thiserror_core/
lib.rs

1//! [![github]](https://github.com/dtolnay/thiserror) [![crates-io]](https://crates.io/crates/thiserror) [![docs-rs]](https://docs.rs/thiserror)
2//!
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6//!
7//! <br>
8//!
9//! This library provides a convenient derive macro for the standard library's
10//! [`std::error::Error`] trait.
11//!
12//! [`std::error::Error`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/error/trait.Error.html
13//!
14//! <br>
15//!
16//! # Example
17//!
18//! ```rust
19//! # use std::io;
20//! use thiserror::Error;
21//!
22//! #[derive(Error, Debug)]
23//! pub enum DataStoreError {
24//!     #[error("data store disconnected")]
25//!     Disconnect(#[from] io::Error),
26//!     #[error("the data for key `{0}` is not available")]
27//!     Redaction(String),
28//!     #[error("invalid header (expected {expected:?}, found {found:?})")]
29//!     InvalidHeader {
30//!         expected: String,
31//!         found: String,
32//!     },
33//!     #[error("unknown data store error")]
34//!     Unknown,
35//! }
36//! ```
37//!
38//! <br>
39//!
40//! # Details
41//!
42//! - Thiserror deliberately does not appear in your public API. You get the
43//!   same thing as if you had written an implementation of `std::error::Error`
44//!   by hand, and switching from handwritten impls to thiserror or vice versa
45//!   is not a breaking change.
46//!
47//! - Errors may be enums, structs with named fields, tuple structs, or unit
48//!   structs.
49//!
50//! - A `Display` impl is generated for your error if you provide
51//!   `#[error("...")]` messages on the struct or each variant of your enum, as
52//!   shown above in the example.
53//!
54//!   The messages support a shorthand for interpolating fields from the error.
55//!
56//!     - `#[error("{var}")]`&ensp;⟶&ensp;`write!("{}", self.var)`
57//!     - `#[error("{0}")]`&ensp;⟶&ensp;`write!("{}", self.0)`
58//!     - `#[error("{var:?}")]`&ensp;⟶&ensp;`write!("{:?}", self.var)`
59//!     - `#[error("{0:?}")]`&ensp;⟶&ensp;`write!("{:?}", self.0)`
60//!
61//!   These shorthands can be used together with any additional format args,
62//!   which may be arbitrary expressions. For example:
63//!
64//!   ```rust
65//!   # use std::i32;
66//!   # use thiserror::Error;
67//!   #
68//!   #[derive(Error, Debug)]
69//!   pub enum Error {
70//!       #[error("invalid rdo_lookahead_frames {0} (expected < {})", i32::MAX)]
71//!       InvalidLookahead(u32),
72//!   }
73//!   ```
74//!
75//!   If one of the additional expression arguments needs to refer to a field of
76//!   the struct or enum, then refer to named fields as `.var` and tuple fields
77//!   as `.0`.
78//!
79//!   ```rust
80//!   # use thiserror::Error;
81//!   #
82//!   # fn first_char(s: &String) -> char {
83//!   #     s.chars().next().unwrap()
84//!   # }
85//!   #
86//!   # #[derive(Debug)]
87//!   # struct Limits {
88//!   #     lo: usize,
89//!   #     hi: usize,
90//!   # }
91//!   #
92//!   #[derive(Error, Debug)]
93//!   pub enum Error {
94//!       #[error("first letter must be lowercase but was {:?}", first_char(.0))]
95//!       WrongCase(String),
96//!       #[error("invalid index {idx}, expected at least {} and at most {}", .limits.lo, .limits.hi)]
97//!       OutOfBounds { idx: usize, limits: Limits },
98//!   }
99//!   ```
100//!
101//! - A `From` impl is generated for each variant containing a `#[from]`
102//!   attribute.
103//!
104//!   Note that the variant must not contain any other fields beyond the source
105//!   error and possibly a backtrace. A backtrace is captured from within the
106//!   `From` impl if there is a field for it.
107//!
108//!   ```rust
109//!   # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
110//!   #[derive(Error, Debug)]
111//!   pub enum MyError {
112//!       Io {
113//!           #[from]
114//!           source: io::Error,
115//!           backtrace: Backtrace,
116//!       },
117//!   }
118//!   # };
119//!   ```
120//!
121//! - The Error trait's `source()` method is implemented to return whichever
122//!   field has a `#[source]` attribute or is named `source`, if any. This is
123//!   for identifying the underlying lower level error that caused your error.
