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<h1><a class="header" href="#chainerror" id="chainerror">chainerror</a></h1>
<p><a href="https://travis-ci.org/haraldh/chainerror"><img src="https://travis-ci.org/haraldh/chainerror.svg?branch=master" alt="Build Status" /></a>
<a href="https://crates.io/crates/chainerror"><img src="https://img.shields.io/crates/v/chainerror.svg" alt="Crate" /></a>
<a href="https://docs.rs/chainerror/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/api-rustdoc-blue.svg" alt="Rust Documentation" /></a></p>
<p><code>chainerror</code> provides an error backtrace like <code>failure</code> without doing a real backtrace, so even after you <code>strip</code> your
binaries, you still have the error backtrace.</p>
<p><code>chainerror</code> has no dependencies!</p>
<p><code>chainerror</code> uses <code>.source()</code> of <code>std::error::Error</code> along with <code>line()!</code> and <code>file()!</code> to provide a nice debug error backtrace.
It encapsulates all types, which have <code>Display + Debug</code> and can store the error cause internally.</p>
<p>Along with the <code>ChainError&lt;T&gt;</code> struct, <code>chainerror</code> comes with some useful helper macros to save a lot of typing.</p>
<p>Debug information is worth it!</p>
<p>Now continue reading the
<a href="https://haraldh.github.io/chainerror/tutorial1.html">Tutorial</a></p>
<h2><a class="header" href="#example" id="example">Example:</a></h2>
<p>Output:</p>
<pre><code>$ cargo run -q --example example
Main Error Report: func1 error calling func2
Error reported by Func2Error: func2 error: calling func3
The root cause was: std::io::Error: Kind(
NotFound
)
Debug Error:
examples/example.rs:45: func1 error calling func2
Caused by:
examples/example.rs:20: Func2Error(func2 error: calling func3)
Caused by:
examples/example.rs:13: Error reading 'foo.txt'
Caused by:
Kind(NotFound)
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="language-rust ignore">use chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
fn func3() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
Ok(())
}
derive_str_cherr!(Func2Error);
fn func2() -&gt; ChainResult&lt;(), Func2Error&gt; {
func3().map_err(mstrerr!(Func2Error, &quot;func2 error: calling func3&quot;))?;
Ok(())
}
enum Func1Error {
Func2,
IO(String),
}
impl ::std::fmt::Display for Func1Error {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
match self {
Func1Error::Func2 =&gt; write!(f, &quot;func1 error calling func2&quot;),
Func1Error::IO(filename) =&gt; write!(f, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename),
}
}
}
impl ::std::fmt::Debug for Func1Error {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self)
}
}
fn func1() -&gt; ChainResult&lt;(), Func1Error&gt; {
func2().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, Func1Error::Func2))?;
let filename = String::from(&quot;bar.txt&quot;);
do_some_io().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, Func1Error::IO(filename)))?;
Ok(())
}
fn main() {
if let Err(e) = func1() {
match e.kind() {
Func1Error::Func2 =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error calling func2&quot;),
Func1Error::IO(filename) =&gt; {
eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error reading '{}'&quot;, filename)
}
}
if let Some(e) = e.find_chain_cause::&lt;Func2Error&gt;() {
eprintln!(&quot;\nError reported by Func2Error: {}&quot;, e)
}
if let Some(e) = e.root_cause() {
let ioerror = e.downcast_ref::&lt;io::Error&gt;().unwrap();
eprintln!(&quot;\nThe root cause was: std::io::Error: {:#?}&quot;, ioerror);
}
eprintln!(&quot;\nDebug Error:\n{:?}&quot;, e);
}
}
</code></pre>
<h2><a class="header" href="#features" id="features">Features</a></h2>
<p><code>no-fileline</code>
: completely turn off storing filename and line</p>
<p><code>display-cause</code>
: turn on printing a backtrace of the errors in <code>Display</code></p>
<p><code>no-debug-cause</code>
: turn off printing a backtrace of the errors in <code>Debug</code></p>
<h1><a class="header" href="#simple-string-errors" id="simple-string-errors">Simple String Errors</a></h1>
<p>An easy way of doing error handling in rust is by returning <code>String</code> as a <code>Box&lt;std::error::Error&gt;</code>.</p>
