std/io/error.rs
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#[cfg(test)]
mod tests;
#[cfg(all(target_pointer_width = "64", not(target_os = "uefi")))]
mod repr_bitpacked;
#[cfg(all(target_pointer_width = "64", not(target_os = "uefi")))]
use repr_bitpacked::Repr;
#[cfg(any(not(target_pointer_width = "64"), target_os = "uefi"))]
mod repr_unpacked;
#[cfg(any(not(target_pointer_width = "64"), target_os = "uefi"))]
use repr_unpacked::Repr;
use crate::{error, fmt, result, sys};
/// A specialized [`Result`] type for I/O operations.
///
/// This type is broadly used across [`std::io`] for any operation which may
/// produce an error.
///
/// This typedef is generally used to avoid writing out [`io::Error`] directly and
/// is otherwise a direct mapping to [`Result`].
///
/// While usual Rust style is to import types directly, aliases of [`Result`]
/// often are not, to make it easier to distinguish between them. [`Result`] is
/// generally assumed to be [`std::result::Result`][`Result`], and so users of this alias
/// will generally use `io::Result` instead of shadowing the [prelude]'s import
/// of [`std::result::Result`][`Result`].
///
/// [`std::io`]: crate::io
/// [`io::Error`]: Error
/// [`Result`]: crate::result::Result
/// [prelude]: crate::prelude
///
/// # Examples
///
/// A convenience function that bubbles an `io::Result` to its caller:
///
/// ```
/// use std::io;
///
/// fn get_string() -> io::Result<String> {
/// let mut buffer = String::new();
///
/// io::stdin().read_line(&mut buffer)?;
///
/// Ok(buffer)
/// }
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, Error>;
/// The error type for I/O operations of the [`Read`], [`Write`], [`Seek`], and
/// associated traits.
///
/// Errors mostly originate from the underlying OS, but custom instances of
/// `Error` can be created with crafted error messages and a particular value of
/// [`ErrorKind`].
///
/// [`Read`]: crate::io::Read
/// [`Write`]: crate::io::Write
/// [`Seek`]: crate::io::Seek
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
pub struct Error {
repr: Repr,
}
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
impl fmt::Debug for Error {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
fmt::Debug::fmt(&self.repr, f)
}
}
/// Common errors constants for use in std
#[allow(dead_code)]
impl Error {
pub(crate) const INVALID_UTF8: Self =
const_io_error!(ErrorKind::InvalidData, "stream did not contain valid UTF-8");
pub(crate) const READ_EXACT_EOF: Self =
const_io_error!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, "failed to fill whole buffer");
pub(crate) const UNKNOWN_THREAD_COUNT: Self = const_io_error!(
ErrorKind::NotFound,
"The number of hardware threads is not known for the target platform"
);
pub(crate) const UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM: Self =
const_io_error!(ErrorKind::Unsupported, "operation not supported on this platform");
pub(crate) const WRITE_ALL_EOF: Self =
const_io_error!(ErrorKind::WriteZero, "failed to write whole buffer");
pub(crate) const ZERO_TIMEOUT: Self =
const_io_error!(ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "cannot set a 0 duration timeout");
}
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
impl From<alloc::ffi::NulError> for Error {
/// Converts a [`alloc::ffi::NulError`] into a [`Error`].
fn from(_: alloc::ffi::NulError) -> Error {
const_io_error!(ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "data provided contains a nul byte")
}
}
#[stable(feature = "io_error_from_try_reserve", since = "1.78.0")]
impl From<alloc::collections::TryReserveError> for Error {
/// Converts `TryReserveError` to an error with [`ErrorKind::OutOfMemory`].
///
/// `TryReserveError` won't be available as the error `source()`,
/// but this may change in the future.
fn from(_: alloc::collections::TryReserveError) -> Error {
// ErrorData::Custom allocates, which isn't great for handling OOM errors.
ErrorKind::OutOfMemory.into()
}
}
// Only derive debug in tests, to make sure it
// doesn't accidentally get printed.
