@types/check-error

Installation

npm install --save @types/check-error

Summary

This package contains type definitions for check-error (https://github.com/chaijs/check-error#readme).

Details

Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/check-error.

index.d.ts

export type ErrorInstanceOrConstructor =
    | Error
    | {
        new(...args: any[]): Error;
    }
    | {
        (...args: any[]): Error;
    };

/**
 * Checks if two instances are compatible (strict equal).
 *
 * Returns false if errorLike is not an instance of Error, because instances
 * can only be compatible if they're both error instances.
 *
 * @param thrown - thrown error
 * @param errorLike - error object to compare against
 */
export function compatibleInstance(thrown: Error, errorLike: Error): boolean;

/**
 * Checks if two constructors are compatible.
 *
 * This function can receive either an error constructor or an error
 * instance as the `errorLike` argument.
 *
 * Constructors are compatible if they're the same or if one is an instance
 * of another.
 *
 * @param thrown - error
 * @param errorLike - object to compare against
 */
export function compatibleConstructor(thrown: Error, errorLike: ErrorInstanceOrConstructor): boolean;

/**
 * Checks if an error's message is compatible with a matcher (String or
 * RegExp).
 *
 * If the message contains the String or passes the RegExp test,
 * it is considered compatible.
 *
 * @param thrown - thrown error
 * @param errMatcher - string/regex to look for in the message
 */
export function compatibleMessage(thrown: Error | string, errMatcher: string | RegExp): boolean;

/**
 * Gets the error message from an error.
 *
 * If `err` is a String itself, we return it.
 * If the error has no message, we return an empty string.
 *
 * @param err
 */
export function getMessage(err: Error | string): string;

/**
 * Gets the constructor name for an Error instance or constructor itself.
 */
export function getConstructorName(errorLike: ErrorInstanceOrConstructor): string;

Additional Details

• Last updated: Mon, 06 Nov 2023 22:41:05 GMT
• Dependencies: none

Credits

These definitions were written by Porama Ignoi Ruengrairatanaroj.