<p>If the rust <code>main</code> function returns an <code>Err()</code>, this <code>Err()</code> will be displayed with <code>std::fmt::Debug</code>.</p>
<p>As you can see by running the example (by pressing the &quot;Play&quot; button in upper right of the code block),
this only
prints out the last <code>Error</code>.</p>
<pre><code>Error: StringError(&quot;func1 error&quot;)
</code></pre>
<p>The next chapters of this tutorial show how <code>chainerror</code> adds more information
and improves inspecting the sources of an error.</p>
<p>You can also run the tutorial examples in the checked out
<a href="https://github.com/haraldh/chainerror">chainerror git repo</a>.</p>
<pre><code>$ cargo run -q --example tutorial1
</code></pre>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(_) = do_some_io() {
Err(&quot;func2 error&quot;)?;
}
Ok(())
}
fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(_) = func2() {
Err(&quot;func1 error&quot;)?;
}
Ok(())
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
func1()
}
</code></pre></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#simple-chained-string-errors" id="simple-chained-string-errors">Simple Chained String Errors</a></h1>
<p>With relatively small changes and the help of the <code>cherr!</code> macro of the <code>chainerror</code> crate
the <code>String</code> errors are now chained together.</p>
<p>Press the play button in the upper right corner and see the nice debug output.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(e) = do_some_io() {
Err(cherr!(e, &quot;func2 error&quot;))?;
}
Ok(())
}
fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(e) = func2() {
Err(cherr!(e, &quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
}
Ok(())
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
func1()
}
<span class="boring">#[allow(dead_code)]
</span><span class="boring">mod chainerror {
</span>{{#includecomment ../src/lib.rs}}
<span class="boring">}
</span></code></pre></pre>
<h3><a class="header" href="#what-did-we-do-here" id="what-did-we-do-here">What did we do here?</a></h3>
<pre><code class="language-rust ignore"> if let Err(e) = do_some_io() {
Err(cherr!(e, &quot;func2 error&quot;))?;
}
</code></pre>
<p>The macro <code>cherr!(olderror, newerror)</code> stores <code>olderror</code> as the source/cause of <code>newerror</code>
along with the filename (<code>file!()</code>) and line number (<code>line!()</code>)
and returns <code>newerror</code>.</p>
<p><code>Err()?</code> then returns the inner error applying <code>.into()</code>, so that we
again have a <code>Err(Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;)</code> as a result.</p>
<p>The <code>Debug</code> implementation of <code>ChainError&lt;T&gt;</code> (which is returned by <code>cherr!()</code>)
prints the <code>Debug</code> of <code>T</code> prefixed with the stored filename and line number.</p>
<p><code>ChainError&lt;T&gt;</code> in our case is <code>ChainError&lt;String&gt;</code>.</p>
<h1><a class="header" href="#mapping-errors" id="mapping-errors">Mapping Errors</a></h1>
<p>Now let's get more rust idiomatic by using <code>.map_err()</code>.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
do_some_io().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, &quot;func2 error&quot;))?;
Ok(())
}
fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
func2().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, &quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
Ok(())
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(e) = func1() {
eprintln!(&quot;{:?}&quot;, e);
}
Ok(())
}
<span class="boring">#[allow(dead_code)]
</span><span class="boring">mod chainerror {
</span>{{#includecomment ../src/lib.rs}}
<span class="boring">}
</span></code></pre></pre>
<p>If you compare the output to the previous example, you will see,
that:</p>
<pre><code>Error: src/main.rs:19: &quot;func1 error&quot;
</code></pre>
<p>changed to just:</p>
<pre><code>src/main.rs:16: &quot;func1 error&quot;
</code></pre>
<p>This is, because we caught the error of <code>func1()</code> in <code>main()</code> and print it out ourselves.</p>
<p>We can now control, whether to output in <code>Debug</code> or <code>Display</code> mode.