#[cfg_attr(test, derive(Debug))]
enum ErrorData<C> {
Os(RawOsError),
Simple(ErrorKind),
SimpleMessage(&'static SimpleMessage),
Custom(C),
}
/// The type of raw OS error codes returned by [`Error::raw_os_error`].
///
/// This is an [`i32`] on all currently supported platforms, but platforms
/// added in the future (such as UEFI) may use a different primitive type like
/// [`usize`]. Use `as`or [`into`] conversions where applicable to ensure maximum
/// portability.
///
/// [`into`]: Into::into
#[unstable(feature = "raw_os_error_ty", issue = "107792")]
pub type RawOsError = sys::RawOsError;
// `#[repr(align(4))]` is probably redundant, it should have that value or
// higher already. We include it just because repr_bitpacked.rs's encoding
// requires an alignment >= 4 (note that `#[repr(align)]` will not reduce the
// alignment required by the struct, only increase it).
//
// If we add more variants to ErrorData, this can be increased to 8, but it
// should probably be behind `#[cfg_attr(target_pointer_width = "64", ...)]` or
// whatever cfg we're using to enable the `repr_bitpacked` code, since only the
// that version needs the alignment, and 8 is higher than the alignment we'll
// have on 32 bit platforms.
//
// (For the sake of being explicit: the alignment requirement here only matters
// if `error/repr_bitpacked.rs` is in use — for the unpacked repr it doesn't
// matter at all)
#[repr(align(4))]
#[derive(Debug)]
pub(crate) struct SimpleMessage {
kind: ErrorKind,
message: &'static str,
}
impl SimpleMessage {
pub(crate) const fn new(kind: ErrorKind, message: &'static str) -> Self {
Self { kind, message }
}
}
/// Creates and returns an `io::Error` for a given `ErrorKind` and constant
/// message. This doesn't allocate.
pub(crate) macro const_io_error($kind:expr, $message:expr $(,)?) {
$crate::io::error::Error::from_static_message({
const MESSAGE_DATA: $crate::io::error::SimpleMessage =
$crate::io::error::SimpleMessage::new($kind, $message);
&MESSAGE_DATA
})
}
// As with `SimpleMessage`: `#[repr(align(4))]` here is just because
// repr_bitpacked's encoding requires it. In practice it almost certainly be
// already be this high or higher.
#[derive(Debug)]
#[repr(align(4))]
struct Custom {
kind: ErrorKind,
error: Box<dyn error::Error + Send + Sync>,
}
/// A list specifying general categories of I/O error.
///
/// This list is intended to grow over time and it is not recommended to
/// exhaustively match against it.
///
/// It is used with the [`io::Error`] type.
///
/// [`io::Error`]: Error
///
/// # Handling errors and matching on `ErrorKind`
///
/// In application code, use `match` for the `ErrorKind` values you are
/// expecting; use `_` to match "all other errors".
///
/// In comprehensive and thorough tests that want to verify that a test doesn't
/// return any known incorrect error kind, you may want to cut-and-paste the
/// current full list of errors from here into your test code, and then match
/// `_` as the correct case. This seems counterintuitive, but it will make your
/// tests more robust. In particular, if you want to verify that your code does
/// produce an unrecognized error kind, the robust solution is to check for all
/// the recognized error kinds and fail in those cases.
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, Hash, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[allow(deprecated)]
#[non_exhaustive]
pub enum ErrorKind {
/// An entity was not found, often a file.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
NotFound,
/// The operation lacked the necessary privileges to complete.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
PermissionDenied,
/// The connection was refused by the remote server.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
ConnectionRefused,
/// The connection was reset by the remote server.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
ConnectionReset,
/// The remote host is not reachable.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
HostUnreachable,
/// The network containing the remote host is not reachable.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
NetworkUnreachable,
/// The connection was aborted (terminated) by the remote server.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
ConnectionAborted,
/// The network operation failed because it was not connected yet.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
NotConnected,
/// A socket address could not be bound because the address is already in
/// use elsewhere.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
AddrInUse,
/// A nonexistent interface was requested or the requested address was not
/// local.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
AddrNotAvailable,
/// The system's networking is down.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
NetworkDown,
/// The operation failed because a pipe was closed.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
BrokenPipe,
/// An entity already exists, often a file.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
AlreadyExists,
/// The operation needs to block to complete, but the blocking operation was
/// requested to not occur.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
WouldBlock,
/// A filesystem object is, unexpectedly, not a directory.
