Error Console links
Robert <[email protected]> Mon, 10 May 2010 12:11:07 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.jsdebugger |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
I have a question about the display of javascript Errors in the Firefox
Error Console.
The Error Console will display the error when a javascript object is
thrown (and not catched).
If this is done with the normal Error object, for example:
throw new Error("my message")
then it shows the error message and a nice link that you can use to jump
to the file and line number
where the Error object was created.
I would like to know what the exact conditions are for this link to be
displayed.
I ask this because I tried to extend the Error object in many ways to
disinguish between different
exceptions, yet still have that useful link in the Error Console.
My custom Exception object is extended in such a way that "instanceof
Error" returns true. And it contains
the fileName and lineNumber properties. Yet I still see no link.
I give some javascript to show you one method I used to extend the Error
object:
************
clone = function (object)
{
function Dummy(){};
Dummy.prototype = object;
return new Dummy();
}
extend = function (superclass, subclass)
{
subclass.prototype = clone(superclass.prototype);
subclass.prototype.constructor = subclass;
}
Exception = function(error)
{
for (var p in error)
{
this[p] = error[p];
}
}
extend(Error, Exception);
Exception.prototype.toString = function()
{
return "Exception: " + this.message + "
(filename="+this.fileName+":"+this.lineNumber+")";
}
throw new Exception(Error("my exception"));
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Kind regards,
Robert