package cli import ( "fmt" "io" "os" "strings" ) // OsExiter is the function used when the app exits. If not set defaults to os.Exit. var OsExiter = os.Exit // ErrWriter is used to write errors to the user. This can be anything // implementing the io.Writer interface and defaults to os.Stderr. var ErrWriter io.Writer = os.Stderr // MultiError is an error that wraps multiple errors. type MultiError struct { Errors []error } // NewMultiError creates a new MultiError. Pass in one or more errors. func NewMultiError(err ...error) MultiError { return MultiError{Errors: err} } // Error implements the error interface. func (m MultiError) Error() string { errs := make([]string, len(m.Errors)) for i, err := range m.Errors { errs[i] = err.Error() } return strings.Join(errs, "\n") } // ExitCoder is the interface checked by `App` and `Command` for a custom exit // code type ExitCoder interface { error ExitCode() int } // ExitError fulfills both the builtin `error` interface and `ExitCoder` type ExitError struct { exitCode int message string } // NewExitError makes a new *ExitError func NewExitError(message string, exitCode int) *ExitError { return &ExitError{ exitCode: exitCode, message: message, } } // Error returns the string message, fulfilling the interface required by // `error` func (ee *ExitError) Error() string { return ee.message } // ExitCode returns the exit code, fulfilling the interface required by // `ExitCoder` func (ee *ExitError) ExitCode() int { return ee.exitCode } // HandleExitCoder checks if the error fulfills the ExitCoder interface, and if // so prints the error to stderr (if it is non-empty) and calls OsExiter with the // given exit code. If the given error is a MultiError, then this func is // called on all members of the Errors slice. func HandleExitCoder(err error) { if err == nil { return } if exitErr, ok := err.(ExitCoder); ok { if err.Error() != "" { fmt.Fprintln(ErrWriter, err) } OsExiter(exitErr.ExitCode()) return } if multiErr, ok := err.(MultiError); ok { code := handleMultiError(multiErr) OsExiter(code) return } if err.Error() != "" { fmt.Fprintln(ErrWriter, err) } OsExiter(1) } func handleMultiError(multiErr MultiError) int { code := 1 for _, merr := range multiErr.Errors { if multiErr2, ok := merr.(MultiError); ok { code = handleMultiError(multiErr2) } else { fmt.Fprintln(ErrWriter, merr) if exitErr, ok := merr.(ExitCoder); ok { code = exitErr.ExitCode() } } } return code }