Extend ResultExt to Option, allow chaining with boxed Errors

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Unreleased
 
 - [Add a new method for `Error`: `chain_err`.](https://github.com/brson/error-chain/pull/141)
+- [Allow `chain_err` to be used on `Option<T>`](https://github.com/brson/error-chain/pull/156)
+- [Add support for creating an error chain on boxed trait errors (`Box<Error>`)](https://github.com/brson/error-chain/pull/156)
 
 # 0.10.0
 

src/error_chain.rs

@@ -130,10 +130,18 @@ macro_rules! error_chain_processed {
                 -> $error_name
                 where E: ::std::error::Error + Send + 'static,
                       K: Into<$error_kind_name>
+            {
+                $error_name::with_boxed_chain(Box::new(error), kind)
+            }
+
+            /// Construct a chained error from another boxed error and a kind, and generates a backtrace
+            pub fn with_boxed_chain<K>(error: Box<::std::error::Error + Send>, kind: K)
+                -> $error_name
+                where K: Into<$error_kind_name>
             {
                 $error_name(
                     kind.into(),
-                    $crate::State::new::<$error_name>(Box::new(error), ),
+                    $crate::State::new::<$error_name>(error, ),
                 )
             }
 
@@ -302,7 +310,7 @@ macro_rules! error_chain_processed {
         // The ResultExt trait defines the `chain_err` method.
 
         /// Additional methods for `Result`, for easy interaction with this crate.
-        pub trait $result_ext_name<T, E> {
+        pub trait $result_ext_name<T> {
             /// If the `Result` is an `Err` then `chain_err` evaluates the closure,
             /// which returns *some type that can be converted to `ErrorKind`*, boxes
             /// the original error to store as the cause, then returns a new error
@@ -312,7 +320,7 @@ macro_rules! error_chain_processed {
                       EK: Into<$error_kind_name>;
         }
 
-        impl<T, E> $result_ext_name<T, E> for ::std::result::Result<T, E> where E: ::std::error::Error + Send + 'static {
+        impl<T, E> $result_ext_name<T> for ::std::result::Result<T, E> where E: ::std::error::Error + Send + 'static {
             fn chain_err<F, EK>(self, callback: F) -> ::std::result::Result<T, $error_name>
                 where F: FnOnce() -> EK,
                       EK: Into<$error_kind_name> {
@@ -323,6 +331,16 @@ macro_rules! error_chain_processed {
             }
         }
 
+        impl<T> $result_ext_name<T> for ::std::option::Option<T> {
+            fn chain_err<F, EK>(self, callback: F) -> ::std::result::Result<T, $error_name>
+                where F: FnOnce() -> EK,
+                      EK: Into<$error_kind_name> {
+                self.ok_or_else(move || {
+                    $crate::ChainedError::from_kind(callback().into())
+                })
+            }
+        }
+
 
     };
 }