// Package errors provides simple error handling primitives. // // The traditional error handling idiom in Go is roughly akin to // // if err != nil { // return err // } // // which 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.Annotate function returns a new error that adds context to the // original error by recording a stack trace at the point Annotate is called, // and the supplied message. For example // // _, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r) // if err != nil { // return errors.Annotate(err, "read failed") // } // // If additional control is required the errors.AddStack and errors.WithMessage // functions destructure errors.Annotate into its component operations of annotating // an error with a stack trace and an a message, respectively. // // Retrieving the cause of an error // // Using errors.Annotate 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.Annotate 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 which 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 // } // // causer interface is not exported by this package, but is considered a part // of stable public API. // errors.Unwrap is also available: this will retrieve the next error in the chain. // // 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, Annotate, and Annotatef record a stack trace at the point they are invoked. // This information can be retrieved with the StackTracer interface that returns // a StackTrace. Where errors.StackTrace 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 stacked := errors.GetStackTracer(err); stacked != nil { // for _, f := range stacked.StackTrace() { // fmt.Printf("%+s:%d", f) // } // } // // See the documentation for Frame.Format for more details. // // errors.Find can be used to search for an error in the error chain. package errors import ( "fmt" "io" ) // 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(), } } // StackTraceAware is an optimization to avoid repetitive traversals of an error chain. // HasStack checks for this marker first. // Annotate/Wrap and Annotatef/Wrapf will produce this marker. type StackTraceAware interface { HasStack() bool } // HasStack tells whether a StackTracer exists in the error chain func HasStack(err error) bool { if errWithStack, ok := err.(StackTraceAware); ok { return errWithStack.HasStack() } return GetStackTracer(err) != nil } // 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) } } // WithStack annotates err with a stack trace at the point WithStack was called. // If err is nil, WithStack returns nil. // // For most use cases this is deprecated and AddStack should be used (which will ensure just one stack trace). // However, one may want to use this in some situations, for example to create a 2nd trace across a goroutine. func WithStack(err error) error { if err == nil { return nil } return &withStack{ err, callers(), } } // AddStack is similar to WithStack. // However, it will first check with HasStack to see if a stack trace already exists in the causer chain before creating another one. func AddStack(err error) error { if HasStack(err) { return err } return WithStack(err) } 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()) } } // Wrap returns an error annotating err with a stack trace // at the point Wrap is called, and the supplied message. // If err is nil, Wrap returns nil. // // For most use cases this is deprecated in favor of Annotate. // Annotate avoids creating duplicate stack traces. func Wrap(err error, message string) error { if err == nil { return nil } hasStack := HasStack(err) err = &withMessage{ cause: err, msg: message, causeHasStack: hasStack, } return &withStack{ err, callers(), } } // Wrapf returns an error annotating err with a stack trace // at the point Wrapf is call, and the format specifier. // If err is nil, Wrapf returns nil. // // For most use cases this is deprecated in favor of Annotatef. // Annotatef avoids creating duplicate stack traces. func Wrapf(err error, format string, args ...interface{}) error { if err == nil { return nil } hasStack := HasStack(err) err = &withMessage{ cause: err, msg: fmt.Sprintf(format, args...), causeHasStack: hasStack, } return &withStack{ err, callers(), } } // WithMessage annotates err with a new message. // If err is nil, WithMessage returns nil. func WithMessage(err error, message string) error { if err == nil { return nil } return &withMessage{ cause: err, msg: message, causeHasStack: HasStack(err), } } type withMessage struct { cause error msg string causeHasStack bool } func (w *withMessage) Error() string { return w.msg + ": " + w.cause.Error() } func (w *withMessage) Cause() error { return w.cause } func (w *withMessage) HasStack() bool { return w.causeHasStack } 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()) } } // 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 { cause := Unwrap(err) if cause == nil { return err } return Cause(cause) } // Unwrap uses causer to return the next error in the chain or nil. // This goes one-level deeper, whereas Cause goes as far as possible func Unwrap(err error) error { type causer interface { Cause() error } if unErr, ok := err.(causer); ok { return unErr.Cause() } return nil } // Find an error in the chain that matches a test function. // returns nil if no error is found. func Find(origErr error, test func(error) bool) error { var foundErr error WalkDeep(origErr, func(err error) bool { if test(err) { foundErr = err return true } return false }) return foundErr }