error.go

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*/

package events

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Error type strings
var (
	ErrNoSub       = "ERR_NO_SUB"
	ErrSubscribe   = "ERR_SUB"
	ErrExistingSub = "ERR_EXISTING_SUB"
	ErrBadJSON     = "ERR_BAD_JSON"
	ErrTransform   = "ERR_TRANSFORM"
	ErrMetadata    = "ERR_METADATA"
	ErrBadReq      = "ERR_BAD_REQ"
)

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// TypedError - An error with a type string so that API clients can easily
// categorise the fault.
type TypedError interface {
	Type() string
	Error() string
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// APIError - Implementation of TypedError for the API.
type APIError struct {
	T   string `json:"type"`
	Err string `json:"message"`
}

// Type - returns the string type.
func (a APIError) Type() string {
	return a.T
}

// Error - returns the full error string.
func (a APIError) Error() string {
	return a.Err
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// NewAPIError - Creates a type labelled API error.
func NewAPIError(errType, errString string) TypedError {
	return APIError{errType, errString}
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------