Extending Error in Javascript with ES6 syntax & Babel

Question

I am trying to extend Error with ES6 and Babel. It isn\'t working out.

class MyError extends Error {
  constructor(m) {
    super(m);
  }
}

var error = new          


        

Answer 1

I prefer more strong syntax than described above. Additional methods at error type will help you to create pretty console.log or something else.

export class CustomError extends Error {
    /**
     * @param {string} message
     * @param {number} [code = 0]
     */
    constructor(message, code = 0) {
        super();

        /**
         * @type {string}
         * @readonly
         */
        this.message = message;

        /**
         * @type {number}
         * @readonly
         */
        this.code = code;

        /**
         * @type {string}
         * @readonly
         */
        this.name = this.constructor.name;

        /**
         * @type {string}
         * @readonly
         */
        this.stack = CustomError.createStack(this);
    }

    /**
     * @return {string}
     */
    toString() {
        return this.getPrettyMessage();
    }

    /**
     * @return {string}
     */
    getPrettyMessage() {
        return `${this.message} Code: ${this.code}.`;
    }

    /**
     * @param {CustomError} error
     * @return {string}
     * @private
     */
    static createStack(error) {
        return typeof Error.captureStackTrace === 'function'
            ? Error.captureStackTrace(error, error.constructor)
            : (new Error()).stack;
    }
}

To test this code you can run something similar:

try {
    throw new CustomError('Custom error was thrown!');
} catch (e) {
    const message = e.getPrettyMessage();

    console.warn(message);
}

Extending of CustomError type are welcome. It is possible to add some specific functionality to the extended type or override existing. For example.

export class RequestError extends CustomError {
    /**
     * @param {string} message
     * @param {string} requestUrl
     * @param {number} [code = 0]
     */
    constructor(message, requestUrl, code = 0) {
        super(message, code);

        /**
         * @type {string}
         * @readonly
         */
        this.requestUrl = requestUrl;
    }

    /**
     * @return {string}
     */
    getPrettyMessage() {
        const base = super.getPrettyMessage();

        return `${base} Request URL: ${this.requestUrl}.`;
    }
}