/"users".
  3. ... or whatever error possible passing/handling could be done, throughout functions and callers/users.

With error-extender with help from syntactic-sugar from bluebird, you can improve (or even standardize) your way of propagating/handling errors throughout your application. callers.