pub trait Error: 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>) { ... }
}
Expand description
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§
1.30.0 · sourcefn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)>
fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)>
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"),
}
}
sourcefn description(&self) -> &str
fn description(&self) -> &str
if let Err(e) = "xc".parse::<u32>() {
// Print `e` itself, no need for description().
eprintln!("Error: {e}");
}
sourcefn cause(&self) -> Option<&dyn Error>
fn cause(&self) -> Option<&dyn Error>
sourcefn provide<'a>(&'a self, request: &mut Request<'a>)
fn provide<'a>(&'a self, request: &mut Request<'a>)
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)]
#![feature(error_in_core)]
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§
source§impl dyn Error
impl dyn Error
1.3.0 · sourcepub fn is<T>(&self) -> boolwhere
T: Error + 'static,
Available on crate feature mem
only.
pub fn is<T>(&self) -> boolwhere T: Error + 'static,
mem
only.Returns true
if the inner type is the same as T
.
1.3.0 · sourcepub fn downcast_ref<T>(&self) -> Option<&T>where
T: Error + 'static,
Available on crate feature mem
only.
pub fn downcast_ref<T>(&self) -> Option<&T>where T: Error + 'static,
mem
only.Returns some reference to the inner value if it is of type T
, or
None
if it isn’t.
1.3.0 · sourcepub fn downcast_mut<T>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>where
T: Error + 'static,
Available on crate feature mem
only.
pub fn downcast_mut<T>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>where T: Error + 'static,
mem
only.Returns some mutable reference to the inner value if it is of type T
, or
None
if it isn’t.
source§impl dyn Error + Send
impl dyn Error + Send
1.3.0 · sourcepub fn is<T>(&self) -> boolwhere
T: Error + 'static,
Available on crate feature mem
only.
pub fn is<T>(&self) -> boolwhere T: Error + 'static,
mem
only.Forwards to the method defined on the type dyn Error
.
1.3.0 · sourcepub fn downcast_ref<T>(&self) -> Option<&T>where
T: Error + 'static,
Available on crate feature mem
only.
pub fn downcast_ref<T>(&self) -> Option<&T>where T: Error + 'static,
mem
only.Forwards to the method defined on the type dyn Error
.
1.3.0 · sourcepub fn downcast_mut<T>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>where
T: Error + 'static,
Available on crate feature mem
only.
pub fn downcast_mut<T>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>where T: Error + 'static,
mem
only.Forwards to the method defined on the type dyn Error
.
source§impl dyn Error + Send + Sync
impl dyn Error + Send + Sync
1.3.0 · sourcepub fn is<T>(&self) -> boolwhere
T: Error + 'static,
Available on crate feature mem
only.
pub fn is<T>(&self) -> boolwhere T: Error + 'static,
mem
only.Forwards to the method defined on the type dyn Error
.
1.3.0 · sourcepub fn downcast_ref<T>(&self) -> Option<&T>where
T: Error + 'static,
Available on crate feature mem
only.
pub fn downcast_ref<T>(&self) -> Option<&T>where T: Error + 'static,
mem
only.Forwards to the method defined on the type dyn Error
.
1.3.0 · sourcepub fn downcast_mut<T>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>where
T: Error + 'static,
Available on crate feature mem
only.
pub fn downcast_mut<T>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>where T: Error + 'static,
mem
only.Forwards to the method defined on the type dyn Error
.
source§impl dyn Error
impl dyn Error
sourcepub fn sources(&self) -> Source<'_> ⓘ
🔬This is a nightly-only experimental API. (error_iter
)Available on crate feature mem
only.
pub fn sources(&self) -> Source<'_> ⓘ
error_iter
)mem
only.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());
Trait Implementations§
source§impl<'a> From<&str> for Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'a>
impl<'a> From<&str> for Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'a>
1.22.0 · source§impl<'a> From<Cow<'a, str>> for Box<dyn Error>
impl<'a> From<Cow<'a, str>> for Box<dyn Error>
1.22.0 · source§impl<'a, 'b> From<Cow<'b, str>> for Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'a>
impl<'a, 'b> From<Cow<'b, str>> for Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'a>
source§fn from(err: Cow<'b, str>) -> Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'a>
fn from(err: Cow<'b, str>) -> Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'a>
Converts a Cow
into a box of dyn Error
+ Send
+ Sync
.
Examples
use std::error::Error;
use std::mem;
use std::borrow::Cow;
let a_cow_str_error = Cow::from("a str error");
let a_boxed_error = Box::<dyn Error + Send + Sync>::from(a_cow_str_error);
assert!(
mem::size_of::<Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>() == mem::size_of_val(&a_boxed_error))
source§impl<'a, E> From<E> for Box<dyn Error + 'a>where
E: Error + 'a,
impl<'a, E> From<E> for Box<dyn Error + 'a>where E: Error + 'a,
source§fn from(err: E) -> Box<dyn Error + 'a>
fn from(err: E) -> Box<dyn Error + 'a>
Converts a type of Error
into a box of dyn Error
.
Examples
use std::error::Error;
use std::fmt;
use std::mem;
#[derive(Debug)]
struct AnError;
impl fmt::Display for AnError {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
write!(f, "An error")
}
}
impl Error for AnError {}
let an_error = AnError;
assert!(0 == mem::size_of_val(&an_error));
let a_boxed_error = Box::<dyn Error>::from(an_error);
assert!(mem::size_of::<Box<dyn Error>>() == mem::size_of_val(&a_boxed_error))
source§impl<'a, E> From<E> for Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'a>where
E: Error + Send + Sync + 'a,
impl<'a, E> From<E> for Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'a>where E: Error + Send + Sync + 'a,
source§fn from(err: E) -> Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'a>
fn from(err: E) -> Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'a>
Converts a type of Error
+ Send
+ Sync
into a box of
dyn Error
+ Send
+ Sync
.
Examples
use std::error::Error;
use std::fmt;
use std::mem;
#[derive(Debug)]
struct AnError;
impl fmt::Display for AnError {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
write!(f, "An error")
}
}
impl Error for AnError {}
unsafe impl Send for AnError {}
unsafe impl Sync for AnError {}
let an_error = AnError;
assert!(0 == mem::size_of_val(&an_error));
let a_boxed_error = Box::<dyn Error + Send + Sync>::from(an_error);
assert!(
mem::size_of::<Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>() == mem::size_of_val(&a_boxed_error))
1.6.0 · source§impl From<String> for Box<dyn Error>
impl From<String> for Box<dyn Error>
source§impl From<String> for Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>
impl From<String> for Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>
source§fn from(err: String) -> Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>
fn from(err: String) -> Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>
Converts a String
into a box of dyn Error
+ Send
+ Sync
.
Examples
use std::error::Error;
use std::mem;
let a_string_error = "a string error".to_string();
let a_boxed_error = Box::<dyn Error + Send + Sync>::from(a_string_error);
assert!(
mem::size_of::<Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>() == mem::size_of_val(&a_boxed_error))
Implementors§
impl !Error for &str
impl Error for CheckedCastError
impl Error for PodCastError
impl Error for NeverErr
result
only.impl Error for ArrayStringError
text
only.impl Error for Infallible
impl Error for VarError
impl Error for RecvTimeoutError
impl Error for TryRecvError
impl Error for !
impl Error for CharConversionError
text
only.