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Class: abstract ChiveError

Defined in: web/lib/errors.ts:38

Base error class for all Chive frontend errors.

Remarks​

Follows the same pattern as backend ChiveError (src/types/errors.ts). All frontend errors should extend this class rather than the native Error class. This ensures consistent error code structure, enables error cause chaining for debugging, captures proper stack traces, and allows type discrimination via instanceof.

Never throw raw strings or objects; always use Error classes.

Example​

class CustomError extends ChiveError {
  readonly code = 'CUSTOM_ERROR';

  constructor(message: string) {
    super(message);
  }
}

throw new CustomError('Something went wrong');

Extends​

  • Error

Extended by​

Constructors​

new ChiveError()​

new ChiveError(message, cause?): ChiveError

Defined in: web/lib/errors.ts:65

Creates a new ChiveError.

Parameters​

message​

string

Human-readable error message

cause?​

Error

Original error (if chained)

Returns​

ChiveError

Overrides​

Error.constructor

Properties​

cause?​

readonly optional cause: Error

Defined in: web/lib/errors.ts:57

Original error that caused this error (if any).

Remarks​

Error chaining allows tracking the full error context through multiple layers of the application. Useful for debugging complex error scenarios.

Overrides​

Error.cause

code​

abstract readonly code: string

Defined in: web/lib/errors.ts:47

Machine-readable error code.

Remarks​

Error codes are unique identifiers for error types, enabling programmatic error handling (switch statements, error maps), error tracking in monitoring systems, and client-side error translation (i18n).

message​

message: string

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/typescript@5.5.4/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.es5.d.ts:1077

Inherited from​

Error.message

name​

name: string

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/typescript@5.5.4/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.es5.d.ts:1076

Inherited from​

Error.name

stack?​

optional stack: string

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/typescript@5.5.4/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.es5.d.ts:1078

Inherited from​

Error.stack

stackTraceLimit​

static stackTraceLimit: number

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.19.1/node_modules/@types/node/globals.d.ts:68

The Error.stackTraceLimit property specifies the number of stack frames collected by a stack trace (whether generated by new Error().stack or Error.captureStackTrace(obj)).

The default value is 10 but may be set to any valid JavaScript number. Changes will affect any stack trace captured after the value has been changed.

If set to a non-number value, or set to a negative number, stack traces will not capture any frames.

Inherited from​

Error.stackTraceLimit

Methods​

captureStackTrace()​

static captureStackTrace(targetObject, constructorOpt?): void

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.19.1/node_modules/@types/node/globals.d.ts:52

Creates a .stack property on targetObject, which when accessed returns a string representing the location in the code at which Error.captureStackTrace() was called.

const myObject = {};
Error.captureStackTrace(myObject);
myObject.stack;  // Similar to `new Error().stack`

The first line of the trace will be prefixed with ${myObject.name}: ${myObject.message}.

The optional constructorOpt argument accepts a function. If given, all frames above constructorOpt, including constructorOpt, will be omitted from the generated stack trace.

The constructorOpt argument is useful for hiding implementation details of error generation from the user. For instance:

function a() {
  b();
}

function b() {
  c();
}

function c() {
  // Create an error without stack trace to avoid calculating the stack trace twice.
  const { stackTraceLimit } = Error;
  Error.stackTraceLimit = 0;
  const error = new Error();
  Error.stackTraceLimit = stackTraceLimit;

  // Capture the stack trace above function b
  Error.captureStackTrace(error, b); // Neither function c, nor b is included in the stack trace
  throw error;
}

a();

Parameters​

targetObject​

object

constructorOpt?​

Function

Returns​

void

Inherited from​

Error.captureStackTrace

prepareStackTrace()​

static prepareStackTrace(err, stackTraces): any

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.19.1/node_modules/@types/node/globals.d.ts:56

Parameters​

err​

Error

stackTraces​

CallSite[]

Returns​

any

See​

https://v8.dev/docs/stack-trace-api#customizing-stack-traces

Inherited from​

Error.prepareStackTrace