Trait StdError

pub trait StdError: Debug + Display {
    // Provided methods
    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)> { ... }
    fn description(&self) -> &str { ... }
    fn cause(&self) -> Option<&dyn Error> { ... }
    fn provide<'a>(&'a self, request: &mut Request<'a>) { ... }
}

Error is a trait representing the basic expectations for error values, i.e., values of type E in Result<T, E>.

Errors must describe themselves through the Display and Debug traits. Error messages are typically concise lowercase sentences without trailing punctuation:

let err = "NaN".parse::<u32>().unwrap_err();
assert_eq!(err.to_string(), "invalid digit found in string");

Errors may provide cause information. Error::source() is generally used when errors cross “abstraction boundaries”. If one module must report an error that is caused by an error from a lower-level module, it can allow accessing that error via Error::source(). This makes it possible for the high-level module to provide its own errors while also revealing some of the implementation for debugging.

Provided Methods

fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)>

Returns the lower-level source of this error, if any.

Examples

use std::error::Error;
use std::fmt;

#[derive(Debug)]
struct SuperError {
    source: SuperErrorSideKick,
}

impl fmt::Display for SuperError {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        write!(f, "SuperError is here!")
    }
}

impl Error for SuperError {
    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)> {
        Some(&self.source)
    }
}

#[derive(Debug)]
struct SuperErrorSideKick;

impl fmt::Display for SuperErrorSideKick {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        write!(f, "SuperErrorSideKick is here!")
    }
}

impl Error for SuperErrorSideKick {}

fn get_super_error() -> Result<(), SuperError> {
    Err(SuperError { source: SuperErrorSideKick })
}

fn main() {
    match get_super_error() {
        Err(e) => {
            println!("Error: {e}");
            println!("Caused by: {}", e.source().unwrap());
        }
        _ => println!("No error"),
    }
}

fn description(&self) -> &str

👎Deprecated since 1.42.0: use the Display impl or to_string()

if let Err(e) = "xc".parse::<u32>() {
    // Print `e` itself, no need for description().
    eprintln!("Error: {e}");
}

fn cause(&self) -> Option<&dyn Error>

👎Deprecated since 1.33.0: replaced by Error::source, which can support downcasting

fn provide<'a>(&'a self, request: &mut Request<'a>)

🔬This is a nightly-only experimental API. (error_generic_member_access)

Provides type-based access to context intended for error reports.

Used in conjunction with Request::provide_value and Request::provide_ref to extract references to member variables from dyn Error trait objects.

Example

#![feature(error_generic_member_access)]
use core::fmt;
use core::error::{request_ref, Request};

#[derive(Debug)]
enum MyLittleTeaPot {
    Empty,
}

#[derive(Debug)]
struct MyBacktrace {
    // ...
}

impl MyBacktrace {
    fn new() -> MyBacktrace {
        // ...
    }
}

#[derive(Debug)]
struct Error {
    backtrace: MyBacktrace,
}

impl fmt::Display for Error {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        write!(f, "Example Error")
    }
}

impl std::error::Error for Error {
    fn provide<'a>(&'a self, request: &mut Request<'a>) {
        request
            .provide_ref::<MyBacktrace>(&self.backtrace);
    }
}

fn main() {
    let backtrace = MyBacktrace::new();
    let error = Error { backtrace };
    let dyn_error = &error as &dyn std::error::Error;
    let backtrace_ref = request_ref::<MyBacktrace>(dyn_error).unwrap();

    assert!(core::ptr::eq(&error.backtrace, backtrace_ref));
    assert!(request_ref::<MyLittleTeaPot>(dyn_error).is_none());
}

Implementations

impl dyn Error

pub fn is<T>(&self) -> bool

where T: Error + 'static,

Returns true if the inner type is the same as T.

pub fn downcast_ref<T>(&self) -> Option<&T>

where T: Error + 'static,

Returns some reference to the inner value if it is of type T, or None if it isn’t.

pub fn downcast_mut<T>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>

where T: Error + 'static,

Returns some mutable reference to the inner value if it is of type T, or None if it isn’t.

impl dyn Error + Send

pub fn is<T>(&self) -> bool

where T: Error + 'static,

Forwards to the method defined on the type dyn Error.

pub fn downcast_ref<T>(&self) -> Option<&T>

where T: Error + 'static,

Forwards to the method defined on the type dyn Error.

pub fn downcast_mut<T>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>

where T: Error + 'static,

Forwards to the method defined on the type dyn Error.

impl dyn Error + Sync + Send

pub fn is<T>(&self) -> bool

where T: Error + 'static,

Forwards to the method defined on the type dyn Error.

pub fn downcast_ref<T>(&self) -> Option<&T>

where T: Error + 'static,

Forwards to the method defined on the type dyn Error.

pub fn downcast_mut<T>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>

where T: Error + 'static,

Forwards to the method defined on the type dyn Error.

impl dyn Error

pub fn sources(&self) -> Source<'_>

🔬This is a nightly-only experimental API. (error_iter)

Returns an iterator starting with the current error and continuing with recursively calling Error::source.

If you want to omit the current error and only use its sources, use skip(1).

