pub trait OptionExt<T>: Sized {
    fn context<C, E>(self, context: C) -> Result<T, E>
    where
        C: IntoError<E, Source = NoneError>,
        E: Error + ErrorCompat
; fn with_context<F, C, E>(self, context: F) -> Result<T, E>
    where
        F: FnOnce() -> C,
        C: IntoError<E, Source = NoneError>,
        E: Error + ErrorCompat
; fn whatever_context<S, E>(self, context: S) -> Result<T, E>
    where
        S: Into<String>,
        E: FromString
; fn with_whatever_context<F, S, E>(self, context: F) -> Result<T, E>
    where
        F: FnOnce() -> S,
        S: Into<String>,
        E: FromString
; }
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Additions to Option.

Required Methods

Convert an Option into a Result with additional context-sensitive information.

use snafu::prelude::*;

#[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
enum Error {
    UserLookup { user_id: i32 },
}

fn example(user_id: i32) -> Result<(), Error> {
    let name = username(user_id).context(UserLookupSnafu { user_id })?;
    println!("Username was {}", name);
    Ok(())
}

fn username(user_id: i32) -> Option<String> {
    /* ... */
}

Note that the context selector will call Into::into on each field, so the types are not required to exactly match.

Convert an Option into a Result with lazily-generated context-sensitive information.

use snafu::prelude::*;

#[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
enum Error {
    UserLookup {
        user_id: i32,
        previous_ids: Vec<i32>,
    },
}

fn example(user_id: i32) -> Result<(), Error> {
    let name = username(user_id).with_context(|| UserLookupSnafu {
        user_id,
        previous_ids: Vec::new(),
    })?;
    println!("Username was {}", name);
    Ok(())
}

fn username(user_id: i32) -> Option<String> {
    /* ... */
}

Note that this may not be needed in many cases because the context selector will call Into::into on each field.

Convert an Option into a Result with information from a string.

The target error type must implement FromString by using the #[snafu(whatever)] attribute. The premade Whatever type is also available.

In many cases, you will want to use with_whatever_context instead as it is only called in case of error. This method is best suited for when you have a string literal.

use snafu::{prelude::*, Whatever};

fn example(env_var_name: &str) -> Result<(), Whatever> {
    std::env::var_os(env_var_name).whatever_context("couldn't get the environment variable")?;
    Ok(())
}

let err = example("UNDEFINED_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE").unwrap_err();
assert_eq!("couldn't get the environment variable", err.to_string());

Convert an Option into a Result with information from a lazily-generated string.

The target error type must implement FromString by using the #[snafu(whatever)] attribute. The premade Whatever type is also available.

use snafu::{prelude::*, Whatever};

fn example(env_var_name: &str) -> Result<(), Whatever> {
    std::env::var_os(env_var_name).with_whatever_context(|| {
        format!("couldn't get the environment variable {}", env_var_name)
    })?;
    Ok(())
}

let err = example("UNDEFINED_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE").unwrap_err();
assert_eq!(
    "couldn't get the environment variable UNDEFINED_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE",
    err.to_string()
);

The closure is not called when the Option is Some:

use snafu::{prelude::*, Whatever};

let value = Some(42);
let result = value.with_whatever_context::<_, String, Whatever>(|| {
    panic!("This block will not be evaluated");
});

assert!(result.is_ok());

Implementations on Foreign Types

Implementors