Maybe depending on <code>--debug</code> as a CLI argument.</p>
<h1><a class="header" href="#saving-coding-chars" id="saving-coding-chars">Saving coding chars</a></h1>
<p>Because decorating an error with more information should not
let you jump through hoops, <code>chainerror</code> has a quick macro for that.</p>
<p><code>mstrerror!()</code> fits right into <code>.map_err()</code> letting you quickly add
more debug strings.</p>
<p><code>mstrerror!()</code> even understands <code>format!()</code> syntax like <code>println!()</code>.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
Ok(())
}
fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
func2().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
Ok(())
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(e) = func1() {
eprintln!(&quot;{:?}&quot;, e);
}
Ok(())
}
<span class="boring">#[allow(dead_code)]
</span><span class="boring">mod chainerror {
</span>{{#includecomment ../src/lib.rs}}
<span class="boring">}
</span></code></pre></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#the-source-of-errors" id="the-source-of-errors">The source() of Errors</a></h1>
<p>Sometimes you want to inspect the <code>source()</code> of an <code>Error</code>.
<code>chainerror</code> implements <code>std::error::Error::source()</code>, so you can get the cause of an error.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
Ok(())
}
fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(e) = func2() {
if let Some(s) = e.source() {
eprintln!(&quot;func2 failed because of '{}'&quot;, s);
Err(e).map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
}
}
Ok(())
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(e) = func1() {
eprintln!(&quot;{}&quot;, e);
}
Ok(())
}
<span class="boring">#[allow(dead_code)]
</span><span class="boring">mod chainerror {
</span>{{#includecomment ../src/lib.rs}}
<span class="boring">}
</span></code></pre></pre>
<p>Note, that because we changed the output of the error in <code>main()</code> from
<code>Debug</code> to <code>Display</code>, we don't see the error backtrace with filename and line number.</p>
<p>To enable the <code>Display</code> backtrace, you have to enable the feature <code>display-cause</code> for <code>chainerror</code>.</p>
<h1><a class="header" href="#downcast-the-errors" id="downcast-the-errors">Downcast the Errors</a></h1>
<p><code>std::error::Error</code> comes with some helper methods to get to the original object of the
<code>&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)</code> returned by <code>.source()</code>.</p>
<pre><code class="language-rust ignore">pub fn downcast_ref&lt;T: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;T&gt;
pub fn downcast_mut&lt;T: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut T&gt;
</code></pre>
<p>This is how it looks like, when using those:</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
Ok(())
}
fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
func2().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
Ok(())
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(e) = func1() {
eprintln!(&quot;Error: {}&quot;, e);
let mut s : &amp;(dyn Error) = e.as_ref();
while let Some(c) = s.source() {
if let Some(ioerror) = c.downcast_ref::&lt;io::Error&gt;() {
eprintln!(&quot;caused by: std::io::Error: {}&quot;, ioerror);
match ioerror.kind() {
io::ErrorKind::NotFound =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;of kind: std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound&quot;),
_ =&gt; {}
}
} else {
eprintln!(&quot;caused by: {}&quot;, c);
}
s = c;
}
}
Ok(())
}
<span class="boring">#[allow(dead_code)]
</span><span class="boring">mod chainerror {
</span>{{#includecomment ../src/lib.rs}}
<span class="boring">}
</span></code></pre></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#the-root-cause-of-all-errors" id="the-root-cause-of-all-errors">The root cause of all Errors</a></h1>
<p><code>chainerror</code> also has some helper methods:</p>
<pre><code class="language-rust ignore">fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool
fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;
fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;
fn root_cause(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt;
fn find_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;U&gt;
fn find_chain_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;
fn kind&lt;'a&gt;(&amp;'a self) -&gt; &amp;'a T
</code></pre>