///
/// For example, a filesystem path was specified where one of the intermediate directory
/// components was, in fact, a plain file.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
NotADirectory,
/// The filesystem object is, unexpectedly, a directory.
///
/// A directory was specified when a non-directory was expected.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
IsADirectory,
/// A non-empty directory was specified where an empty directory was expected.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
DirectoryNotEmpty,
/// The filesystem or storage medium is read-only, but a write operation was attempted.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
ReadOnlyFilesystem,
/// Loop in the filesystem or IO subsystem; often, too many levels of symbolic links.
///
/// There was a loop (or excessively long chain) resolving a filesystem object
/// or file IO object.
///
/// On Unix this is usually the result of a symbolic link loop; or, of exceeding the
/// system-specific limit on the depth of symlink traversal.
#[unstable(feature = "io_error_more", issue = "86442")]
FilesystemLoop,
/// Stale network file handle.
///
/// With some network filesystems, notably NFS, an open file (or directory) can be invalidated
/// by problems with the network or server.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
StaleNetworkFileHandle,
/// A parameter was incorrect.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
InvalidInput,
/// Data not valid for the operation were encountered.
///
/// Unlike [`InvalidInput`], this typically means that the operation
/// parameters were valid, however the error was caused by malformed
/// input data.
///
/// For example, a function that reads a file into a string will error with
/// `InvalidData` if the file's contents are not valid UTF-8.
///
/// [`InvalidInput`]: ErrorKind::InvalidInput
#[stable(feature = "io_invalid_data", since = "1.2.0")]
InvalidData,
/// The I/O operation's timeout expired, causing it to be canceled.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
TimedOut,
/// An error returned when an operation could not be completed because a
/// call to [`write`] returned [`Ok(0)`].
///
/// This typically means that an operation could only succeed if it wrote a
/// particular number of bytes but only a smaller number of bytes could be
/// written.
///
/// [`write`]: crate::io::Write::write
/// [`Ok(0)`]: Ok
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
WriteZero,
/// The underlying storage (typically, a filesystem) is full.
///
/// This does not include out of quota errors.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
StorageFull,
/// Seek on unseekable file.
///
/// Seeking was attempted on an open file handle which is not suitable for seeking - for
/// example, on Unix, a named pipe opened with `File::open`.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
NotSeekable,
/// Filesystem quota was exceeded.
#[unstable(feature = "io_error_more", issue = "86442")]
FilesystemQuotaExceeded,
/// File larger than allowed or supported.
///
/// This might arise from a hard limit of the underlying filesystem or file access API, or from
/// an administratively imposed resource limitation. Simple disk full, and out of quota, have
/// their own errors.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
FileTooLarge,
/// Resource is busy.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
ResourceBusy,
/// Executable file is busy.
///
/// An attempt was made to write to a file which is also in use as a running program. (Not all
/// operating systems detect this situation.)
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
ExecutableFileBusy,
/// Deadlock (avoided).
///
/// A file locking operation would result in deadlock. This situation is typically detected, if
/// at all, on a best-effort basis.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
Deadlock,
/// Cross-device or cross-filesystem (hard) link or rename.
#[unstable(feature = "io_error_more", issue = "86442")]
CrossesDevices,
/// Too many (hard) links to the same filesystem object.
///
/// The filesystem does not support making so many hardlinks to the same file.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
TooManyLinks,
/// A filename was invalid.
///
/// This error can also cause if it exceeded the filename length limit.
#[unstable(feature = "io_error_more", issue = "86442")]
InvalidFilename,
/// Program argument list too long.
