errors.go (7439B)
1 // Package errors provides simple error handling primitives. 2 // 3 // The traditional error handling idiom in Go is roughly akin to 4 // 5 // if err != nil { 6 // return err 7 // } 8 // 9 // which when applied recursively up the call stack results in error reports 10 // without context or debugging information. The errors package allows 11 // programmers to add context to the failure path in their code in a way 12 // that does not destroy the original value of the error. 13 // 14 // Adding context to an error 15 // 16 // The errors.Wrap function returns a new error that adds context to the 17 // original error by recording a stack trace at the point Wrap is called, 18 // together with the supplied message. For example 19 // 20 // _, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r) 21 // if err != nil { 22 // return errors.Wrap(err, "read failed") 23 // } 24 // 25 // If additional control is required, the errors.WithStack and 26 // errors.WithMessage functions destructure errors.Wrap into its component 27 // operations: annotating an error with a stack trace and with a message, 28 // respectively. 29 // 30 // Retrieving the cause of an error 31 // 32 // Using errors.Wrap constructs a stack of errors, adding context to the 33 // preceding error. Depending on the nature of the error it may be necessary 34 // to reverse the operation of errors.Wrap to retrieve the original error 35 // for inspection. Any error value which implements this interface 36 // 37 // type causer interface { 38 // Cause() error 39 // } 40 // 41 // can be inspected by errors.Cause. errors.Cause will recursively retrieve 42 // the topmost error that does not implement causer, which is assumed to be 43 // the original cause. For example: 44 // 45 // switch err := errors.Cause(err).(type) { 46 // case *MyError: 47 // // handle specifically 48 // default: 49 // // unknown error 50 // } 51 // 52 // Although the causer interface is not exported by this package, it is 53 // considered a part of its stable public interface. 54 // 55 // Formatted printing of errors 56 // 57 // All error values returned from this package implement fmt.Formatter and can 58 // be formatted by the fmt package. The following verbs are supported: 59 // 60 // %s print the error. If the error has a Cause it will be 61 // printed recursively. 62 // %v see %s 63 // %+v extended format. Each Frame of the error's StackTrace will 64 // be printed in detail. 65 // 66 // Retrieving the stack trace of an error or wrapper 67 // 68 // New, Errorf, Wrap, and Wrapf record a stack trace at the point they are 69 // invoked. This information can be retrieved with the following interface: 70 // 71 // type stackTracer interface { 72 // StackTrace() errors.StackTrace 73 // } 74 // 75 // The returned errors.StackTrace type is defined as 76 // 77 // type StackTrace []Frame 78 // 79 // The Frame type represents a call site in the stack trace. Frame supports 80 // the fmt.Formatter interface that can be used for printing information about 81 // the stack trace of this error. For example: 82 // 83 // if err, ok := err.(stackTracer); ok { 84 // for _, f := range err.StackTrace() { 85 // fmt.Printf("%+s:%d\n", f, f) 86 // } 87 // } 88 // 89 // Although the stackTracer interface is not exported by this package, it is 90 // considered a part of its stable public interface. 91 // 92 // See the documentation for Frame.Format for more details. 93 package errors 94 95 import ( 96 "fmt" 97 "io" 98 ) 99 100 // New returns an error with the supplied message. 101 // New also records the stack trace at the point it was called. 102 func New(message string) error { 103 return &fundamental{ 104 msg: message, 105 stack: callers(), 106 } 107 } 108 109 // Errorf formats according to a format specifier and returns the string 110 // as a value that satisfies error. 111 // Errorf also records the stack trace at the point it was called. 