<p>Using <code>downcast_chain_ref::&lt;String&gt;()</code> gives a <code>ChainError&lt;String&gt;</code>, which can be used
to call <code>.find_cause::&lt;io::Error&gt;()</code>. </p>
<pre><code class="language-rust ignore"> if let Some(s) = e.downcast_chain_ref::&lt;String&gt;() {
if let Some(ioerror) = s.find_cause::&lt;io::Error&gt;() {
</code></pre>
<p>or to use <code>.root_cause()</code>, which of course can be of any type implementing <code>std::error::Error</code>.</p>
<pre><code class="language-rust ignore"> if let Some(e) = s.root_cause() {
</code></pre>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
Ok(())
}
fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
func2().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
Ok(())
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(e) = func1() {
eprintln!(&quot;Error: {}&quot;, e);
if let Some(s) = e.downcast_chain_ref::&lt;String&gt;() {
if let Some(ioerror) = s.find_cause::&lt;io::Error&gt;() {
eprintln!(&quot;caused by: std::io::Error: {}&quot;, ioerror);
match ioerror.kind() {
io::ErrorKind::NotFound =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;of kind: std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound&quot;),
_ =&gt; {}
}
}
if let Some(e) = s.root_cause() {
let ioerror = e.downcast_ref::&lt;io::Error&gt;().unwrap();
eprintln!(&quot;The root cause was: std::io::Error: {:#?}&quot;, ioerror);
}
}
}
Ok(())
}
<span class="boring">#[allow(dead_code)]
</span><span class="boring">mod chainerror {
</span>{{#includecomment ../src/lib.rs}}
<span class="boring">}
</span></code></pre></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#finding-an-error-cause" id="finding-an-error-cause">Finding an Error cause</a></h1>
<p>To distinguish the errors occuring in various places, we can define named string errors with the
&quot;new type&quot; pattern.</p>
<pre><code class="language-rust ignore">derive_str_cherr!(Func2Error);
derive_str_cherr!(Func1Error);
</code></pre>
<p>Instead of <code>ChainError&lt;String&gt;</code> we now have <code>struct Func1Error(String)</code> and <code>ChainError&lt;Func1Error&gt;</code>.</p>
<p>In the <code>main</code> function you can see, how we can match the different errors.</p>
<p>Also see:</p>
<pre><code class="language-rust ignore"> if let Some(f2err) = f1err.find_chain_cause::&lt;Func2Error&gt;() {
</code></pre>
<p>as a shortcut to</p>
<pre><code class="language-rust ignore"> if let Some(f2err) = f1err.find_cause::&lt;ChainError&lt;Func2Error&gt;&gt;() {
</code></pre>
<p>hiding the <code>ChainError&lt;T&gt;</code> implementation detail.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
derive_str_cherr!(Func2Error);
fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(Func2Error, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
Ok(())
}
derive_str_cherr!(Func1Error);
fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
func2().map_err(mstrerr!(Func1Error, &quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
Ok(())
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(e) = func1() {
if let Some(f1err) = e.downcast_chain_ref::&lt;Func1Error&gt;() {
eprintln!(&quot;Func1Error: {}&quot;, f1err);
if let Some(f2err) = f1err.find_cause::&lt;ChainError&lt;Func2Error&gt;&gt;() {
eprintln!(&quot;Func2Error: {}&quot;, f2err);
}
if let Some(f2err) = f1err.find_chain_cause::&lt;Func2Error&gt;() {
eprintln!(&quot;Debug Func2Error:\n{:?}&quot;, f2err);
}
}
}
Ok(())
}
<span class="boring">#[allow(dead_code)]
</span><span class="boring">mod chainerror {
</span>{{#includecomment ../src/lib.rs}}
<span class="boring">}
</span></code></pre></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#selective-error-handling" id="selective-error-handling">Selective Error Handling</a></h1>
<p>What about functions returning different Error types?</p>
<p>In this example <code>func1()</code> can return either <code>Func1ErrorFunc2</code> or <code>Func1ErrorIO</code>.</p>
<p>We might want to <code>match</code> on <code>func1()</code> with something like:</p>
<pre><code class="language-rust ignore">fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
match func1() {
Err(e) if let Some(s) = e.downcast_chain_ref::&lt;Func1ErrorIO&gt;() =&gt;
eprintln!(&quot;Func1ErrorIO:\n{:?}&quot;, s),
Err(e) if let Some(s) = e.downcast_chain_ref::&lt;Func1ErrorFunc2&gt;() =&gt;
eprintln!(&quot;Func1ErrorFunc2:\n{:?}&quot;, s),
Ok(_) =&gt; {},
}
Ok(())
}
</code></pre>
<p>but this is not valid rust code, so we end up doing it the hard way.