///
/// When trying to run an external program, a system or process limit on the size of the
/// arguments would have been exceeded.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_a_bit_more", since = "1.83.0")]
ArgumentListTooLong,
/// This operation was interrupted.
///
/// Interrupted operations can typically be retried.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
Interrupted,
/// This operation is unsupported on this platform.
///
/// This means that the operation can never succeed.
#[stable(feature = "unsupported_error", since = "1.53.0")]
Unsupported,
// ErrorKinds which are primarily categorisations for OS error
// codes should be added above.
//
/// An error returned when an operation could not be completed because an
/// "end of file" was reached prematurely.
///
/// This typically means that an operation could only succeed if it read a
/// particular number of bytes but only a smaller number of bytes could be
/// read.
#[stable(feature = "read_exact", since = "1.6.0")]
UnexpectedEof,
/// An operation could not be completed, because it failed
/// to allocate enough memory.
#[stable(feature = "out_of_memory_error", since = "1.54.0")]
OutOfMemory,
/// The operation was partially successful and needs to be checked
/// later on due to not blocking.
#[unstable(feature = "io_error_inprogress", issue = "130840")]
InProgress,
// "Unusual" error kinds which do not correspond simply to (sets
// of) OS error codes, should be added just above this comment.
// `Other` and `Uncategorized` should remain at the end:
//
/// A custom error that does not fall under any other I/O error kind.
///
/// This can be used to construct your own [`Error`]s that do not match any
/// [`ErrorKind`].
///
/// This [`ErrorKind`] is not used by the standard library.
///
/// Errors from the standard library that do not fall under any of the I/O
/// error kinds cannot be `match`ed on, and will only match a wildcard (`_`) pattern.
/// New [`ErrorKind`]s might be added in the future for some of those.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
Other,
/// Any I/O error from the standard library that's not part of this list.
///
/// Errors that are `Uncategorized` now may move to a different or a new
/// [`ErrorKind`] variant in the future. It is not recommended to match
/// an error against `Uncategorized`; use a wildcard match (`_`) instead.
#[unstable(feature = "io_error_uncategorized", issue = "none")]
#[doc(hidden)]
Uncategorized,
}
impl ErrorKind {
pub(crate) fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
use ErrorKind::*;
// tidy-alphabetical-start
match *self {
AddrInUse => "address in use",
AddrNotAvailable => "address not available",
AlreadyExists => "entity already exists",
ArgumentListTooLong => "argument list too long",
BrokenPipe => "broken pipe",
ConnectionAborted => "connection aborted",
ConnectionRefused => "connection refused",
ConnectionReset => "connection reset",
CrossesDevices => "cross-device link or rename",
Deadlock => "deadlock",
DirectoryNotEmpty => "directory not empty",
ExecutableFileBusy => "executable file busy",
FileTooLarge => "file too large",
FilesystemLoop => "filesystem loop or indirection limit (e.g. symlink loop)",
FilesystemQuotaExceeded => "filesystem quota exceeded",
HostUnreachable => "host unreachable",
Interrupted => "operation interrupted",
InProgress => "in progress",
InvalidData => "invalid data",
InvalidFilename => "invalid filename",
InvalidInput => "invalid input parameter",
IsADirectory => "is a directory",
NetworkDown => "network down",
NetworkUnreachable => "network unreachable",
NotADirectory => "not a directory",
NotConnected => "not connected",
NotFound => "entity not found",
NotSeekable => "seek on unseekable file",
Other => "other error",
OutOfMemory => "out of memory",
PermissionDenied => "permission denied",
ReadOnlyFilesystem => "read-only filesystem or storage medium",
ResourceBusy => "resource busy",
StaleNetworkFileHandle => "stale network file handle",
StorageFull => "no storage space",
TimedOut => "timed out",
TooManyLinks => "too many links",
Uncategorized => "uncategorized error",
UnexpectedEof => "unexpected end of file",
Unsupported => "unsupported",
WouldBlock => "operation would block",
WriteZero => "write zero",
}
// tidy-alphabetical-end
}
}
#[stable(feature = "io_errorkind_display", since = "1.60.0")]
impl fmt::Display for ErrorKind {
/// Shows a human-readable description of the `ErrorKind`.
