I'd like to create my own error class in TypeScript, extending core Error
to provide better error handling and customized reporting. For example, I want to create an HttpRequestError
class with url, response and body passed into its constructor, which reponds with Http request to http://example.com failed with status code 500 and message: Something went wrong and proper stack trace.
How to extend core Error class in TypeScript? I've already found post in SO: How do I extend a host object (e.g. Error) in TypeScript but this solution doesn't work for me. I use TypeScript 1.5.3
Any ideas?
Until 1.6 rolls around, I've just been making my own extendable classes.
class BaseError {
constructor () {
Error.apply(this, arguments);
}
}
BaseError.prototype = new Error();
class HttpRequestError extends BaseError {
constructor (public status: number, public message: string) {
super();
}
}
var error = new HttpRequestError(500, 'Server Error');
console.log(
error,
// True
error instanceof HttpRequestError,
// True
error instanceof Error
);
TypeScript 2.1 had a breaking changes regarding Extending built-ins like Error.
From the TypeScript breaking changes documentation
class FooError extends Error {
constructor(m: string) {
super(m);
// Set the prototype explicitly.
Object.setPrototypeOf(this, FooError.prototype);
}
sayHello() {
return "hello " + this.message;
}
}
Then you can use:
let error = new FooError("msg");
if(error instanceof FooError){
console.log(error.sayHello();
}
I am using TypeScript 1.8 and this is how I use custom error classes:
UnexpectedInput.ts
class UnexpectedInput extends Error {
public static UNSUPPORTED_TYPE: string = "Please provide a 'String', 'Uint8Array' or 'Array'.";
constructor(public message?: string) {
super(message);
this.name = "UnexpectedInput";
this.stack = (<any> new Error()).stack;
}
}
export default UnexpectedInput;
MyApp.ts
import UnexpectedInput from "./UnexpectedInput";
...
throw new UnexpectedInput(UnexpectedInput.UNSUPPORTED_TYPE);
For TypeScript versions older than 1.8, you need to declare Error
:
export declare class Error {
public message: string;
public name: string;
public stack: string;
constructor(message?: string);
}