112 func Errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) error { 113 return &fundamental{ 114 msg: fmt.Sprintf(format, args...), 115 stack: callers(), 116 } 117 } 118 119 // fundamental is an error that has a message and a stack, but no caller. 120 type fundamental struct { 121 msg string 122 *stack 123 } 124 125 func (f *fundamental) Error() string { return f.msg } 126 127 func (f *fundamental) Format(s fmt.State, verb rune) { 128 switch verb { 129 case 'v': 130 if s.Flag('+') { 131 io.WriteString(s, f.msg) 132 f.stack.Format(s, verb) 133 return 134 } 135 fallthrough 136 case 's': 137 io.WriteString(s, f.msg) 138 case 'q': 139 fmt.Fprintf(s, "%q", f.msg) 140 } 141 } 142 143 // WithStack annotates err with a stack trace at the point WithStack was called. 144 // If err is nil, WithStack returns nil. 145 func WithStack(err error) error { 146 if err == nil { 147 return nil 148 } 149 return &withStack{ 150 err, 151 callers(), 152 } 153 } 154 155 type withStack struct { 156 error 157 *stack 158 } 159 160 func (w *withStack) Cause() error { return w.error } 161 162 // Unwrap provides compatibility for Go 1.13 error chains. 163 func (w *withStack) Unwrap() error { return w.error } 164 165 func (w *withStack) Format(s fmt.State, verb rune) { 166 switch verb { 167 case 'v': 168 if s.Flag('+') { 169 fmt.Fprintf(s, "%+v", w.Cause()) 170 w.stack.Format(s, verb) 171 return 172 } 173 fallthrough 174 case 's': 175 io.WriteString(s, w.Error()) 176 case 'q': 177 fmt.Fprintf(s, "%q", w.Error()) 178 } 179 } 180 181 // Wrap returns an error annotating err with a stack trace 182 // at the point Wrap is called, and the supplied message. 183 // If err is nil, Wrap returns nil. 184 func Wrap(err error, message string) error { 185 if err == nil { 186 return nil 187 } 188 err = &withMessage{ 189 cause: err, 190 msg: message, 191 } 192 return &withStack{ 193 err, 194 callers(), 195 } 196 } 197 198 // Wrapf returns an error annotating err with a stack trace 199 // at the point Wrapf is called, and the format specifier. 200 // If err is nil, Wrapf returns nil. 201 func Wrapf(err error, format string, args ...interface{}) error { 202 if err == nil { 203 return nil 204 } 205 err = &withMessage{ 206 cause: err, 207 msg: fmt.Sprintf(format, args...), 208 } 209 return &withStack{ 210 err, 211 callers(), 212 } 213 } 214 215 // WithMessage annotates err with a new message. 216 // If err is nil, WithMessage returns nil. 217 func WithMessage(err error, message string) error { 218 if err == nil { 219 return nil 220 } 221 return &withMessage{ 222 cause: err, 223 msg: message, 224 } 225 } 226 227 // WithMessagef annotates err with the format specifier. 228 // If err is nil, WithMessagef returns nil. 229 func WithMessagef(err error, format string, args ...interface{}) error { 230 if err == nil { 231 return nil 232 } 233 return &withMessage{ 234 cause: err, 235 msg: fmt.Sprintf(format, args...), 236 } 237 } 238 239 type withMessage struct { 240 cause error 241 msg string 242 } 243 244 func (w *withMessage) Error() string { return w.msg + ": " + w.cause.Error() } 245 func (w *withMessage) Cause() error { return w.cause } 246 247 // Unwrap provides compatibility for Go 1.13 error chains. 248 func (w *withMessage) Unwrap() error { return w.cause } 249 250 func (w *withMessage) Format(s fmt.State, verb rune) { 251 switch verb { 252 case 'v': 253 if s.Flag('+') { 254 fmt.Fprintf(s, "%+v\n", w.Cause()) 255 io.WriteString(s, w.msg) 256 return 257 } 258 fallthrough 259 case 's', 'q': 260 io.WriteString(s, w.Error()) 261 } 262 } 263 264 // Cause returns the underlying cause of the error, if possible. 265 // An error value has a cause if it implements the following 266 // interface: 267 // 268 // type causer interface { 269 // Cause() error 270 // } 271 // 272 // If the error does not implement Cause, the original error will 273 // be returned. If the error is nil, nil will be returned without further 274 // investigation. 275 func Cause(err error) error { 276 type causer interface { 277 Cause() error 278 } 279 280 for err != nil { 281 cause, ok := err.(causer) 282 if !ok { 283 break 284 } 285 err = cause.Cause() 286 } 287 return err 288 }