Generaterr

Generates custom and valid node.js error functions for node.js.

Installation

npm install generaterr --save

Usage

Basis Usage

var ParseError = generaterr('ParseError');

try
{
  throw new ParseError('Could not parse file due to missing semicolons');
} catch(e) {
  console.log(e.message);
  console.log(e.name);
  console.log(e.stack);
}

Formatting messages

var ParseError = generaterr('ParseError');

try
{
  throw new ParseError('Could not parse file "%s" due to missing semicolons at line %d:%d', 'input.js', 10, 12);
} catch(e) {
  // Message: 'Could not parse file "input.js" due to missing semicolons at line 10:12'
}

Generator Arguments

var NotFoundError = generaterr('NotFoundError', { status : 404 });

var notFoundError = new NotFoundError('Could find resource /api/random/numbers');

console.log(notFoundError.status);

// Prints '404'

Constructor Arguments

var ParseError = generaterr('ParseError');

var err = new ParseError('Could not parse file "%s" due to missing semicolons at line %d:%d', 'input.js', 10, 12, { status : 'FATAL' });

console.log(err.message)
// Prints 'Could not parse file "input.js" due to missing semicolons at line 10:12'

console.log(err.status)
// Prints 'FATAL'

Options

captureStackTrace, defaults to 'true'

Turning off stack trace generation may be useful for business logic exceptions that do not require a stack trace.

var ParseError = generaterr('ParseError', null, { captureStackTrace : false });