From d7a4bf734105891a05731bc5a06049645c6b63e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Semmelink <jan@uafrica.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 14:40:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Renamed Error to CustomError and created Error() func to be
 similar to Wrap() without formatting

---
 errors/error.go              | 21 ++++++++++-----------
 errors/error_formats_test.go |  4 ++--
 errors/errors.go             | 21 +++++++++------------
 errors/errors_test.go        |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/errors/error.go b/errors/error.go
index 38a9fad..f78c694 100644
--- a/errors/error.go
+++ b/errors/error.go
@@ -7,34 +7,33 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-//Error implements the following interfaces:
+//CustomError implements the following interfaces:
 //	error
 //	github.com/pkg/errors: Cause
-type Error struct {
+type CustomError struct {
 	message string
 	caller  Caller
-	//stack   []CallerInfo
-	cause error
+	cause   error
 }
 
 //implement interface error:
-func (err Error) Error() string {
+func (err CustomError) Error() string {
 	return err.Formatted(FormattingOptions{Causes: true})
 }
 
 //implement github.com/pkg/errors: Cause
-func (err Error) Cause() error {
+func (err CustomError) Cause() error {
 	return err.cause
 }
 
-func (err Error) Description() Description {
+func (err CustomError) Description() Description {
 	info := err.caller.Info()
 	desc := &Description{
 		Message: err.message,
 		Source:  &info,
 	}
 	if err.cause != nil {
-		causeWithStack, ok := err.cause.(*Error)
+		causeWithStack, ok := err.cause.(*CustomError)
 		if !ok {
 			//external cause without our stack
 			//if github.com/pkg/errors, we can still get caller reference
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ func (err Error) Description() Description {
 	return *desc
 }
 
-func (err Error) Format(s fmt.State, v rune) {
+func (err CustomError) Format(s fmt.State, v rune) {
 	s.Write([]byte(
 		err.Formatted(
 			FormattingOptions{
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ type FormattingOptions struct {
 	Source   bool
 }
 
-func (err Error) Formatted(opts FormattingOptions) string {
+func (err CustomError) Formatted(opts FormattingOptions) string {
 	//start with this error
 	thisError := ""
 	if opts.Source {
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ func (err Error) Formatted(opts FormattingOptions) string {
 		sep += " "
 	}
 
-	if causeWithStack, ok := err.cause.(*Error); ok {
+	if causeWithStack, ok := err.cause.(*CustomError); ok {
 		return thisError + sep + causeWithStack.Formatted(opts)
 	}
 
diff --git a/errors/error_formats_test.go b/errors/error_formats_test.go
index 46ca107..bd11992 100644
--- a/errors/error_formats_test.go
+++ b/errors/error_formats_test.go
@@ -265,13 +265,13 @@ func show(t *testing.T, title string, err error) {
 	t.Logf("------------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
 	t.Logf("err.Error():  %s", err.Error())
 	t.Logf("Printf(%%s):  %s", err)
-	if _, ok := err.(*uf_errors.Error); ok { //compact only supported on our own lib:
+	if _, ok := err.(*uf_errors.CustomError); ok { //compact only supported on our own lib:
 		t.Logf("Printf(%%c):  %c", err)
 		t.Logf("Printf(%%+c): %+c", err)
 	}
 	t.Logf("Printf(%%v):  %v", err)
 	t.Logf("Printf(%%+v): %+v", err)
-	if e, ok := err.(*uf_errors.Error); ok { //description only supported on our own lib:
+	if e, ok := err.(*uf_errors.CustomError); ok { //description only supported on our own lib:
 		desc := e.Description()
 		jsonDesc, _ := json.Marshal(desc)
 		t.Logf("JSON: %s", string(jsonDesc))
diff --git a/errors/errors.go b/errors/errors.go
index ca18e57..0288721 100644
--- a/errors/errors.go
+++ b/errors/errors.go
@@ -13,31 +13,28 @@ type ErrorWithCause interface {
 }
 
 func New(message string) error {
-	err := &Error{
+	err := &CustomError{
 		message: message,
 		caller:  GetCaller(2),
-		//stack:   Stack(3),
-		cause: nil,
+		cause:   nil,
 	}
 	return err
 }
 
-func NError(message string) error {
-	err := &Error{
+func Error(message string) error {
+	err := &CustomError{
 		message: message,
 		caller:  GetCaller(2),
-		//stack:   Stack(3),
-		cause: nil,
+		cause:   nil,
 	}
 	return err
 }
 
 func Errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) error {
-	err := &Error{
+	err := &CustomError{
 		message: fmt.Sprintf(format, args...),
 		caller:  GetCaller(2),
-		//stack:   Stack(3),
-		cause: nil,
+		cause:   nil,
 	}
 	return err
 }
@@ -47,7 +44,7 @@ func Wrapf(err error, format string, args ...interface{}) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	wrappedErr := &Error{
+	wrappedErr := &CustomError{
 		message: fmt.Sprintf(format, args...),
 		caller:  GetCaller(2),
 		cause:   err,
@@ -61,7 +58,7 @@ func Wrap(err error, msg string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	wrappedErr := &Error{
+	wrappedErr := &CustomError{
 		message: msg,
 		caller:  GetCaller(2),
 		cause:   err,
diff --git a/errors/errors_test.go b/errors/errors_test.go
index 0c40721..cd039f2 100644
--- a/errors/errors_test.go
+++ b/errors/errors_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func TestErrorFormatting(t *testing.T) {
 	e1 := errors.Errorf("you have problem in your SQL near xxx")
 	e2 := errors.Wrapf(e1, "query failed")
 	e3 := errors.Wrapf(e2, "failed to find account")
-	e4 := errors.Wrapf(e3, "login failed").(*errors.Error)
+	e4 := errors.Wrapf(e3, "login failed").(*errors.CustomError)
 
 	//we can log the error in different ways:
 
-- 
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