In the next chapter, we will see, how to solve this more elegantly.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
derive_str_cherr!(Func2Error);
fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(Func2Error, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
Ok(())
}
derive_str_cherr!(Func1ErrorFunc2);
derive_str_cherr!(Func1ErrorIO);
fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
func2().map_err(mstrerr!(Func1ErrorFunc2, &quot;func1 error calling func2&quot;))?;
let filename = &quot;bar.txt&quot;;
do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(Func1ErrorIO, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
Ok(())
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(e) = func1() {
if let Some(s) = e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;Func1ErrorIO&gt;&gt;() {
eprintln!(&quot;Func1ErrorIO:\n{:?}&quot;, s);
}
if let Some(s) = e.downcast_chain_ref::&lt;Func1ErrorFunc2&gt;() {
eprintln!(&quot;Func1ErrorFunc2:\n{:?}&quot;, s);
}
}
Ok(())
}
<span class="boring">#[allow(dead_code)]
</span><span class="boring">mod chainerror {
</span>{{#includecomment ../src/lib.rs}}
<span class="boring">}
</span></code></pre></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#errorkind-to-the-rescue" id="errorkind-to-the-rescue">ErrorKind to the rescue</a></h1>
<p>To cope with different kind of errors, we introduce the kind of an error <code>Func1ErrorKind</code> with an enum.</p>
<p>Because we derive <code>Debug</code> and implement <code>Display</code> our <code>Func1ErrorKind</code> enum, this enum can be used as
a <code>std::error::Error</code>.</p>
<p>Not using <code>String</code> errors anymore, the <code>cherr!()</code> macro seen in the beginning of
the tutorial has to be used again.</p>
<p>Only returning <code>Func1ErrorKind</code> in <code>func1()</code> now let us get rid of <code>Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt;</code> and we can
use <code>ChainResult&lt;(), Func1ErrorKind&gt;</code>.</p>
<p>In <code>main</code> we can now directly use the methods of <code>ChainError&lt;T&gt;</code> without downcasting the error first.</p>
<p>Also a nice <code>match</code> on <code>ChainError&lt;T&gt;.kind()</code> is now possible, which returns <code>&amp;T</code>, meaning
<code>&amp;Func1ErrorKind</code> here.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
derive_str_cherr!(Func2Error);
fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(Func2Error, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
Ok(())
}
#[derive(Debug)]
enum Func1ErrorKind {
Func2,
IO(String),
}
impl ::std::fmt::Display for Func1ErrorKind {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
match self {
Func1ErrorKind::Func2 =&gt; write!(f, &quot;func1 error calling func2&quot;),
Func1ErrorKind::IO(filename) =&gt; write!(f, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename),
}
}
}
impl ::std::error::Error for Func1ErrorKind {}
fn func1() -&gt; ChainResult&lt;(), Func1ErrorKind&gt; {
func2().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, Func1ErrorKind::Func2))?;
let filename = String::from(&quot;bar.txt&quot;);
do_some_io().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, Func1ErrorKind::IO(filename)))?;
Ok(())
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(e) = func1() {
match e.kind() {
Func1ErrorKind::Func2 =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error calling func2&quot;),
Func1ErrorKind::IO(filename) =&gt; {
eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error reading '{}'&quot;, filename)
}
}
if let Some(e) = e.find_chain_cause::&lt;Func2Error&gt;() {
eprintln!(&quot;\nError reported by Func2Error: {}&quot;, e)
}
eprintln!(&quot;\nDebug Error:\n{:?}&quot;, e);
}
Ok(())
}
<span class="boring">#[allow(dead_code)]
</span><span class="boring">mod chainerror {
</span>{{#includecomment ../src/lib.rs}}
<span class="boring">}
</span></code></pre></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#debug-for-the-errorkind" id="debug-for-the-errorkind">Debug for the ErrorKind</a></h1>
<p>One small improvement at the end of the tutorial is to fix the debug output of
<code>Func1ErrorKind</code>. As you probably noticed, the output doesn't say much of the enum.</p>
<pre><code>Debug Error:
src/main.rs:35: Func2
[…]
</code></pre>
<p>As a lazy shortcut, we implement <code>Debug</code> by calling <code>Display</code> and end up with</p>
