// Package xerr provides simple error handling primitives. // // The traditional error handling idiom in Go is roughly akin to // // if err != nil { // return err // } // // which when applied recursively up the call stack results in error reports // without context or debugging information. The errors package allows // programmers to add context to the failure path in their code in a way // that does not destroy the original value of the error. // // Adding context to an error // // The errors.Wrap function returns a new error that adds context to the // original error by recording a stack trace at the point Wrap is called, // together with the supplied message. For example // // _, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r) // if err != nil { // return errors.Wrap(err, "read failed") // } // // If additional control is required, the errors.WithStack and // errors.WithMessage functions destructure errors.Wrap into its component // operations: annotating an error with a stack trace and with a message, // respectively. // // Retrieving the cause of an error // // Using errors.Wrap constructs a stack of errors, adding context to the // preceding error. Depending on the nature of the error it may be necessary // to reverse the operation of errors.Wrap to retrieve the original error // for inspection. Any error value which implements this interface // // type causer interface { // Cause() error // } // // can be inspected by errors.Cause. errors.Cause will recursively retrieve // the topmost error that does not implement causer, which is assumed to be // the original cause. For example: // // switch err := errors.Cause(err).(type) { // case *MyError: // // handle specifically // default: // // unknown error // } // // Although the causer interface is not exported by this package, it is // considered a part of its stable public interface. // // Formatted printing of errors // // All error values returned from this package implement fmt.Formatter and can // be formatted by the fmt package. The following verbs are supported: // // %s print the error. If the error has a Cause it will be // printed recursively. // %v see %s // %+v extended format. Each Frame of the error's StackTrace will // be printed in detail. // // Retrieving the stack trace of an error or wrapper // // New, Errorf, Wrap, and Wrapf record a stack trace at the point they are // invoked. This information can be retrieved with the following interface: // // type stackTracer interface { // StackTrace() errors.StackTrace // } // // The returned errors.StackTrace type is defined as // // type StackTrace []Frame // // The Frame type represents a call site in the stack trace. Frame supports // the fmt.Formatter interface that can be used for printing information about // the stack trace of this error. For example: // // if err, ok := err.(stackTracer); ok { // for _, f := range err.StackTrace() { // fmt.Printf("%+s:%d", f) // } // } // // Although the stackTracer interface is not exported by this package, it is // considered a part of its stable public interface. // // See the documentation for Frame.Format for more details. package xerr import ( "fmt" "io" ) type stackTracer interface { StackTrace() StackTrace } var _ stackTracer = &withStack{} var _ stackTracer = &fundamental{} // New returns an error with the supplied message. // New also records the stack trace at the point it was called. func New(message string) error { return &fundamental{ msg: message, stack: callers(), } } // Errorf formats according to a format specifier and returns the string // as a value that satisfies error. // Errorf also records the stack trace at the point it was called. func Errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) error { return &fundamental{ msg: fmt.Sprintf(format, args...), stack: callers(), } } // fundamental is an error that has a message and a stack, but no caller. type fundamental struct { msg string *stack } func (f *fundamental) Error() string { return f.msg } func (f *fundamental) Format(s fmt.State, verb rune) { switch verb { case 'v': if s.Flag('+') { io.WriteString(s, f.msg) f.stack.Format(s, verb) return } fallthrough case 's': io.WriteString(s, f.msg) case 'q': fmt.Fprintf(s, "%q", f.msg) } } func (f *fundamental) Stack() []uintptr { return *f.stack } type withStack struct { error *stack } func (w *withStack) Cause() error { return w.error } func (w *withStack) Format(s fmt.State, verb rune) { switch verb { case 'v': if s.Flag('+') { fmt.Fprintf(s, "%+v", w.Cause()) w.stack.Format(s, verb) return } fallthrough case 's': io.WriteString(s, w.Error()) case 'q': fmt.Fprintf(s, "%q", w.Error()) } } func (w *withStack) Stack() []uintptr { return *w.stack } func (w *withStack) Unwrap() error { return w.error } // Wrapf returns an error annotating err with a stack trace // at the point Wrapf is called, and the format specifier. // If err is nil, Wrapf returns nil. func Wrapf(err error, format string, args ...interface{}) error { if err == nil { return nil } msgErr := &withMessage{ cause: err, msg: fmt.Sprintf(format, args...), } return &withStack{ msgErr, callersWithErr(msgErr.Cause()), } } // WithMessagef annotates err with the format specifier. // If err is nil, WithMessagef returns nil. func WithMessagef(err error, format string, args ...interface{}) error { if err == nil { return nil } return &withMessage{ cause: err, msg: fmt.Sprintf(format, args...), } } type withMessage struct { cause error msg string } func (w *withMessage) Error() string { return w.msg + ": " + w.cause.Error() } func (w *withMessage) Cause() error { return w.cause } func (w *withMessage) Format(s fmt.State, verb rune) { switch verb { case 'v': if s.Flag('+') { fmt.Fprintf(s, "%+v\n", w.Cause()) io.WriteString(s, w.msg) return } fallthrough case 's', 'q': io.WriteString(s, w.Error()) } } // WithStack annotates err with a stack trace at the point WithStack was called. // If err is nil, WithStack returns nil. func WithStack(err error) error { return wrapStack(err, 1) } func wrapStack(err error, skip int) error { if err == nil { return nil } if _, ok := err.(stackTracer); ok { return err } if _, ok := err.(interface{ Cause() error }); ok { } return &withStack{ err, callersWithSkip(skip + 3), } } // Cause returns the underlying cause of the error, if possible. // An error value has a cause if it implements the following // interface: // // type causer interface { // Cause() error // } // // If the error does not implement Cause, the original error will // be returned. If the error is nil, nil will be returned without further // investigation. func Cause(err error) error { type causer interface { Cause() error } for err != nil { cause, ok := err.(causer) if !ok { break } err = cause.Cause() } return err }