reviveError

Revive a JSON-serialized error object.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/error-reviver

Usage

var reviveError = require( '@stdlib/error-reviver' );

reviveError( key, value )

Revives a JSON-serialized error object.

var parseJSON = require( '@stdlib/utils-parse-json' );

var str = '{"type":"TypeError","message":"beep"}';

var err = parseJSON( str, reviveError );
// returns <TypeError>

For details on the JSON serialization format, see @stdlib/error-to-json.

Notes

• Supported built-in error types:

  • Error
  • URIError
  • ReferenceError
  • SyntaxError
  • RangeError
  • EvalError
  • TypeError

Examples

var parseJSON = require( '@stdlib/utils-parse-json' );
var err2json = require( '@stdlib/error-to-json' );
var reviveError = require( '@stdlib/error-reviver' );

var err1 = new SyntaxError( 'bad syntax' );
// returns <SyntaxError>

var json = err2json( err1 );
/* e.g., returns
    {
        'type': 'SyntaxError',
        'name': 'SyntaxError',
        'message': 'bad syntax',
        'stack': '...'
    }
*/

var str = JSON.stringify( json );
// e.g., returns '{"type":"SyntaxError","name":"SyntaxError","message":"bad syntax","stack":"..."}'

var err2 = parseJSON( str, reviveError );
// returns <SyntaxError>

var bool = ( err1.message === err2.message );
// returns true

bool = ( err1.stack === err2.stack );
// returns true

See Also

• @stdlib/error-to-json: return a JSON representation of an error object.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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License

See LICENSE.

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