<pre><code>Debug Error:
src/main.rs:40: func1 error calling func2
[…}
</code></pre>
<p>which gives us a lot more detail.</p>
<p>To create your own Errors, you might find <a href="https://crates.io">crates</a> which create enum <code>Display+Debug</code> via derive macros.</p>
<p>Also noteworthy is <a href="https://crates.io/crates/custom_error">custom_error</a> to define your custom errors,
which can then be used with <code>chainerror</code>.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
derive_str_cherr!(Func2Error);
fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(Func2Error, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
Ok(())
}
enum Func1ErrorKind {
Func2,
IO(String),
}
impl ::std::fmt::Display for Func1ErrorKind {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
match self {
Func1ErrorKind::Func2 =&gt; write!(f, &quot;func1 error calling func2&quot;),
Func1ErrorKind::IO(filename) =&gt; write!(f, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename),
}
}
}
impl ::std::fmt::Debug for Func1ErrorKind {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self)
}
}
impl ::std::error::Error for Func1ErrorKind {}
fn func1() -&gt; ChainResult&lt;(), Func1ErrorKind&gt; {
func2().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, Func1ErrorKind::Func2))?;
let filename = String::from(&quot;bar.txt&quot;);
do_some_io().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, Func1ErrorKind::IO(filename)))?;
Ok(())
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(e) = func1() {
match e.kind() {
Func1ErrorKind::Func2 =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error calling func2&quot;),
Func1ErrorKind::IO(filename) =&gt; {
eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error reading '{}'&quot;, filename)
}
}
if let Some(e) = e.find_chain_cause::&lt;Func2Error&gt;() {
eprintln!(&quot;\nError reported by Func2Error: {}&quot;, e)
}
eprintln!(&quot;\nDebug Error:\n{:?}&quot;, e);
}
Ok(())
}
<span class="boring">#[allow(dead_code)]
</span><span class="boring">mod chainerror {
</span>{{#includecomment ../src/lib.rs}}
<span class="boring">}
</span></code></pre></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#deref-for-the-errorkind" id="deref-for-the-errorkind">Deref for the ErrorKind</a></h1>
<p>Because ChainError<T> implements Deref to &amp;T, we can also match on <code>*e</code> instead of <code>e.kind()</code>
or call a function with <code>&amp;e</code></p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
derive_str_cherr!(Func2Error);
fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(Func2Error, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
Ok(())
}
enum Func1ErrorKind {
Func2,
IO(String),
}
impl ::std::fmt::Display for Func1ErrorKind {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
match self {
Func1ErrorKind::Func2 =&gt; write!(f, &quot;func1 error calling func2&quot;),
Func1ErrorKind::IO(filename) =&gt; write!(f, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename),
}
}
}
impl ::std::fmt::Debug for Func1ErrorKind {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self)
}
}
impl ::std::error::Error for Func1ErrorKind {}
fn func1() -&gt; ChainResult&lt;(), Func1ErrorKind&gt; {
func2().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, Func1ErrorKind::Func2))?;
let filename = String::from(&quot;bar.txt&quot;);
do_some_io().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, Func1ErrorKind::IO(filename)))?;
Ok(())
}
fn handle_func1errorkind(e: &amp;Func1ErrorKind) {
match e {
Func1ErrorKind::Func2 =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error calling func2&quot;),
Func1ErrorKind::IO(ref filename) =&gt; {
eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error reading '{}'&quot;, filename)
}
}
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
if let Err(e) = func1() {
match *e {
Func1ErrorKind::Func2 =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error calling func2&quot;),
Func1ErrorKind::IO(ref filename) =&gt; {
eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error reading '{}'&quot;, filename)
}
}
handle_func1errorkind(&amp;e);
if let Some(e) = e.find_chain_cause::&lt;Func2Error&gt;() {
eprintln!(&quot;\nError reported by Func2Error: {}&quot;, e)
}
eprintln!(&quot;\nDebug Error:\n{:?}&quot;, e);
}
Ok(())
}