124//!
125//!   The `#[from]` attribute always implies that the same field is `#[source]`,
126//!   so you don't ever need to specify both attributes.
127//!
128//!   Any error type that implements `std::error::Error` or dereferences to `dyn
129//!   std::error::Error` will work as a source.
130//!
131//!   ```rust
132//!   # use std::fmt::{self, Display};
133//!   # use thiserror::Error;
134//!   #
135//!   #[derive(Error, Debug)]
136//!   pub struct MyError {
137//!       msg: String,
138//!       #[source]  // optional if field name is `source`
139//!       source: anyhow::Error,
140//!   }
141//!   #
142//!   # impl Display for MyError {
143//!   #     fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
144//!   #         unimplemented!()
145//!   #     }
146//!   # }
147//!   ```
148//!
149//! - The Error trait's `provide()` method is implemented to provide whichever
150//!   field has a type named `Backtrace`, if any, as a
151//!   `std::backtrace::Backtrace`.
152//!
153//!   ```rust
154//!   # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
155//!   use std::backtrace::Backtrace;
156//!
157//!   #[derive(Error, Debug)]
158//!   pub struct MyError {
159//!       msg: String,
160//!       backtrace: Backtrace,  // automatically detected
161//!   }
162//!   # };
163//!   ```
164//!
165//! - If a field is both a source (named `source`, or has `#[source]` or
166//!   `#[from]` attribute) *and* is marked `#[backtrace]`, then the Error
167//!   trait's `provide()` method is forwarded to the source's `provide` so that
168//!   both layers of the error share the same backtrace.
169//!
170//!   ```rust
171//!   # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
172//!   #[derive(Error, Debug)]
173//!   pub enum MyError {
174//!       Io {
175//!           #[backtrace]
176//!           source: io::Error,
177//!       },
178//!   }
179//!   # };
180//!   ```
181//!
182//! - Errors may use `error(transparent)` to forward the source and Display
183//!   methods straight through to an underlying error without adding an
184//!   additional message. This would be appropriate for enums that need an
185//!   "anything else" variant.
186//!
187//!   ```
188//!   # use thiserror::Error;
189//!   #
190//!   #[derive(Error, Debug)]
191//!   pub enum MyError {
192//!       # /*
193//!       ...
194//!       # */
195//!
196//!       #[error(transparent)]
197//!       Other(#[from] anyhow::Error),  // source and Display delegate to anyhow::Error
198//!   }
199//!   ```
200//!
201//!   Another use case is hiding implementation details of an error
202//!   representation behind an opaque error type, so that the representation is
203//!   able to evolve without breaking the crate's public API.
204//!
205//!   ```
206//!   # use thiserror::Error;
207//!   #
208//!   // PublicError is public, but opaque and easy to keep compatible.
209//!   #[derive(Error, Debug)]
210//!   #[error(transparent)]
211//!   pub struct PublicError(#[from] ErrorRepr);
212//!
213//!   impl PublicError {
214//!       // Accessors for anything we do want to expose publicly.
215//!   }
216//!
217//!   // Private and free to change across minor version of the crate.
218//!   #[derive(Error, Debug)]
219//!   enum ErrorRepr {
220//!       # /*
221//!       ...
222//!       # */
223//!   }
224//!   ```
225//!
226//! - See also the [`anyhow`] library for a convenient single error type to use
227//!   in application code.
228//!
229//!   [`anyhow`]: https://github.com/dtolnay/anyhow
230
231#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/thiserror/1.0.50")]
232#![allow(
233    clippy::module_name_repetitions,
234    clippy::needless_lifetimes,
235    clippy::return_self_not_must_use,
236    clippy::wildcard_imports
237)]
238#![cfg_attr(error_generic_member_access, feature(error_generic_member_access))]
239#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), feature(error_in_core))]
240#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
241
242mod aserror;
243mod display;
244#[cfg(error_generic_member_access)]
245mod provide;
246
247pub use thiserror_impl::*;
248
249// Not public API.
250#[doc(hidden)]
251pub mod __private {
252    #[doc(hidden)]
253    pub use crate::aserror::AsDynError;
254    #[doc(hidden)]
255    pub use crate::display::AsDisplay;
256    #[cfg(error_generic_member_access)]
257    #[doc(hidden)]
258    pub use crate::provide::ThiserrorProvide;
259    #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
260    #[doc(hidden)]
261    pub use core::error::Error;
262    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
263    #[doc(hidden)]
264    pub use std::error::Error;
265}