# `Quiver.Error`
[🔗](https://github.com/edlontech/quiver/blob/main/lib/quiver/error.ex#L1)

Structured error system for Quiver.

Errors are classified by recoverability:
- `:transient` -- temporary failures, retry may succeed
- `:invalid` -- caller-side mistake, fix input and retry
- `:unrecoverable` -- infrastructure broken, escalate

# `class`

```elixir
@type class() :: %{
  :__struct__ => class_module(),
  :__exception__ => true,
  :errors => [t()],
  :class => error_class(),
  :bread_crumbs => [String.t()],
  :vars => Keyword.t(),
  :stacktrace => Splode.Stacktrace.t() | nil,
  :context => map(),
  optional(atom()) => any()
}
```

# `class_module`

```elixir
@type class_module() ::
  Quiver.Error.Unrecoverable
  | Quiver.Error.Invalid
  | Quiver.Error.Transient
  | Splode.Error.Unknown
```

# `error_class`

```elixir
@type error_class() :: :unrecoverable | :invalid | :transient | :unknown
```

# `t`

```elixir
@type t() :: %{
  :__struct__ => module(),
  :__exception__ => true,
  :class => error_class(),
  :bread_crumbs => [String.t()],
  :vars => Keyword.t(),
  :stacktrace => Splode.Stacktrace.t() | nil,
  :context => map(),
  optional(atom()) => any()
}
```

# `splode_error?`

# `unwrap!`

Raises an error if the result is an error, otherwise returns the result

Alternatively, you can use the `defsplode` macro, which does this automatically.

### Options

- `:error_opts` - Options to pass to `to_error/2` when converting the returned error
- `:unknown_error_opts` - Options to pass to the unknown error if the function returns only `:error`.
  not necessary if your function always returns `{:error, error}`.

### Examples

  def function(arg) do
    case do_something(arg) do
      :success -> :ok
      {:success, result} -> {:ok, result}
      {:error, error} -> {:error, error}
    end
  end

  def function!(arg) do
    YourErrors.unwrap!(function(arg))
  end

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*