feat: unified errors and error codes

android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/PluginCall.java

@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ public class PluginCall {
      * in the case of an app resuming with saved instance data, for example.
      */
     public static final String CALLBACK_ID_DANGLING = "-1";
-    private static final String UNIMPLEMENTED = "not implemented";
-    private static final String UNAVAILABLE = "not available";
 
     private final MessageHandler msgHandler;
     private final String pluginId;
@@ -148,11 +146,19 @@ public void reject(String msg) {
     }
 
     public void unimplemented() {
-        reject(UNIMPLEMENTED, null, null);
+        unimplemented("not implemented");
+    }
+
+    public void unimplemented(String msg) {
+        reject(msg, "UNIMPLEMENTED", null);
     }
 
     public void unavailable() {
-        reject(UNAVAILABLE, null, null);
+        unavailable("not available");
+    }
+
+    public void unavailable(String msg) {
+        reject(msg, "UNAVAILABLE", null);
     }
 
     public String getPluginId() {

core/native-bridge.js

@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
   // Add any legacy handlers to keep Cordova compat 100% good
   addLegacyHandlers(win);
 
+  capacitor.Exception = function CapacitorException(message, code) {
+    var e = Error.call(this, message);
+    e.code = code;
+
+    return e;
+  };
+
+  capacitor.Exception.prototype = Error.prototype;
+
   capacitor.Plugins = capacitor.Plugins || {};
 
   capacitor.DEBUG =
@@ -241,7 +250,7 @@
           result.error = Object.keys(result.error).reduce(function (err, key) {
             err[key] = result.error[key];
             return err;
-          }, new Error());
+          }, new capacitor.Exception());
         }
 
         if (typeof storedCall.callback === 'function') {

core/src/definitions.ts

@@ -72,7 +72,36 @@ export interface PluginConfig {
   name: string;
 }
 
+export enum ExceptionCode {
+  /**
+   * API is not implemented.
+   *
+   * This usually means the API can't be used because it is not implemented for
+   * the current platform.
+   */
+  Unimplemented = 'UNIMPLEMENTED',
+
+  /**
+   * API is not available.
+   *
+   * This means the API can't be used right now because:
+   *   - it is currently missing a prerequisite, such as network connectivity
+   *   - it requires a particular platform or browser version
+   */
+  Unavailable = 'UNAVAILABLE',
+}
+
+export interface CapacitorException extends Error {
+  code?: ExceptionCode;
+}
+
+declare const CapacitorException: {
+  prototype: CapacitorException;
+  new (message: string, code?: ExceptionCode): CapacitorException;
+};
+
 export interface Capacitor {
+  Exception: typeof CapacitorException;
   isNative?: boolean;
   platform?: string;
   isPluginAvailable: (name: string) => boolean;

core/src/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export {
+  ExceptionCode,
   PluginCallback,
   PluginListenerHandle,
   PluginResultData,

core/src/plugins.ts

@@ -1,26 +1,6 @@
 import { Capacitor, Plugins } from './global';
 import type { WebPlugin } from './web';
 
-export enum ExceptionCodes {
-  UnsupportedBrowser = 'UNSUPPORTED_BROWSER',
-}
-
-export class Exception extends Error {
-  readonly code: ExceptionCodes;
-}
-
-/**
- * Feature unavailable for the current browser (or all browsers).
- *
- * This error is thrown when the requested API is not supported in the browser.
- *
- * This can happen particularly for the web platform when implementation is
- * uncertain due to the plethora of browsers available to end users.
- */
-export class UnsupportedBrowserException extends Exception {
-  code = ExceptionCodes.UnsupportedBrowser;
-}
-
 const PLUGIN_REGISTRY = new (class {
   protected readonly plugins: {
     [plugin: string]: RegisteredPlugin<unknown>;

core/src/web-runtime.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-import type { PluginRegistry } from './definitions';
+import type { Capacitor, PluginRegistry, ExceptionCode } from './definitions';
 
-export class CapacitorWeb {
+class CapacitorException extends Error {
+  constructor(readonly message: string, readonly code: ExceptionCode) {
+    super(message);
+  }
+}
+
+export class CapacitorWeb implements Capacitor {
+  Exception = CapacitorException;
   Plugins: PluginRegistry;
   platform = 'web';
   isNative = false;

core/src/web/index.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import type {
+  CapacitorException,
   PluginListenerHandle,
   PermissionsRequestResult,
 } from '../definitions';
+import { ExceptionCode } from '../definitions';
 import { Capacitor } from '../global';
 
 export type ListenerCallback = (err: any, ...args: any[]) => void;
@@ -35,6 +37,14 @@ export class WebPlugin {
 
   constructor(public config: WebPluginConfig) {}
 
+  protected unimplemented(msg = 'not implemented'): CapacitorException {
+    return new Capacitor.Exception(msg, ExceptionCode.Unimplemented);
+  }
+
+  protected unavailable(msg = 'not available'): CapacitorException {
+    return new Capacitor.Exception(msg, ExceptionCode.Unavailable);
+  }
+
   private addWindowListener(handle: WindowListenerHandle): void {
     window.addEventListener(handle.windowEventName, handle.handler);
     handle.registered = true;

ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPPluginCall.swift

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ public typealias PluginEventListener = CAPPluginCall
  */
 @objc public extension CAPPluginCall {
 
-    private static let UNIMPLEMENTED = "not implemented"
-
     @nonobjc func get<T>(_ key: String, _ ofType: T.Type, _ defaultValue: T? = nil) -> T? {
         return self.options[key] as? T ?? defaultValue
     }
@@ -90,6 +88,18 @@ public typealias PluginEventListener = CAPPluginCall
     }
 
     func unimplemented() {
-        errorHandler(CAPPluginCallError(message: CAPPluginCall.UNIMPLEMENTED, code: nil, error: nil, data: [:]))
+        unimplemented("not implemented")
+    }
+
+    func unimplemented(_ message: String) {
+        errorHandler(CAPPluginCallError(message: message, code: "UNIMPLEMENTED", error: nil, data: [:]))
+    }
+
+    func unavailable() {
+        unavailable("not available")
+    }
+
+    func unavailable(_ message: String) {
+        errorHandler(CAPPluginCallError(message: message, code: "UNAVAILABLE", error: nil, data: [:]))
     }
 }