JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

Name

Error — a generic exception

Availability

JavaScript 1.5; JScript 5.5; ECMAScript v3

Inherits from/Overrides

Inherits from Object

Constructor

new Error(  )
new Error(message)

Arguments

message

An optional error message that provides details about the exception.

Returns

A newly constructed Error object. If the message argument is specified, the Error object will use it as the value of its message property; otherwise, it will use an implementation-defined default string as the value of that property. When the Error( ) constructor is called as a function, without the new operator, it behaves just as it does when called with the new operator.

Properties

message

An error message that provides details about the exception. This property holds the string passed to the constructor or an implementation-defined default string.

name

A string that specifies the type of the exception. For instances of the Error class and all of its subclasses, this property specifies the name of the constructor used to create the instance.

Methods

toString( )

Returns an implementation-defined string that represents this Error object.

Description

Instances of the Error class represent errors or exceptions and are typically used with the throw and try/catch statements. The name property specifies the type of the exception, and the message property can be used to provide human-readable details about the exception.

The JavaScript interpreter never throws Error object directly; instead, it throws instances of one ...