Strict mode

To instantiate a structure that automatically throws an error if that is invalid, you can use the buildStrict function.

const { attributes } = require('structure');
const User = attributes({
  name: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
  },
  age: Number,
})(class User {});

const user = User.buildStrict({
  age: 'Twenty',
});

// Error: Invalid Attributes
// details: [
//   { message: '"name" is required', path: ['name'] },
//   { message: '"age" must be a number', path: ['age'] }
// ]

Custom error

Normally buildStrict will throw a default Error when attributes are invalid but you can customize the error class that will be used passing a strictValidationErrorClass to the second parameter of the attributes function.

The value of strictValidationErrorClass should be a class that accepts an array of erros in the constructor.

const { attributes } = require('structure');

class InvalidBookError extends Error {
  constructor(errors) {
    super('Wait, this book is not right');
    this.code = 'INVALID_BOOK';
    this.errors = errors;
  }
}

const Book = attributes(
  {
    name: {
      type: String,
      required: true,
    },
    year: Number,
  },
  {
    strictValidationErrorClass: InvalidBookError,
  }
)(class Book {});

const book = Book.buildStrict({
  year: 'Twenty',
});

// InvalidBookError: Wait, this book is not right
// code: 'INVALID_BOOK'
// errors: [
//   { message: '"name" is required', path: ['name'] },
//   { message: '"year" must be a number', path: ['year'] }
// ]