Examples

#![feature(error_iter)]
use std::error::Error;
use std::fmt;

#[derive(Debug)]
struct A;

#[derive(Debug)]
struct B(Option<Box<dyn Error + 'static>>);

impl fmt::Display for A {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        write!(f, "A")
    }
}

impl fmt::Display for B {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        write!(f, "B")
    }
}

impl Error for A {}

impl Error for B {
    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)> {
        self.0.as_ref().map(|e| e.as_ref())
    }
}

let b = B(Some(Box::new(A)));

// let err : Box<Error> = b.into(); // or
let err = &b as &(dyn Error);

let mut iter = err.sources();

assert_eq!("B".to_string(), iter.next().unwrap().to_string());
assert_eq!("A".to_string(), iter.next().unwrap().to_string());
assert!(iter.next().is_none());
assert!(iter.next().is_none());

impl dyn Error

pub fn downcast<T>(self: Box<dyn Error>) -> Result<Box<T>, Box<dyn Error>>

where T: Error + 'static,

Attempts to downcast the box to a concrete type.

impl dyn Error + Send

pub fn downcast<T>( self: Box<dyn Error + Send>, ) -> Result<Box<T>, Box<dyn Error + Send>>

where T: Error + 'static,

Attempts to downcast the box to a concrete type.

impl dyn Error + Sync + Send

pub fn downcast<T>( self: Box<dyn Error + Sync + Send>, ) -> Result<Box<T>, Box<dyn Error + Sync + Send>>

where T: Error + 'static,

Attempts to downcast the box to a concrete type.

Trait Implementations

impl AsRef<dyn Error> for Error

fn as_ref(&self) -> &(dyn Error + 'static)

Converts this type into a shared reference of the (usually inferred) input type.

impl AsRef<dyn Error + Sync + Send> for Error

fn as_ref(&self) -> &(dyn Error + Sync + Send + 'static)

Converts this type into a shared reference of the (usually inferred) input type.

Implementors

impl !Error for &str

impl Error for snarkvm_console_collections::bech32::Error

impl Error for Infallible

impl Error for VarError

impl Error for RecvTimeoutError

impl Error for TryRecvError

impl Error for ErrorKind

impl Error for GroupError

impl Error for ConstraintFieldError

impl Error for FieldError

impl Error for SerializationError

impl Error for !

impl Error for snarkvm_console_collections::fmt::Error

impl Error for ParseBoolError

impl Error for Utf8Error

impl Error for UnorderedKeyError

impl Error for alloc::collections::TryReserveError

impl Error for FromVecWithNulError

impl Error for IntoStringError

impl Error for NulError

impl Error for FromUtf8Error

impl Error for FromUtf16Error

impl Error for LayoutError

impl Error for AllocError

impl Error for TryFromSliceError

impl Error for BorrowError

impl Error for BorrowMutError

impl Error for CharTryFromError

impl Error for ParseCharError

impl Error for DecodeUtf16Error

impl Error for TryFromCharError

impl Error for FromBytesUntilNulError

impl Error for FromBytesWithNulError

impl Error for AddrParseError

impl Error for ParseFloatError

impl Error for ParseIntError

impl Error for TryFromIntError

impl Error for TryFromFloatSecsError

impl Error for JoinPathsError

impl Error for WriterPanicked

impl Error for std::io::error::Error

impl Error for InvalidHandleError

impl Error for NullHandleError

impl Error for StripPrefixError

impl Error for ExitStatusError

impl Error for RecvError

impl Error for AccessError

impl Error for SystemTimeError

impl Error for indexmap::TryReserveError

impl Error for ParseBigIntError

impl Error for ThreadPoolBuildError

impl Error for serde_json::error::Error

impl Error for snarkvm_console_collections::de::value::Error

impl<'a, K, V> Error for alloc::collections::btree::map::entry::OccupiedError<'a, K, V>

where K: Debug + Ord, V: Debug,

impl<'a, K, V> Error for std::collections::hash::map::OccupiedError<'a, K, V>

where K: Debug, V: Debug,

impl<'a, T> Error for &'a T

where T: Error + ?Sized,

impl<E> Error for Err<E>

where E: Debug,

impl<E> Error for Box<E>

where E: Error,

impl<I> Error for ExactlyOneError<I>

where I: Iterator + Debug, <I as Iterator>::Item: Debug,

impl<I> Error for nom::error::Error<I>

where I: Debug + Display,

impl<I> Error for VerboseError<I>

where I: Debug + Display,

impl<L, R> Error for Either<L, R>

where L: Error, R: Error,

Either implements Error if both L and R implement it.

Requires crate feature "use_std"

impl<T> Error for SendTimeoutError<T>

impl<T> Error for TrySendError<T>

impl<T> Error for TryLockError<T>

impl<T> Error for ThinBox<T>

where T: Error + ?Sized,

impl<T> Error for Arc<T>

where T: Error + ?Sized,

impl<T> Error for SendError<T>

impl<T> Error for PoisonError<T>

impl<T> Error for TryFromBigIntError<T>

where T: Debug,

impl<W> Error for IntoInnerError<W>

where W: Send + Debug,

impl<const N: usize> Error for GetManyMutError<N>