# Trait std::error::Error 1.0.0[−][src]

    pub trait Error: Debug + Display {
        fn description(&self) -> &str { ... }
        fn cause(&self) -> Option<&Error> { ... }
    }

`Error` is a trait representing the basic expectations for error values, i.e. values of type `E` in `Result<T, E>`. Errors must describe themselves through the `Display` and `Debug` traits, and may provide cause chain information:

The `cause` method is generally used when errors cross "abstraction boundaries", i.e. when a one module must report an error that is "caused" by an error from a lower-level module. This setup makes it possible for the high-level module to provide its own errors that do not commit to any particular implementation, but also reveal some of its implementation for debugging via `cause` chains.

## Provided Methods

### `fn description(&self) -> &str`

This method is soft-deprecated.

Although using it won’t cause compilation warning, new code should use `Display` instead and new `impl`s can omit it.

To obtain error description as a string, use `to_string()`.

# Examples

    match "xc".parse::<u32>() {
        Err(e) => {
            // Print `e` itself, not `e.description()`.
            println!("Error: {}", e);
        }
        _ => println!("No error"),
    }Run

### `fn cause(&self) -> Option<&Error>`

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

# Examples

    use std::error::Error;
    use std::fmt;

    #[derive(Debug)]
    struct SuperError {
        side: SuperErrorSideKick,
    }

    impl fmt::Display for SuperError {
        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
            write!(f, "SuperError is here!")
        }
    }

    impl Error for SuperError {
        fn description(&self) -> &str {
            "I'm the superhero of errors"
        }

        fn cause(&self) -> Option<&Error> {
            Some(&self.side)
        }
    }

    #[derive(Debug)]
    struct SuperErrorSideKick;

    impl fmt::Display for SuperErrorSideKick {
        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
            write!(f, "SuperErrorSideKick is here!")
        }
    }

    impl Error for SuperErrorSideKick {
        fn description(&self) -> &str {
            "I'm SuperError side kick"
        }
    }

    fn get_super_error() -> Result<(), SuperError> {
        Err(SuperError { side: SuperErrorSideKick })
    }

    fn main() {
        match get_super_error() {
            Err(e) => {
                println!("Error: {}", e.description());
                println!("Caused by: {}", e.cause().unwrap());
            }
            _ => println!("No error"),
        }
    }Run

## Methods

###

`impl Error + 'static`

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####

`pub fn is<T: Error + 'static>(&self) -> bool`

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Returns true if the boxed type is the same as `T`

####

`pub fn downcast_ref<T: Error + 'static>(&self) -> Option<&T>`

1.3.0
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Returns some reference to the boxed value if it is of type `T`, or `None` if it isn't.

####

`pub fn downcast_mut<T: Error + 'static>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>`

1.3.0
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Returns some mutable reference to the boxed value if it is of type `T`, or `None` if it isn't.

###

`impl Error + Send + 'static`

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####

`pub fn is<T: Error + 'static>(&self) -> bool`

1.3.0
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Forwards to the method defined on the type `Any`.

####

`pub fn downcast_ref<T: Error + 'static>(&self) -> Option<&T>`

1.3.0
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Forwards to the method defined on the type `Any`.

####

`pub fn downcast_mut<T: Error + 'static>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>`

1.3.0
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Forwards to the method defined on the type `Any`.

###

`impl Error + Send + Sync + 'static`

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####

`pub fn is<T: Error + 'static>(&self) -> bool`

1.3.0
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Forwards to the method defined on the type `Any`.

####

`pub fn downcast_ref<T: Error + 'static>(&self) -> Option<&T>`

1.3.0
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Forwards to the method defined on the type `Any`.

####

`pub fn downcast_mut<T: Error + 'static>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>`

1.3.0
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Forwards to the method defined on the type `Any`.

###

`impl Error`

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####

`pub fn downcast<T: Error + 'static>( self: Box<Self> ) -> Result<Box<T>, Box<Error>>`

1.3.0
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Attempt to downcast the box to a concrete type.

###

`impl Error + Send`

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####

`pub fn downcast<T: Error + 'static>( self: Box<Self> ) -> Result<Box<T>, Box<Error + Send>>`

1.3.0
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Attempt to downcast the box to a concrete type.

###

`impl Error + Send + Sync`

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####

`pub fn downcast<T: Error + 'static>( self: Box<Self> ) -> Result<Box<T>, Box<Self>>`

1.3.0
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Attempt to downcast the box to a concrete type.

## Implementations on Foreign Types

###

`impl Error for TryFromSliceError`

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####

`fn description(&self) -> &str`

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####

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

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## Implementors

- `impl Error for VarError` | [src]

- `impl Error for JoinPathsError` | [src]

- `impl Error for !` | [src]

- `impl Error for AllocErr` | [src]

- `impl Error for LayoutErr` | [src]

- `impl Error for CannotReallocInPlace` | [src]

- `impl Error for ParseBoolError` | [src]

- `impl Error for Utf8Error` | [src]

- `impl Error for ParseIntError` | [src]

- `impl Error for TryFromIntError` | [src]

- `impl Error for ParseFloatError` | [src]

- `impl Error for FromUtf8Error` | [src]

- `impl Error for FromUtf16Error` | [src]

- `impl Error for ParseError` | [src]

- `impl Error for DecodeUtf16Error` | [src]

- `impl<T: Error> Error for Box<T>` | [src]

- `impl Error for std::fmt::Error` | [src]

- `impl Error for BorrowError` | [src]

- `impl Error for BorrowMutError` | [src]

- `impl Error for CharTryFromError` | [src]

- `impl Error for ParseCharError` | [src]

- `impl Error for NulError` | [src]

- `impl Error for FromBytesWithNulError` | [src]

- `impl Error for IntoStringError` | [src]

- `impl<W: Send + Debug> Error for IntoInnerError<W>` | [src]

- `impl Error for std::io::Error` | [src]

- `impl Error for CharsError` | [src]

- `impl Error for AddrParseError` | [src]

- `impl Error for StripPrefixError` | [src]

- `impl<T: Send> Error for SendError<T>` | [src]

- `impl<T: Send> Error for TrySendError<T>` | [src]

- `impl Error for RecvError` | [src]

- `impl Error for TryRecvError` | [src]

- `impl Error for RecvTimeoutError` | [src]

- `impl Error for SystemTimeError` | [src]

- `impl<T> Error for PoisonError<T>` | [src]

- `impl<T> Error for TryLockError<T>` | [src]

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