Error::TypeTiny(3)

NAME
Error::TypeTiny - exceptions for Type::Tiny and friends

SYNOPSIS
   use feature 'try';
   use Data::Dumper;
   use Types::Standard qw( Str );

   try {
      Str->assert_valid( undef );
   }
   catch ( $exception ) {
      warn "Encountered Error: $exception";
      warn Dumper( $exception->explain )
         if $exception->isa( "Error::TypeTiny::Assertion" );
   }

STATUS
This module is covered by the Type-Tiny stability policy.

DESCRIPTION
When Type::Tiny and its related modules encounter an error, they throw an exception object. These exception objects inherit from Error::TypeTiny.

  Constructors

"new(%attributes)"
    Moose-style constructor function.

"throw(%attributes)"
    Constructs an exception and passes it to "die".

    Automatically populates "context" and "stack_trace" if appropriate.

"throw_cb($callback, %attributes)"
    Constructs an exception and passes it to $callback which should be a coderef; if undef, uses "die".

    Automatically populates "context" and "stack_trace" if appropriate.

  Attributes

"message"
    The error message.

"context"
    Hashref containing the package, file and line that generated the error.

"stack_trace"
    A more complete stack trace. This feature requires Devel::StackTrace; use the $StackTrace package variable to switch it on.

  Methods

"to_string"
    Returns the message, followed by the context if it is set.

  Functions

"Error::TypeTiny::croak($format, @args)"
    Functional-style shortcut to "throw" method. Takes an "sprintf"-style format string and optional arguments to construct the "message".

  Overloading

•   Stringification is overloaded to call "to_string".

  Package Variables

%Carp::CarpInternal
    Error::TypeTiny honours this package variable from Carp. ( %Error::TypeTiny::CarpInternal is an alias for it.)

$Error::TypeTiny::StackTrace
    Boolean to toggle stack trace generation.

$Error::TypeTiny::LastError
    A reference to the last exception object thrown.

CAVEATS
Although Error::TypeTiny objects are thrown for errors produced by Type::Tiny, that doesn't mean every time you use Type::Tiny you'll get Error::TypeTinys whenever you want.

For example, if you use a Type::Tiny type constraint in a Moose attribute, Moose will not call the constraint's "assert_valid" method (which throws an exception). Instead it will call "check" and "get_message" (which do not), and will "confess" an error message of its own. (The $LastError package variable may save your bacon.)

BUGS
Please report any bugs to <https://github.com/tobyink/p5-type-tiny/issues>.

SEE ALSO
Error::TypeTiny::Assertion, Error::TypeTiny::WrongNumberOfParameters.

Try::Tiny, Try::Tiny::ByClass.

AUTHOR
Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
This software is copyright (c) 2013-2014, 2017-2025 by Toby Inkster.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.