Use Custom Error Classes for Validation

source/errors.ts

@@ -20,3 +20,43 @@ export class ExponentialBackoffStoppedRetriesError extends Error {
         this.name = 'ExponentialBackoffStoppedRetriesError';
     }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Error thrown when an exponential backoff option is too small
+ */
+export class ExponentialBackoffNumberTooSmallError extends Error {
+    constructor(option: string, value: number, min: number) {
+        super(`Exponential backoff option "${option}" is too small. Must be at least ${min}`);
+        this.name = 'ExponentialBackoffNumberTooSmallError';
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Error thrown when an exponential backoff option is out of bounds
+ */
+export class ExponentialBackoffNumberOutOfBoundsError extends Error {
+    constructor(option: string, value: number, min: number, max: number) {
+        super(`Exponential backoff option "${option}" is out of bounds. Must be between ${min} and ${max}`);
+        this.name = 'ExponentialBackoffNumberOutOfBoundsError';
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Error thrown when an exponential backoff option is an invalid infinite integer
+ */
+export class ExponentialBackoffInvalidInfiniteIntegerError extends Error {
+    constructor(option: string) {
+        super(`Exponential backoff option "${option}" is invalid. Must be a finite number`);
+        this.name = 'ExponentialBackoffInvalidInfiniteIntegerError';
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Error thrown when an exponential backoff option is not an integer
+ */
+export class ExponentialBackoffNonIntegerError extends Error {
+    constructor(option: string) {
+        super(`Exponential backoff option "${option}" is invalid. Must be an integer`);
+        this.name = 'ExponentialBackoffNonIntegerError';
+    }
+}

source/exponential-backoff.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-import { ExponentialBackoffStoppedRetriesError, ExponentialBackoffMaxRetriesHitError } from './errors.ts';
+import {
+    ExponentialBackoffStoppedRetriesError,
+    ExponentialBackoffMaxRetriesHitError,
+    ExponentialBackoffInvalidInfiniteIntegerError,
+    ExponentialBackoffNonIntegerError,
+    ExponentialBackoffNumberTooSmallError,
+    ExponentialBackoffNumberOutOfBoundsError,
+} from './errors.ts';
 
 /**
  * Exponential backoff is a technique used to retry a function after a delay.
@@ -106,50 +113,57 @@ export class ExponentialBackoff {
      * @throws An error if the options are invalid
      */
     public static validateOptions(options: ExponentialBackoffOptions): void {
-        // Validate the max delay is a finite number not less than 0
+        /** Validate the value is finite, throwing an {@link ExponentialBackoffInvalidInfiniteIntegerError} if the value is infinite */
-        if (!Number.isFinite(options.maxDelay)) {
+        const isFinite = (key: string, value: number): void => {
-            throw new Error('maxDelay must be a finite number');
+            if (!Number.isFinite(value)) {
-        }
+                throw new ExponentialBackoffInvalidInfiniteIntegerError(key);
+            }
+        };
 
-        if (options.maxDelay < 0) {
+        /** Validate the value is an integer, throwing a {@link ExponentialBackoffNonIntegerError} if it is not an integer */
-            throw new Error('maxDelay must be not less than 0');
+        const isInteger = (key: string, value: number): void => {
-        }
+            if (!Number.isInteger(value)) {
+                throw new ExponentialBackoffNonIntegerError(key);
+            }
+        };
 
-        // Validate the max attempts is a finite number not less than 0
+        /** Validate the value is within the bounds, throwing a {@link ExponentialBackoffNumberOutOfBoundsError} if it is not within the bounds */
-        if (!Number.isFinite(options.maxAttempts)) {
+        const isWithinBounds = (key: string, value: number, min: number, max?: number): void => {
-            throw new Error('maxAttempts must be a finite number');
+            // If both the min and max are defined, validate the value, throwing a number out of bounds error if it is not within the bounds
-        }
+            if (min !== undefined && max !== undefined) {
+                if (value < min || value > max) {
+                    throw new ExponentialBackoffNumberOutOfBoundsError(key, value, min, max);
+                }
 
-        if (options.maxAttempts < 0) {
+                return;
-            throw new Error('maxAttempts must be not less than 0');
+            }
-        }
 
-        // Validate the base delay is a finite number not less than 0
+            // If only the min is defined, validate the value, throwing a number too small error if it is less than the min
-        if (!Number.isFinite(options.baseDelay)) {
+            if (value < min) {
-            throw new Error('baseDelay must be a finite number');
+                throw new ExponentialBackoffNumberTooSmallError(key, value, min);
-        }
+            }
+        };
 
