Function getException

packages/core/src/utils/eventbuilder.ts:112–147

(
  client: Client,
  mechanism: Mechanism,
  exception: unknown,
  hint?: EventHint,
)

}

function getException(
  client: Client,
  mechanism: Mechanism,
  exception: unknown,
  hint?: EventHint,
): [Error, Extras | undefined] {
  if (isError(exception)) {
    return [exception, undefined];
  }

  // Mutate this!
  mechanism.synthetic = true;

  if (isPlainObject(exception)) {
    const normalizeDepth = client?.getOptions().normalizeDepth;
    const extras = { ['__serialized__']: normalizeToSize(exception, normalizeDepth) };

    const errorFromProp = getErrorPropertyFromObject(exception);
    if (errorFromProp) {
      return [errorFromProp, extras];
    }

    const message = getMessageForObject(exception);
    const ex = hint?.syntheticException || new Error(message);
    ex.message = message;

    return [ex, extras];
  }

  // This handles when someone does: `throw "something awesome";`
  // We use synthesized Error here so we can extract a (rough) stack trace.
  const ex = hint?.syntheticException || new Error(exception as string);
  ex.message = `${exception}`;

  return [ex, undefined];
}

/**
 * Builds and Event from a Exception