///
/// This is similar to `impl Display for Error`, but doesn't require first converting to Error.
///
/// # Examples
/// ```
/// use std::io::ErrorKind;
/// assert_eq!("entity not found", ErrorKind::NotFound.to_string());
/// ```
fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
fmt.write_str(self.as_str())
}
}
/// Intended for use for errors not exposed to the user, where allocating onto
/// the heap (for normal construction via Error::new) is too costly.
#[stable(feature = "io_error_from_errorkind", since = "1.14.0")]
impl From<ErrorKind> for Error {
/// Converts an [`ErrorKind`] into an [`Error`].
///
/// This conversion creates a new error with a simple representation of error kind.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
///
/// let not_found = ErrorKind::NotFound;
/// let error = Error::from(not_found);
/// assert_eq!("entity not found", format!("{error}"));
/// ```
#[inline]
fn from(kind: ErrorKind) -> Error {
Error { repr: Repr::new_simple(kind) }
}
}
impl Error {
/// Creates a new I/O error from a known kind of error as well as an
/// arbitrary error payload.
///
/// This function is used to generically create I/O errors which do not
/// originate from the OS itself. The `error` argument is an arbitrary
/// payload which will be contained in this [`Error`].
///
/// Note that this function allocates memory on the heap.
/// If no extra payload is required, use the `From` conversion from
/// `ErrorKind`.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
///
/// // errors can be created from strings
/// let custom_error = Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "oh no!");
///
/// // errors can also be created from other errors
/// let custom_error2 = Error::new(ErrorKind::Interrupted, custom_error);
///
/// // creating an error without payload (and without memory allocation)
/// let eof_error = Error::from(ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof);
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[inline(never)]
pub fn new<E>(kind: ErrorKind, error: E) -> Error
where
E: Into<Box<dyn error::Error + Send + Sync>>,
{
Self::_new(kind, error.into())
}
/// Creates a new I/O error from an arbitrary error payload.
///
/// This function is used to generically create I/O errors which do not
/// originate from the OS itself. It is a shortcut for [`Error::new`]
/// with [`ErrorKind::Other`].
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::io::Error;
///
/// // errors can be created from strings
/// let custom_error = Error::other("oh no!");
///
/// // errors can also be created from other errors
/// let custom_error2 = Error::other(custom_error);
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "io_error_other", since = "1.74.0")]
pub fn other<E>(error: E) -> Error
where
E: Into<Box<dyn error::Error + Send + Sync>>,
{
Self::_new(ErrorKind::Other, error.into())
}
fn _new(kind: ErrorKind, error: Box<dyn error::Error + Send + Sync>) -> Error {
Error { repr: Repr::new_custom(Box::new(Custom { kind, error })) }
}
/// Creates a new I/O error from a known kind of error as well as a constant
/// message.
///
/// This function does not allocate.
///
/// You should not use this directly, and instead use the `const_io_error!`
/// macro: `io::const_io_error!(ErrorKind::Something, "some_message")`.
///
/// This function should maybe change to `from_static_message<const MSG: &'static
/// str>(kind: ErrorKind)` in the future, when const generics allow that.
#[inline]
pub(crate) const fn from_static_message(msg: &'static SimpleMessage) -> Error {
Self { repr: Repr::new_simple_message(msg) }
}
/// Returns an error representing the last OS error which occurred.
///
/// This function reads the value of `errno` for the target platform (e.g.
/// `GetLastError` on Windows) and will return a corresponding instance of
/// [`Error`] for the error code.