<span class="boring">#[allow(dead_code)]
</span><span class="boring">mod chainerror {
</span>{{#includecomment ../src/lib.rs}}
<span class="boring">}
</span></code></pre></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#writing-a-library" id="writing-a-library">Writing a library</a></h1>
<p>I would advise to only expose an <code>mycrate::ErrorKind</code> and type alias <code>mycrate::Error</code> to <code>ChainError&lt;mycrate::ErrorKind&gt;</code>
so you can tell your library users to use the <code>.kind()</code> method as <code>std::io::Error</code> does.</p>
<p>If you later decide to make your own <code>Error</code> implementation, your library users don't
have to change much or anything.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust"><span class="boring">#[allow(dead_code)]
</span><span class="boring">#[macro_use]
</span><span class="boring">pub mod chainerror {
</span>{{#includecomment ../src/lib.rs}}
<span class="boring">}
</span>pub mod mycrate {
use crate::chainerror::*; // omit the `crate::` part
use std::io;
fn do_some_io() -&gt; std::result::Result&lt;(), Box&lt;std::error::Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
derive_str_cherr!(Func2Error);
fn func2() -&gt; std::result::Result&lt;(), Box&lt;std::error::Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(Func2Error, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
Ok(())
}
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub enum ErrorKind {
Func2,
IO(String),
}
derive_err_kind!(Error, ErrorKind);
pub type Result&lt;T&gt; = std::result::Result&lt;T, Error&gt;;
impl std::fmt::Display for ErrorKind {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
match self {
ErrorKind::Func2 =&gt; write!(f, &quot;func1 error calling func2&quot;),
ErrorKind::IO(filename) =&gt; write!(f, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename),
}
}
}
pub fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;()&gt; {
func2().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, ErrorKind::Func2))?;
let filename = String::from(&quot;bar.txt&quot;);
do_some_io().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, ErrorKind::IO(filename)))?;
Ok(())
}
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;std::error::Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
use mycrate::func1;
use mycrate::ErrorKind;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
if let Err(e) = func1() {
match e.kind() {
ErrorKind::Func2 =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error calling func2&quot;),
ErrorKind::IO(ref filename) =&gt; {
eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error reading '{}'&quot;, filename)
}
}
eprintln!();
let mut s: &amp;Error = &amp;e;
while let Some(c) = s.source() {
if let Some(ioerror) = c.downcast_ref::&lt;io::Error&gt;() {
eprintln!(&quot;caused by: std::io::Error: {}&quot;, ioerror);
match ioerror.kind() {
io::ErrorKind::NotFound =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;of kind: std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound&quot;),
_ =&gt; {}
}
} else {
eprintln!(&quot;caused by: {}&quot;, c);
}
s = c;
}
eprintln!(&quot;\nDebug Error:\n{:?}&quot;, e);
}
Ok(())
}
</code></pre></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#going-back-to-std" id="going-back-to-std">Going back to std</a></h1>
<p>Not using <code>chainerror</code> and going full <code>std</code> would look like this:</p>
<p>Btw, the code size is bigger than using <code>chainerror</code> :-)</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">pub mod mycrate {
use std::error::Error as StdError;
use func2mod::{do_some_io, func2};
pub mod func2mod {
use std::error::Error as StdError;
use std::io;
pub enum ErrorKind {
IO(String),
}
impl std::fmt::Display for ErrorKind {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
match self {
ErrorKind::IO(s) =&gt; std::fmt::Display::fmt(s, f),
}
}
}
impl std::fmt::Debug for ErrorKind {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
match self {
ErrorKind::IO(s) =&gt; std::fmt::Display::fmt(s, f),
}
}
}
macro_rules! mcherr {
( $k:expr ) =&gt; {{
|e| {
Error(
$k,
Some(Box::from(e)),
Some(concat!(file!(), &quot;:&quot;, line!(), &quot;: &quot;)),
)
}
}};
}
pub struct Error(
ErrorKind,
Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn std::error::Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
