// Package errors provides error handling utilites. package errors import ( "reflect" ) // WalkFunc is the signature of the Walk callback function. The function gets the // current error in the chain and should return true if the chain processing // should be aborted. type WalkFunc func(error) bool // Walk invokes the given function for each error in the chain. If the // provided functions returns true or no further cause can be found, the process // is stopped and no further calls will be made. // // The next error in the chain is determined by the following rules: // // the return value of this method is used. // - If the current error has a `Unwrap() error` method // the return value of this method is used. // - If the current error has a `Unwrap() []error` method // the return values of this method is used. // - Common errors in the Go runtime that contain an Err field will use this value. func Walk(err error, f WalkFunc) { for prev := err; err != nil; prev = err { if f(err) { return } switch e := err.(type) { case multiWrapper: for _, err = range e.Unwrap() { Walk(err, f) } return case causer: err = e.Cause() case wrapper: err = e.Unwrap() default: // Unpack any struct or *struct with a field of name Err which satisfies // the error interface. This includes *url.Error, *net.OpError, // *os.SyscallError and many others in the stdlib. errType := reflect.TypeOf(err) errValue := reflect.ValueOf(err) if errValue.IsValid() && errType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr { errType = errType.Elem() errValue = errValue.Elem() } if errValue.IsValid() && errType.Kind() == reflect.Struct { if errField := errValue.FieldByName("Err"); errField.IsValid() { errFieldValue := errField.Interface() if newErr, ok := errFieldValue.(error); ok { err = newErr } } } } if reflect.DeepEqual(err, prev) { break } } } type causer interface { Cause() error } type wrapper interface { Unwrap() error } type multiWrapper interface { Unwrap() []error }