///
/// This should be called immediately after a call to a platform function,
/// otherwise the state of the error value is indeterminate. In particular,
/// other standard library functions may call platform functions that may
/// (or may not) reset the error value even if they succeed.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::io::Error;
///
/// let os_error = Error::last_os_error();
/// println!("last OS error: {os_error:?}");
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[doc(alias = "GetLastError")]
#[doc(alias = "errno")]
#[must_use]
#[inline]
pub fn last_os_error() -> Error {
Error::from_raw_os_error(sys::os::errno())
}
/// Creates a new instance of an [`Error`] from a particular OS error code.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// On Linux:
///
/// ```
/// # if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
/// use std::io;
///
/// let error = io::Error::from_raw_os_error(22);
/// assert_eq!(error.kind(), io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput);
/// # }
/// ```
///
/// On Windows:
///
/// ```
/// # if cfg!(windows) {
/// use std::io;
///
/// let error = io::Error::from_raw_os_error(10022);
/// assert_eq!(error.kind(), io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput);
/// # }
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[must_use]
#[inline]
pub fn from_raw_os_error(code: RawOsError) -> Error {
Error { repr: Repr::new_os(code) }
}
/// Returns the OS error that this error represents (if any).
///
/// If this [`Error`] was constructed via [`last_os_error`] or
/// [`from_raw_os_error`], then this function will return [`Some`], otherwise
/// it will return [`None`].
///
/// [`last_os_error`]: Error::last_os_error
/// [`from_raw_os_error`]: Error::from_raw_os_error
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
///
/// fn print_os_error(err: &Error) {
/// if let Some(raw_os_err) = err.raw_os_error() {
/// println!("raw OS error: {raw_os_err:?}");
/// } else {
/// println!("Not an OS error");
/// }
/// }
///
/// fn main() {
/// // Will print "raw OS error: ...".
/// print_os_error(&Error::last_os_error());
/// // Will print "Not an OS error".
/// print_os_error(&Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "oh no!"));
/// }
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[must_use]
#[inline]
pub fn raw_os_error(&self) -> Option<RawOsError> {
match self.repr.data() {
ErrorData::Os(i) => Some(i),
ErrorData::Custom(..) => None,
ErrorData::Simple(..) => None,
ErrorData::SimpleMessage(..) => None,
}
}
/// Returns a reference to the inner error wrapped by this error (if any).
///
/// If this [`Error`] was constructed via [`new`] then this function will
/// return [`Some`], otherwise it will return [`None`].
///
/// [`new`]: Error::new
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
///
/// fn print_error(err: &Error) {
/// if let Some(inner_err) = err.get_ref() {
/// println!("Inner error: {inner_err:?}");
/// } else {
/// println!("No inner error");
/// }
/// }
///
/// fn main() {
/// // Will print "No inner error".
/// print_error(&Error::last_os_error());
/// // Will print "Inner error: ...".
/// print_error(&Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "oh no!"));
/// }
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "io_error_inner", since = "1.3.0")]
#[must_use]
#[inline]
pub fn get_ref(&self) -> Option<&(dyn error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static)> {
match self.repr.data() {
ErrorData::Os(..) => None,
ErrorData::Simple(..) => None,
ErrorData::SimpleMessage(..) => None,
ErrorData::Custom(c) => Some(&*c.error),
}
}
/// Returns a mutable reference to the inner error wrapped by this error
/// (if any).
///
/// If this [`Error`] was constructed via [`new`] then this function will
/// return [`Some`], otherwise it will return [`None`].
///
/// [`new`]: Error::new
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
/// use std::{error, fmt};
/// use std::fmt::Display;
///
/// #[derive(Debug)]
/// struct MyError {
/// v: String,
/// }
///
/// impl MyError {
/// fn new() -> MyError {
/// MyError {
/// v: "oh no!".to_string()
/// }
/// }
///
/// fn change_message(&mut self, new_message: &str) {
/// self.v = new_message.to_string();
/// }
/// }
///
/// impl error::Error for MyError {}
///
/// impl Display for MyError {
/// fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
/// write!(f, "MyError: {}", self.v)
/// }
/// }
///
/// fn change_error(mut err: Error) -> Error {
/// if let Some(inner_err) = err.get_mut() {
/// inner_err.downcast_mut::<MyError>().unwrap().change_message("I've been changed!");
/// }
/// err
/// }
///
/// fn print_error(err: &Error) {
/// if let Some(inner_err) = err.get_ref() {
/// println!("Inner error: {inner_err}");
/// } else {
/// println!("No inner error");
/// }
/// }
///
/// fn main() {
/// // Will print "No inner error".
