Use thiserror to format error messages

Cargo.toml

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/veeso/termscp"
 version = "0.4.1"
 
-[metadata]
 [metadata.rpm]
 package = "termscp"
 
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ buildflags = ["--release"]
 [metadata.rpm.targets]
 [metadata.rpm.targets.termscp]
 path = "/usr/bin/termscp"
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "termscp"
 path = "src/main.rs"
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ version = "2.0.2"
 [features]
 githubActions = []
 
-[target]
 [target."cfg(any(target_os = \"unix\", target_os = \"macos\", target_os = \"linux\"))"]
 [target."cfg(any(target_os = \"unix\", target_os = \"macos\", target_os = \"linux\"))".dependencies]
 users = "0.11.0"

src/bookmarks/mod.rs

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ pub mod serializer;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, std::fmt::Debug)]
 /// ## UserHosts
@@ -66,10 +67,13 @@ pub struct SerializerError {
 /// ## SerializerErrorKind
 ///
 /// Describes the kind of error for the serializer/deserializer
-#[derive(std::fmt::Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum SerializerErrorKind {
+    #[error("IO error")]
     IoError,
+    #[error("Serialization error")]
     SerializationError,
+    #[error("Syntax error")]
     SyntaxError,
 }
 
@@ -102,14 +106,9 @@ impl SerializerError {
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for SerializerError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        let err: String = match &self.kind {
-            SerializerErrorKind::IoError => String::from("IO error"),
-            SerializerErrorKind::SerializationError => String::from("Serialization error"),
-            SerializerErrorKind::SyntaxError => String::from("Syntax error"),
-        };
         match &self.msg {
-            Some(msg) => write!(f, "{} ({})", err, msg),
+            Some(msg) => write!(f, "{} ({})", self.kind, msg),
-            None => write!(f, "{}", err),
+            None => write!(f, "{}", self.kind),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -172,12 +171,10 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_bookmarks_bookmark_errors() {
         let error: SerializerError = SerializerError::new(SerializerErrorKind::SyntaxError);
-        assert_eq!(error.kind, SerializerErrorKind::SyntaxError);
         assert!(error.msg.is_none());
         assert_eq!(format!("{}", error), String::from("Syntax error"));
         let error: SerializerError =
             SerializerError::new_ex(SerializerErrorKind::SyntaxError, String::from("bad syntax"));
-        assert_eq!(error.kind, SerializerErrorKind::SyntaxError);
         assert!(error.msg.is_some());
         assert_eq!(
             format!("{}", error),

src/config/mod.rs

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ use crate::filetransfer::FileTransferProtocol;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, std::fmt::Debug)]
 /// ## UserConfig
@@ -117,10 +118,13 @@ pub struct SerializerError {
 /// ## SerializerErrorKind
 ///
 /// Describes the kind of error for the serializer/deserializer
-#[derive(std::fmt::Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum SerializerErrorKind {
+    #[error("IO error")]
     IoError,
+    #[error("Serialization error")]
     SerializationError,
+    #[error("Syntax error")]
     SyntaxError,
 }
 
@@ -144,14 +148,9 @@ impl SerializerError {
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for SerializerError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        let err: String = match &self.kind {
-            SerializerErrorKind::IoError => String::from("IO error"),
-            SerializerErrorKind::SerializationError => String::from("Serialization error"),
-            SerializerErrorKind::SyntaxError => String::from("Syntax error"),
-        };
         match &self.msg {
-            Some(msg) => write!(f, "{} ({})", err, msg),
+            Some(msg) => write!(f, "{} ({})", self.kind, msg),
-            None => write!(f, "{}", err),
+            None => write!(f, "{}", self.kind),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -214,12 +213,10 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_config_mod_errors() {
         let error: SerializerError = SerializerError::new(SerializerErrorKind::SyntaxError);
-        assert_eq!(error.kind, SerializerErrorKind::SyntaxError);
         assert!(error.msg.is_none());
         assert_eq!(format!("{}", error), String::from("Syntax error"));
         let error: SerializerError =
             SerializerError::new_ex(SerializerErrorKind::SyntaxError, String::from("bad syntax"));
-        assert_eq!(error.kind, SerializerErrorKind::SyntaxError);
         assert!(error.msg.is_some());
         assert_eq!(
             format!("{}", error),

src/filetransfer/mod.rs

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use crate::fs::{FsEntry, FsFile};
 // ext
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use thiserror::Error;
 use wildmatch::WildMatch;
 // exports
 pub mod ftp_transfer;
@@ -62,19 +63,31 @@ pub struct FileTransferError {
 ///
 /// FileTransferErrorType defines the possible errors available for a file transfer
 #[allow(dead_code)]
-#[derive(std::fmt::Debug)]
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum FileTransferErrorType {
+    #[error("Authentication failed")]
     AuthenticationFailed,
+    #[error("Bad address syntax")]
     BadAddress,
+    #[error("Connection error")]
     ConnectionError,
+    #[error("SSL error")]
     SslError,
+    #[error("Could not stat directory")]
     DirStatFailed,
+    #[error("Failed to create file")]
     FileCreateDenied,
+    #[error("IO error: {0}")]
     IoErr(std::io::Error),
+    #[error("No such file or directory")]
     NoSuchFileOrDirectory,
+    #[error("Not enough permissions")]
     PexError,
+    #[error("Protocol error")]
     ProtocolError,
+    #[error("Uninitialized session")]
     UninitializedSession,
+    #[error("Unsupported feature")]
     UnsupportedFeature,
 }
 
@@ -98,25 +111,9 @@ impl FileTransferError {
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for FileTransferError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        let err: String = match &self.code {
-            FileTransferErrorType::AuthenticationFailed => String::from("Authentication failed"),
-            FileTransferErrorType::BadAddress => String::from("Bad address syntax"),
-            FileTransferErrorType::ConnectionError => String::from("Connection error"),
-            FileTransferErrorType::DirStatFailed => String::from("Could not stat directory"),
-            FileTransferErrorType::FileCreateDenied => String::from("Failed to create file"),
-            FileTransferErrorType::IoErr(err) => format!("IO error: {}", err),
-            FileTransferErrorType::NoSuchFileOrDirectory => {
-                String::from("No such file or directory")
-            }
-            FileTransferErrorType::PexError => String::from("Not enough permissions"),
-            FileTransferErrorType::ProtocolError => String::from("Protocol error"),
-            FileTransferErrorType::SslError => String::from("SSL error"),
-            FileTransferErrorType::UninitializedSession => String::from("Uninitialized session"),
-            FileTransferErrorType::UnsupportedFeature => String::from("Unsupported feature"),
-        };
         match &self.msg {
-            Some(msg) => write!(f, "{} ({})", err, msg),
+            Some(msg) => write!(f, "{} ({})", self.code, msg),
-            None => write!(f, "{}", err),
+            None => write!(f, "{}", self.code),
         }
     }
 }