Add name parameter to CustomErrorBase class

Signed-off-by: Mihailo Vlajkovic <mihailovlajkovic98@gmail.com>

.changeset/dirty-wasps-draw.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/errors': patch
+---
+
+Added a new parameter "name" to "CustomErrorBase" and updated all the existing extensions to use it

packages/errors/src/errors/CustomErrorBase.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { isError } from './assertion';
 
 /**
  * A base class that custom Error classes can inherit from.
+ * @param name This is useful when you extend this base class to pass a custom name that will be included in the error message
  *
  * @public
  * @example
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ export class CustomErrorBase extends Error {
    */
   readonly cause?: Error | undefined;
 
-  constructor(message?: string, cause?: Error | unknown) {
+  constructor(message?: string, cause?: Error | unknown, name?: string) {
     let fullMessage = message;
     if (cause !== undefined) {
       const causeStr = stringifyError(cause);
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export class CustomErrorBase extends Error {
 
     Error.captureStackTrace?.(this, this.constructor);
 
-    this.name = this.constructor.name;
+    this.name = name || 'CustomErrorBase';
     this.cause = isError(cause) ? cause : undefined;
   }
 }

packages/errors/src/errors/common.ts

@@ -33,21 +33,33 @@ import { CustomErrorBase } from './CustomErrorBase';
  *
  * @public
  */
-export class InputError extends CustomErrorBase {}
+export class InputError extends CustomErrorBase {
+  constructor(message?: string, cause?: Error | unknown) {
+    super(message, cause, 'InputError');
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * The request requires authentication, which was not properly supplied.
  *
  * @public
  */
-export class AuthenticationError extends CustomErrorBase {}
+export class AuthenticationError extends CustomErrorBase {
+  constructor(message?: string, cause?: Error | unknown) {
+    super(message, cause, 'AuthenticationError');
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * The authenticated caller is not allowed to perform this request.
  *
  * @public
  */
-export class NotAllowedError extends CustomErrorBase {}
+export class NotAllowedError extends CustomErrorBase {
+  constructor(message?: string, cause?: Error | unknown) {
+    super(message, cause, 'NotAllowedError');
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * The requested resource could not be found.
@@ -57,7 +69,11 @@ export class NotAllowedError extends CustomErrorBase {}
  *
  * @public
  */
-export class NotFoundError extends CustomErrorBase {}
+export class NotFoundError extends CustomErrorBase {
+  constructor(message?: string, cause?: Error | unknown) {
+    super(message, cause, 'NotFoundError');
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * The request could not complete due to a conflict in the current state of the
@@ -65,21 +81,33 @@ export class NotFoundError extends CustomErrorBase {}
  *
  * @public
  */
-export class ConflictError extends CustomErrorBase {}
+export class ConflictError extends CustomErrorBase {
+  constructor(message?: string, cause?: Error | unknown) {
+    super(message, cause, 'ConflictError');
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * The requested resource has not changed since last request.
  *
  * @public
  */
-export class NotModifiedError extends CustomErrorBase {}
+export class NotModifiedError extends CustomErrorBase {
+  constructor(message?: string, cause?: Error | unknown) {
+    super(message, cause, 'NotModifiedError');
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * The server does not support the functionality required to fulfill the request.
  *
  * @public
  */
-export class NotImplementedError extends CustomErrorBase {}
+export class NotImplementedError extends CustomErrorBase {
+  constructor(message?: string, cause?: Error | unknown) {
+    super(message, cause, 'NotImplementedError');
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * The server is not ready to handle the request.
@@ -98,8 +126,6 @@ export class ServiceUnavailableError extends CustomErrorBase {}
  */
 export class ForwardedError extends CustomErrorBase {
   constructor(message: string, cause: Error | unknown) {
-    super(message, cause);
-
-    this.name = isError(cause) ? cause.name : 'Error';
+    super(message, cause, isError(cause) ? cause.name : 'Error');
   }
 }