/// print_error(&change_error(Error::last_os_error()));
/// // Will print "Inner error: ...".
/// print_error(&change_error(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, MyError::new())));
/// }
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "io_error_inner", since = "1.3.0")]
#[must_use]
#[inline]
pub fn get_mut(&mut self) -> Option<&mut (dyn error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static)> {
match self.repr.data_mut() {
ErrorData::Os(..) => None,
ErrorData::Simple(..) => None,
ErrorData::SimpleMessage(..) => None,
ErrorData::Custom(c) => Some(&mut *c.error),
}
}
/// Consumes the `Error`, returning its inner error (if any).
///
/// If this [`Error`] was constructed via [`new`] or [`other`],
/// then this function will return [`Some`],
/// otherwise it will return [`None`].
///
/// [`new`]: Error::new
/// [`other`]: Error::other
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
///
/// fn print_error(err: Error) {
/// if let Some(inner_err) = err.into_inner() {
/// println!("Inner error: {inner_err}");
/// } else {
/// println!("No inner error");
/// }
/// }
///
/// fn main() {
/// // Will print "No inner error".
/// print_error(Error::last_os_error());
/// // Will print "Inner error: ...".
/// print_error(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "oh no!"));
/// }
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "io_error_inner", since = "1.3.0")]
#[must_use = "`self` will be dropped if the result is not used"]
#[inline]
pub fn into_inner(self) -> Option<Box<dyn error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
match self.repr.into_data() {
ErrorData::Os(..) => None,
ErrorData::Simple(..) => None,
ErrorData::SimpleMessage(..) => None,
ErrorData::Custom(c) => Some(c.error),
}
}
/// Attempts to downcast the custom boxed error to `E`.
///
/// If this [`Error`] contains a custom boxed error,
/// then it would attempt downcasting on the boxed error,
/// otherwise it will return [`Err`].
///
/// If the custom boxed error has the same type as `E`, it will return [`Ok`],
/// otherwise it will also return [`Err`].
///
/// This method is meant to be a convenience routine for calling
/// `Box<dyn Error + Sync + Send>::downcast` on the custom boxed error, returned by
/// [`Error::into_inner`].
///
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::fmt;
/// use std::io;
/// use std::error::Error;
///
/// #[derive(Debug)]
/// enum E {
/// Io(io::Error),
/// SomeOtherVariant,
/// }
///
/// impl fmt::Display for E {
/// // ...
/// # fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
/// # todo!()
/// # }
/// }
/// impl Error for E {}
///
/// impl From<io::Error> for E {
/// fn from(err: io::Error) -> E {
/// err.downcast::<E>()
/// .unwrap_or_else(E::Io)
/// }
/// }
///
/// impl From<E> for io::Error {
/// fn from(err: E) -> io::Error {
/// match err {
/// E::Io(io_error) => io_error,
/// e => io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e),
/// }
/// }
/// }
///
/// # fn main() {
/// let e = E::SomeOtherVariant;
/// // Convert it to an io::Error
/// let io_error = io::Error::from(e);
/// // Cast it back to the original variant
/// let e = E::from(io_error);
/// assert!(matches!(e, E::SomeOtherVariant));
///
/// let io_error = io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists);
/// // Convert it to E
/// let e = E::from(io_error);
/// // Cast it back to the original variant
/// let io_error = io::Error::from(e);
/// assert_eq!(io_error.kind(), io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists);
/// assert!(io_error.get_ref().is_none());
/// assert!(io_error.raw_os_error().is_none());
/// # }
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "io_error_downcast", since = "1.79.0")]
pub fn downcast<E>(self) -> result::Result<E, Self>
where
E: error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static,
{
match self.repr.into_data() {
ErrorData::Custom(b) if b.error.is::<E>() => {
let res = (*b).error.downcast::<E>();
// downcast is a really trivial and is marked as inline, so
// it's likely be inlined here.
