Custom error in Typescript that has stack information

custom-error.ts

// based on https://gunargessner.com/subclassing-exception

// example usage
try {
  throw new DataError('Boom')
} catch(error) {
  error.name === 'DataError' // true
}

class DataError {
  constructor(message: string) {
    const error = Error(message);

    // set immutable object properties
    Object.defineProperty(error, 'message', {
      get() {
        return message;
      }
    });
    Object.defineProperty(error, 'name', {
      get() {
        return 'DataError';
      }
    });
    // capture where error occured
    Error.captureStackTrace(error, DataError);
    return error;
  }
}