/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- * vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ /* * [SMDOC] JS::Result * * `Result` is used as the return type of many SpiderMonkey functions that * can either succeed or fail. See "/mfbt/Result.h". * * * ## Which return type to use * * `Result` is for return values. Obviously, if you're writing a function that * can't fail, don't use Result. Otherwise: * * JS::Result<> - function can fail, doesn't return anything on success * (defaults to `JS::Result`) * JS::Result - like JS::Result<>, but fails only on OOM * * JS::Result - function can fail, returns Data on success * JS::Result - returns Data, fails only on OOM * * mozilla::GenericErrorResult - always fails * * That last type is like a Result with no success type. It's used for * functions like `js::ReportNotFunction` that always return an error * result. `GenericErrorResult` implicitly converts to `Result`, * regardless of V. * * * ## Checking Results when your return type is Result * * When you call a function that returns a `Result`, use the `MOZ_TRY` macro to * check for errors: * * MOZ_TRY(DefenestrateObject(cx, obj)); * * If `DefenestrateObject` returns a success result, `MOZ_TRY` is done, and * control flows to the next statement. If `DefenestrateObject` returns an * error result, `MOZ_TRY` will immediately return it, propagating the error to * your caller. It's kind of like exceptions, but more explicit -- you can see * in the code exactly where errors can happen. * * You can do a tail call instead of using `MOZ_TRY`: * * return DefenestrateObject(cx, obj); * * Indicate success with `return Ok();`. * * If the function returns a value on success, use `MOZ_TRY_VAR` to get it: * * RootedValue thrug(cx); * MOZ_TRY_VAR(thrug, GetObjectThrug(cx, obj)); * * This behaves the same as `MOZ_TRY` on error. On success, the success * value of `GetObjectThrug(cx, obj)` is assigned to the variable `thrug`. * * * ## GC safety * * When a function returns a `JS::Result`, it is the program's * responsibility to check for errors and root the object before continuing: * * RootedObject wrapper(cx); * MOZ_TRY_VAR(wrapper, Enwrapify(cx, thing)); * * This is ideal. On error, there is no object to root; on success, the * assignment to wrapper roots it. GC safety is ensured. * * `Result` has methods .isOk(), .isErr(), .unwrap(), and .unwrapErr(), but if * you're actually using them, it's possible to create a GC hazard. The static * analysis will catch it if so, but that's hardly convenient. So try to stick * to the idioms shown above. * * * ## Future directions * * At present, JS::Error and JS::OOM are empty structs. The plan is to make them * GC things that contain the actual error information (including the exception * value and a saved stack). * * The long-term plan is to remove JS_IsExceptionPending and * JS_GetPendingException in favor of JS::Error. Exception state will no longer * exist. */ #ifndef js_Result_h #define js_Result_h #include "mozilla/Result.h" namespace JS { using mozilla::Ok; template struct UnusedZero; /** * Type representing a JS error or exception. At the moment this only * "represents" an error in a rather abstract way. */ struct Error { // Since we claim UnusedZero::value and HasFreeLSB::value == // true below, we must only use positive even enum values. enum class ErrorKind : uintptr_t { Unspecified = 2, OOM = 4 }; const ErrorKind kind = ErrorKind::Unspecified; Error() = default; protected: friend struct UnusedZero; constexpr MOZ_IMPLICIT Error(ErrorKind aKind) : kind(aKind) {} }; struct OOM : Error { constexpr OOM() : Error(ErrorKind::OOM) {} protected: friend struct UnusedZero; using Error::Error; }; template struct UnusedZero { using StorageType = std::underlying_type_t; static constexpr bool value = true; static constexpr StorageType nullValue = 0; static constexpr void AssertValid(StorageType aValue) {} static constexpr T Inspect(const StorageType& aValue) { return static_cast(aValue); } static constexpr T Unwrap(StorageType aValue) { return static_cast(aValue); } static constexpr StorageType Store(T aValue) { return static_cast(aValue.kind); } }; } // namespace JS namespace mozilla::detail { template <> struct UnusedZero : JS::UnusedZero {}; template <> struct UnusedZero : JS::UnusedZero {}; template <> struct HasFreeLSB { static const bool value = true; }; template <> struct HasFreeLSB { static const bool value = true; }; } // namespace mozilla::detail namespace JS { /** * `Result` is intended to be the return type of JSAPI calls and internal * functions that can run JS code or allocate memory from the JS GC heap. Such * functions can: * * - succeed, possibly returning a value; * * - fail with a JS exception (out-of-memory falls in this category); or * * - fail because JS execution was terminated, which occurs when e.g. a * user kills a script from the "slow script" UI. This is also how we * unwind the stack when the debugger forces the current function to * return. JS `catch` blocks can't catch this kind of failure, * and JS `finally` blocks don't execute. */ template using Result = mozilla::Result; static_assert(sizeof(Result<>) == sizeof(uintptr_t), "Result<> should be pointer-sized"); static_assert(sizeof(Result) == sizeof(uintptr_t), "Result should be pointer-sized"); } // namespace JS #endif // js_Result_h