Struct clap::error::Error

pub struct Error<F: ErrorFormatter = DefaultFormatter> { /* private fields */ }

Command Line Argument Parser Error

See Command::error to create an error.

Implementations

impl<F: ErrorFormatter> Error<F>

pub fn raw(kind: ErrorKind, message: impl Display) -> Self

Create an unformatted error

This is for you need to pass the error up to a place that has access to the Command at which point you can call Error::format.

Prefer Command::error for generating errors.

pub fn format(self, cmd: &mut Command) -> Self

Format the existing message with the Command’s context

pub fn apply<EF: ErrorFormatter>(self) -> Error<EF>

Apply an alternative formatter to the error

Example

let cmd = Command::new("foo")
    .arg(Arg::new("input").required(true));
let matches = cmd
    .try_get_matches_from(["foo", "input.txt"])
    .map_err(|e| e.apply::<KindFormatter>())
    .unwrap_or_else(|e| e.exit());

pub fn kind(&self) -> ErrorKind

Type of error for programmatic processing

pub fn context(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (ContextKind, &ContextValue)>

Additional information to further qualify the error

pub fn get(&self, kind: ContextKind) -> Option<&ContextValue>

Lookup a piece of context

pub fn use_stderr(&self) -> bool

Should the message be written to stdout or not?

pub fn exit(&self) -> !

Prints the error and exits.

Depending on the error kind, this either prints to stderr and exits with a status of 2 or prints to stdout and exits with a status of 0.

pub fn print(&self) -> Result<()>

Prints formatted and colored error to stdout or stderr according to its error kind

Example

use clap::Command;

match Command::new("Command").try_get_matches() {
    Ok(matches) => {
        // do_something
    },
    Err(err) => {
        err.print().expect("Error writing Error");
        // do_something
    },
};

pub fn render(&self) -> StyledStr

Render the error message to a StyledStr.

Example

use clap::Command;

match Command::new("Command").try_get_matches() {
    Ok(matches) => {
        // do_something
    },
    Err(err) => {
        let err = err.render();
        println!("{}", err);
        // do_something
    },
};

Trait Implementations

impl<F: ErrorFormatter> Debug for Error<F>

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error>

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<F: ErrorFormatter> Display for Error<F>

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<F: ErrorFormatter> Error for Error<F>

fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)>

The lower-level source of this error, if any.

fn description(&self) -> &str

👎 Deprecated since 1.42.0:

use the Display impl or to_string()

fn cause(&self) -> Option<&dyn Error>

👎 Deprecated since 1.33.0:

replaced by Error::source, which can support downcasting

fn provide(&'a self, req: &mut Demand<'a>)

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (error_generic_member_access)

Provides type based access to context intended for error reports.

impl<F: ErrorFormatter> From<Error> for Error<F>

fn from(e: Error) -> Self

Converts to this type from the input type.

impl<F: ErrorFormatter> From<Error> for Error<F>

fn from(e: Error) -> Self

Converts to this type from the input type.