Round 4

Signed-off-by: Doug Davis <dug@us.ibm.com>

docs/api/errcode/register.go

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+package errcode
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"sort"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+var (
+	errorCodeToDescriptors = map[ErrorCode]ErrorDescriptor{}
+	idToDescriptors        = map[string]ErrorDescriptor{}
+	groupToDescriptors     = map[string][]ErrorDescriptor{}
+)
+
+// ErrorCodeUnknown is a generic error that can be used as a last
+// resort if there is no situation-specific error message that can be used
+var ErrorCodeUnknown = Register("errcode", ErrorDescriptor{
+	Value:   "UNKNOWN",
+	Message: "unknown error",
+	Description: `Generic error returned when the error does not have an
+			                                            API classification.`,
+	HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusInternalServerError,
+})
+
+var nextCode = 1000
+var registerLock sync.Mutex
+
+// Register will make the passed-in error known to the environment and
+// return a new ErrorCode
+func Register(group string, descriptor ErrorDescriptor) ErrorCode {
+	registerLock.Lock()
+	defer registerLock.Unlock()
+
+	descriptor.Code = ErrorCode(nextCode)
+
+	if _, ok := idToDescriptors[descriptor.Value]; ok {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("ErrorValue %q is already registered", descriptor.Value))
+	}
+	if _, ok := errorCodeToDescriptors[descriptor.Code]; ok {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("ErrorCode %v is already registered", descriptor.Code))
+	}
+
+	groupToDescriptors[group] = append(groupToDescriptors[group], descriptor)
+	errorCodeToDescriptors[descriptor.Code] = descriptor
+	idToDescriptors[descriptor.Value] = descriptor
+
+	nextCode++
+	return descriptor.Code
+}
+
+type byValue []ErrorDescriptor
+
+func (a byValue) Len() int           { return len(a) }
+func (a byValue) Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
+func (a byValue) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].Value < a[j].Value }
+
+// GetGroupNames returns the list of Error group names that are registered
+func GetGroupNames() []string {
+	keys := []string{}
+
+	for k := range groupToDescriptors {
+		keys = append(keys, k)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(keys)
+	return keys
+}
+
+// GetErrorCodeGroup returns the named group of error descriptors
+func GetErrorCodeGroup(name string) []ErrorDescriptor {
+	desc := groupToDescriptors[name]
+	sort.Sort(byValue(desc))
+	return desc
+}
+
+// GetErrorAllDescriptors returns a slice of all ErrorDescriptors that are
+// registered, irrespective of what group they're in
+func GetErrorAllDescriptors() []ErrorDescriptor {
+	result := []ErrorDescriptor{}
+
+	for _, group := range GetGroupNames() {
+		result = append(result, GetErrorCodeGroup(group)...)
+	}
+	sort.Sort(byValue(result))
+	return result
+}