collectExceptionMsg

Catches the exception thrown from the given expression and returns the msg property of that exception. If no exception is thrown, then null is returned. E can be void.

If an exception is thrown but it has an empty message, then emptyExceptionMsg is returned.

Note that while collectExceptionMsg can be used to collect any Throwable and not just Exceptions, it is generally ill-advised to catch anything that is neither an Exception nor a type derived from Exception. So, do not use collectExceptionMsg to collect non-Exceptions unless you're sure that that's what you really want to do.

string
collectExceptionMsg
(
T = Exception
E
)
(
lazy E expression
)

Parameters

T

The type of exception to catch.

expression E

The expression which may throw an exception.

Examples

void throwFunc() { throw new Exception("My Message."); }
assert(collectExceptionMsg(throwFunc()) == "My Message.");

void nothrowFunc() {}
assert(collectExceptionMsg(nothrowFunc()) is null);

void throwEmptyFunc() { throw new Exception(""); }
assert(collectExceptionMsg(throwEmptyFunc()) == emptyExceptionMsg);

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