错误的冒泡和捕获

Node.js 支持几种当应用程序运行时发生的错误的冒泡和处理的机制。 如何报告和处理这些错误完全取决于 Error 的类型和被调用的 API 的风格。

所有 JavaScript 错误都会被作为异常处理，异常会立即产生并使用标准的 JavaScript throw 机制抛出一个错误。 这些都是使用 JavaScript 语言提供的 try…catch 语句处理的。

// 抛出一个 ReferenceError，因为 z 未定义。
try {
  const m = 1;
  const n = m + z;
} catch (err) {
  // 在这里处理错误。
}

JavaScript 的 throw 机制的任何使用都会引起异常，异常必须使用 try…catch 处理，否则 Node.js 进程会立即退出。

除了少数例外，同步的 API（任何不接受 callback 函数的阻塞方法，例如 fs.readFileSync）会使用 throw 报告错误。

异步的 API 中发生的错误可能会以多种方式进行报告：

• 大多数的异步方法都接受一个 callback 函数，该函数会接受一个 Error 对象传入作为第一个参数。 如果第一个参数不是 null 而是一个 Error 实例，则说明发生了错误，应该进行处理。

const fs = require('fs');
fs.readFile('一个不存在的文件', (err, data) => {
  if (err) {
    console.error('读取文件出错！', err);
    return;
  }
  // 否则处理数据
});

• 当一个异步方法被一个 EventEmitter 对象调用时，错误会被分发到对象的 'error' 事件上。

  const net = require('net');
  const connection = net.connect('localhost');
  
  // 添加一个 'error' 事件句柄到一个流：
  connection.on('error', (err) => {
    // 如果连接被服务器重置，或无法连接，或发生任何错误，则错误会被发送到这里。 
    console.error(err);
  });
  
  connection.pipe(process.stdout);
  

• Node.js API 中有一小部分普通的异步方法仍可能使用 throw 机制抛出异常，且必须使用 try…catch 处理。 这些方法并没有一个完整的列表；请参阅各个方法的文档以确定所需的合适的错误处理机制。

'error' 事件机制的使用常见于基于流和基于事件触发器的 API，它们本身就代表了一系列的异步操作（相对于要么成功要么失败的单一操作）。

对于所有的 EventEmitter 对象，如果没有提供一个 'error' 事件句柄，则错误会被抛出，并造成 Node.js 进程报告一个未处理的异常且随即崩溃，除非： 适当地使用 domain 模块或已经注册了一个 'uncaughtException' 事件的句柄。

const EventEmitter = require('events');
const ee = new EventEmitter();

setImmediate(() => {
  // 这会使进程崩溃，因为还为添加 'error' 事件句柄。
  ee.emit('error', new Error('这会崩溃'));
});

这种方式产生的错误无法使用 try…catch 截获，因为它们是在调用的代码已经退出后抛出的。

开发者必须查阅各个方法的文档以明确在错误发生时这些方法是如何冒泡的。

Node.js supports several mechanisms for propagating and handling errors that occur while an application is running. How these errors are reported and handled depends entirely on the type of Error and the style of the API that is called.

All JavaScript errors are handled as exceptions that immediately generate and throw an error using the standard JavaScript throw mechanism. These are handled using the try…catch construct provided by the JavaScript language.

// Throws with a ReferenceError because z is not defined.
try {
  const m = 1;
  const n = m + z;
} catch (err) {
  // Handle the error here.
}

Any use of the JavaScript throw mechanism will raise an exception that must be handled using try…catch or the Node.js process will exit immediately.

With few exceptions, Synchronous APIs (any blocking method that does not accept a callback function, such as fs.readFileSync), will use throw to report errors.

Errors that occur within Asynchronous APIs may be reported in multiple ways:

• Most asynchronous methods that accept a callback function will accept an Error object passed as the first argument to that function. If that first argument is not null and is an instance of Error, then an error occurred that should be handled.

const fs = require('fs');
fs.readFile('a file that does not exist', (err, data) => {
  if (err) {
    console.error('There was an error reading the file!', err);
    return;
  }
  // Otherwise handle the data
});

• When an asynchronous method is called on an object that is an EventEmitter, errors can be routed to that object's 'error' event.

  const net = require('net');
  const connection = net.connect('localhost');
  
  // Adding an 'error' event handler to a stream:
  connection.on('error', (err) => {
    // If the connection is reset by the server, or if it can't
    // connect at all, or on any sort of error encountered by
    // the connection, the error will be sent here.
    console.error(err);
  });
  
  connection.pipe(process.stdout);
  

• A handful of typically asynchronous methods in the Node.js API may still use the throw mechanism to raise exceptions that must be handled using try…catch. There is no comprehensive list of such methods; please refer to the documentation of each method to determine the appropriate error handling mechanism required.

The use of the 'error' event mechanism is most common for stream-based and event emitter-based APIs, which themselves represent a series of asynchronous operations over time (as opposed to a single operation that may pass or fail).

For all EventEmitter objects, if an 'error' event handler is not provided, the error will be thrown, causing the Node.js process to report an uncaught exception and crash unless either: The domain module is used appropriately or a handler has been registered for the 'uncaughtException' event.

const EventEmitter = require('events');
const ee = new EventEmitter();

setImmediate(() => {
  // This will crash the process because no 'error' event
  // handler has been added.
  ee.emit('error', new Error('This will crash'));
});

Errors generated in this way cannot be intercepted using try…catch as they are thrown after the calling code has already exited.

Developers must refer to the documentation for each method to determine exactly how errors raised by those methods are propagated.