Option&lt;&amp;'static str&gt;,
);
impl Error {
pub fn kind(&amp;self) -&gt; &amp;ErrorKind {
&amp;self.0
}
}
impl From&lt;ErrorKind&gt; for Error {
fn from(e: ErrorKind) -&gt; Self {
Error(e, None, None)
}
}
impl std::error::Error for Error {
fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)&gt; {
self.1.as_ref().map(|e| e.as_ref())
}
}
impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
std::fmt::Display::fmt(&amp;self.0, f)
}
}
impl std::fmt::Debug for Error {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
if let Some(ref o) = self.2 {
std::fmt::Display::fmt(o, f)?;
}
std::fmt::Debug::fmt(&amp;self.0, f)?;
if let Some(e) = self.source() {
std::fmt::Display::fmt(&quot;\nCaused by:\n&quot;, f)?;
std::fmt::Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
}
Ok(())
}
}
pub fn do_some_io() -&gt; std::result::Result&lt;(), Box&lt;dyn std::error::Error&gt;&gt; {
Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
Ok(())
}
pub fn func2() -&gt; std::result::Result&lt;(), Error&gt; {
let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
do_some_io().map_err(mcherr!(ErrorKind::IO(format!(
&quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;,
filename
))))?;
Ok(())
}
}
#[derive(Debug)]
pub enum ErrorKind {
Func2,
IO(String),
}
impl std::fmt::Display for ErrorKind {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
match self {
ErrorKind::Func2 =&gt; write!(f, &quot;func1 error calling func2&quot;),
ErrorKind::IO(filename) =&gt; write!(f, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename),
}
}
}
macro_rules! mcherr {
( $k:expr ) =&gt; {{
|e| {
Error(
$k,
Some(Box::from(e)),
Some(concat!(file!(), &quot;:&quot;, line!(), &quot;: &quot;)),
)
}
}};
}
pub struct Error(
ErrorKind,
Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn std::error::Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
Option&lt;&amp;'static str&gt;,
);
impl Error {
pub fn kind(&amp;self) -&gt; &amp;ErrorKind {
&amp;self.0
}
}
impl From&lt;ErrorKind&gt; for Error {
fn from(e: ErrorKind) -&gt; Self {
Error(e, None, None)
}
}
impl std::error::Error for Error {
fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)&gt; {
self.1.as_ref().map(|e| e.as_ref())
}
}
impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
std::fmt::Display::fmt(&amp;self.0, f)
}
}
impl std::fmt::Debug for Error {
fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
if let Some(ref o) = self.2 {
std::fmt::Display::fmt(o, f)?;
}
std::fmt::Debug::fmt(&amp;self.0, f)?;
if let Some(e) = self.source() {
std::fmt::Display::fmt(&quot;\nCaused by:\n&quot;, f)?;
std::fmt::Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
}
Ok(())
}
}
pub type Result&lt;T&gt; = std::result::Result&lt;T, Error&gt;;
pub fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;()&gt; {
func2().map_err(mcherr!(ErrorKind::Func2))?;
let filename = String::from(&quot;bar.txt&quot;);
do_some_io().map_err(mcherr!(ErrorKind::IO(filename)))?;
Ok(())
}
}
fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;std::error::Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
use mycrate::func1;
use mycrate::ErrorKind;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
if let Err(e) = func1() {
match e.kind() {
ErrorKind::Func2 =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error calling func2&quot;),
ErrorKind::IO(ref filename) =&gt; {
eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error reading '{}'&quot;, filename)
}
}
eprintln!();
let mut s: &amp;Error = &amp;e;
while let Some(c) = s.source() {
if let Some(ioerror) = c.downcast_ref::&lt;io::Error&gt;() {
eprintln!(&quot;caused by: std::io::Error: {}&quot;, ioerror);
match ioerror.kind() {
io::ErrorKind::NotFound =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;of kind: std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound&quot;),
_ =&gt; {}
}
} else {
eprintln!(&quot;caused by: {}&quot;, c);
}
s = c;
}
eprintln!(&quot;\nDebug Error:\n{:?}&quot;, e);
}
Ok(())
}
</code></pre></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#the-end" id="the-end">The End</a></h1>
<p>That's it for now…</p>
<p>Happy error handling!</p>
<p>To report issues, submit pull request or for the source code, examples and the book source, visit
the <a href="https://github.com/haraldh/chainerror">Git Repo</a>.</p>
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