//
// And the compiler should be able to eliminate the branch
// that produces `Err` here since b.error.is::<E>()
// returns true.
Ok(*res.unwrap())
}
repr_data => Err(Self { repr: Repr::new(repr_data) }),
}
}
/// Returns the corresponding [`ErrorKind`] for this error.
///
/// This may be a value set by Rust code constructing custom `io::Error`s,
/// or if this `io::Error` was sourced from the operating system,
/// it will be a value inferred from the system's error encoding.
/// See [`last_os_error`] for more details.
///
/// [`last_os_error`]: Error::last_os_error
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
///
/// fn print_error(err: Error) {
/// println!("{:?}", err.kind());
/// }
///
/// fn main() {
/// // As no error has (visibly) occurred, this may print anything!
/// // It likely prints a placeholder for unidentified (non-)errors.
/// print_error(Error::last_os_error());
/// // Will print "AddrInUse".
/// print_error(Error::new(ErrorKind::AddrInUse, "oh no!"));
/// }
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[must_use]
#[inline]
pub fn kind(&self) -> ErrorKind {
match self.repr.data() {
ErrorData::Os(code) => sys::decode_error_kind(code),
ErrorData::Custom(c) => c.kind,
ErrorData::Simple(kind) => kind,
ErrorData::SimpleMessage(m) => m.kind,
}
}
#[inline]
pub(crate) fn is_interrupted(&self) -> bool {
match self.repr.data() {
ErrorData::Os(code) => sys::is_interrupted(code),
ErrorData::Custom(c) => c.kind == ErrorKind::Interrupted,
ErrorData::Simple(kind) => kind == ErrorKind::Interrupted,
ErrorData::SimpleMessage(m) => m.kind == ErrorKind::Interrupted,
}
}
}
impl fmt::Debug for Repr {
fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
match self.data() {
ErrorData::Os(code) => fmt
.debug_struct("Os")
.field("code", &code)
.field("kind", &sys::decode_error_kind(code))
.field("message", &sys::os::error_string(code))
.finish(),
ErrorData::Custom(c) => fmt::Debug::fmt(&c, fmt),
ErrorData::Simple(kind) => fmt.debug_tuple("Kind").field(&kind).finish(),
ErrorData::SimpleMessage(msg) => fmt
.debug_struct("Error")
.field("kind", &msg.kind)
.field("message", &msg.message)
.finish(),
}
}
}
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
impl fmt::Display for Error {
fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
match self.repr.data() {
ErrorData::Os(code) => {
let detail = sys::os::error_string(code);
write!(fmt, "{detail} (os error {code})")
}
ErrorData::Custom(ref c) => c.error.fmt(fmt),
ErrorData::Simple(kind) => write!(fmt, "{}", kind.as_str()),
ErrorData::SimpleMessage(msg) => msg.message.fmt(fmt),
}
}
}
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
impl error::Error for Error {
#[allow(deprecated, deprecated_in_future)]
fn description(&self) -> &str {
match self.repr.data() {
ErrorData::Os(..) | ErrorData::Simple(..) => self.kind().as_str(),
ErrorData::SimpleMessage(msg) => msg.message,
ErrorData::Custom(c) => c.error.description(),
}
}
#[allow(deprecated)]
fn cause(&self) -> Option<&dyn error::Error> {
match self.repr.data() {
ErrorData::Os(..) => None,
ErrorData::Simple(..) => None,
ErrorData::SimpleMessage(..) => None,
ErrorData::Custom(c) => c.error.cause(),
}
}
fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn error::Error + 'static)> {
match self.repr.data() {
ErrorData::Os(..) => None,
ErrorData::Simple(..) => None,
ErrorData::SimpleMessage(..) => None,
ErrorData::Custom(c) => c.error.source(),
}
}
}
fn _assert_error_is_sync_send() {
fn _is_sync_send<T: Sync + Send>() {}
_is_sync_send::<Error>();
}