UserException class

Represents an error the user could fix, like wrong typed text, or missing internet connection. Methods dialogTitle and dialogContent return Strings you can show in an error dialog.

An UserException may have an optional cause, which is a more specific root cause of the error.

If the error has a "cause" which is another UserException or String, the dialog-title will be the present exception's msg, and the dialog-content will be the cause. Otherwise, the dialog-title will be an empty string, and the dialog-title will be the present exception's msg.

In other words, If the cause is an UserException or String, it may be used in the dialog. But if the cause is of a different type it's considered just internal information, and won't be shown to the user.

An UserException may also have an optional code, of type ExceptionCode. If there is a non-null code, the String returned by ExceptionCode.asText may be used instead of the msg. This facilitates translating error messages, since ExceptionCode.asText accepts a Locale.

You can define a special Matcher for your UserException, to use in your tests. Create a test lib with this code:

import 'package:matcher/matcher.dart';
const Matcher throwsUserException
   = Throws(const TypeMatcher<UserException>());

Then use it in your tests:

expect(() => someFunction(), throwsUserException);

The UserException may be used with the UserExceptionDialog to display the exception to the user. In that case, you may also define callbacks onOk and onCancel.

Implemented types

• Exception

Constructors

UserException(String? msg, {Object? cause, ExceptionCode? code, VoidCallback? onOk, VoidCallback? onCancel})

const

UserException.debug(String? msg, {Object? cause, ExceptionCode? code, VoidCallback? onOk, VoidCallback? onCancel})

Adding .debug to the constructor will print the exception to the console. Use this for debugging purposes only. This constructor is marked as deprecated so that you don't forget to remove it.

Properties

cause → Object?

The cause of the user-exception. Usually another error.

final

code → ExceptionCode?

The error may have some code. This may be used for error message translations, and also to simplify receiving errors from web-services, cloud-functions etc.

final

hashCode → int

The hash code for this object.

no setter, override

msg → String?

Some message shown to the user.

final

onCancel → VoidCallback?

"Cancel" callback. If the exception has a cause, will return a merged callback.

no setter

onOk → VoidCallback?

"OK" callback. If the exception has a cause, will return a merged callback.

no setter

runtimeType → Type

A representation of the runtime type of the object.

no setter, inherited

Methods

dialogContent([Locale? locale]) → String

dialogTitle([Locale? locale]) → String

hardCause() → Object?

Returns the first cause which, recursively, is NOT a UserException. If not found, returns null.

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic

Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.

inherited

toString() → String

A string representation of this object.

override

withoutHardCause() → UserException

Returns a deep copy of this exception, but stopping at, and not including, the first cause which is not a UserException.

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool

The equality operator.

override

Static Properties

joinExceptionMainAndCause ↔ String Function(Locale? locale, String? mainMsg, String? causeMsg)

Return the string that join the main message and the reason message. You can change this variable to inject another way to join them.

getter/setter pair