-        if (options.baseDelay < 0) {
+        // Validate the max delay
-            throw new Error('baseDelay must be not less than 0');
+        isFinite('maxDelay', options.maxDelay);
-        }
+        isWithinBounds('maxDelay', options.maxDelay, 0);
 
-        // Validate the growth rate is a finite number not less than 0
+        // Validate the max attempts
-        if (!Number.isFinite(options.growthRate)) {
+        isFinite('maxAttempts', options.maxAttempts);
-            throw new Error('growthRate must be a finite number');
+        isInteger('maxAttempts', options.maxAttempts);
-        }
+        isWithinBounds('maxAttempts', options.maxAttempts, 0);
 
-        if (options.growthRate < 0) {
+        // Validate the base delay
-            throw new Error('growthRate must be not less than 0');
+        isFinite('baseDelay', options.baseDelay);
-        }
+        isWithinBounds('baseDelay', options.baseDelay, 0);
 
-        // Validate the jitter is a finite number not less than 0 or greater than 1
+        // Validate the growth rate
-        if (!Number.isFinite(options.jitter)) {
+        isFinite('growthRate', options.growthRate);
-            throw new Error('jitter must be a finite number');
+        isWithinBounds('growthRate', options.growthRate, 0);
-        }
 
-        if (options.jitter < 0 || options.jitter > 1) {
+        // Validate the jitter
-            throw new Error('jitter must be not less than 0 or greater than 1');
+        isFinite('jitter', options.jitter);
-        }
+        isWithinBounds('jitter', options.jitter, 0, 1);
     }
 
     /**

test/exponential-backoff.test.ts

@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ const testExponentialBackoffValidateOptionsRejectsNegativeValues = (): void => {
             ExponentialBackoff.validateOptions({
                 ...validExponentialBackoffOptions,
                 [field]: value,
-            })).toThrow(`${field} must be not less than 0`);
+            })).toThrow(`Exponential backoff option "${field}" is too small. Must be at least 0`);
     }
 };
 
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ const testExponentialBackoffValidateOptionsRejectsInvalidJitter = (): void => {
             ExponentialBackoff.validateOptions({
                 ...validExponentialBackoffOptions,
                 jitter: value,
-            })).toThrow('jitter must be not less than 0 or greater than 1');
+            })).toThrow('Exponential backoff option "jitter" is out of bounds. Must be between 0 and 1');
     }
 };
 
@@ -538,7 +538,24 @@ const testExponentialBackoffValidateOptionsRejectsNonFiniteValues = (): void =>
             ExponentialBackoff.validateOptions({
                 ...validExponentialBackoffOptions,
                 [field]: value,
-            })).toThrow(`${field} must be a finite number`);
+            })).toThrow(`Exponential backoff option "${field}" is invalid. Must be a finite number`);
+    }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Tests that {@link ExponentialBackoff.validateOptions} rejects non-integer values.
+ */
+const testExponentialBackoffValidateOptionsRejectsNonIntegerValues = (): void => {
+    // Define our test cases with each value being a non-integer
+    const nonIntegerCases = [{ field: 'maxAttempts', value: 1.5 }] as const;
+
+    // Iterate through the test cases and expect an error to be thrown
+    for (const { field, value } of nonIntegerCases) {
+        expect(() =>
+            ExponentialBackoff.validateOptions({
+                ...validExponentialBackoffOptions,
+                [field]: value,
+            })).toThrow(`Exponential backoff option "${field}" is invalid. Must be an integer`);
     }
 };
 
@@ -561,7 +578,7 @@ const testExponentialBackoffValidateOptionsRejectsNaN = (): void => {
             ExponentialBackoff.validateOptions({
                 ...validExponentialBackoffOptions,
                 [field]: value,
-            })).toThrow(`${field} must be a finite number`);
+            })).toThrow(`Exponential backoff option "${field}" is invalid. Must be a finite number`);
     }
 };
 
@@ -589,6 +606,7 @@ const runTests = async (): Promise<void> => {
     test('ExponentialBackoff.validateOptions: rejects negative values', testExponentialBackoffValidateOptionsRejectsNegativeValues);
     test('ExponentialBackoff.validateOptions: rejects invalid jitter', testExponentialBackoffValidateOptionsRejectsInvalidJitter);
     test('ExponentialBackoff.validateOptions: rejects Infinity', testExponentialBackoffValidateOptionsRejectsNonFiniteValues);
+    test('ExponentialBackoff.validateOptions: rejects non-integer values', testExponentialBackoffValidateOptionsRejectsNonIntegerValues);
     test('ExponentialBackoff.validateOptions: rejects NaN', testExponentialBackoffValidateOptionsRejectsNaN);
 };