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Subclass error in JS with native-like console output
function CustomError(message) {
if (!(this instanceof CustomError)) {
throw new TypeError("Constructor 'CustomError' cannot be invoked without 'new'");
}
var err;
if (Object.setPrototypeOf) {
err = new Error(message);
Object.setPrototypeOf(err, CustomError.prototype);
}
else {
err = this;
}
if (Error.captureStackTrace) {
Error.captureStackTrace(err, CustomError);
}
return err;
}
CustomError.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
CustomError.prototype.name = 'CustomError';
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mbrowne commented Dec 28, 2016

Note: One possible downside of this approach is that errors appear in the console as Error: ... rather than CustomError: .... But otherwise they appear just the same as errors extended using ES6 classes (class CustomError extends Error {}).

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