# module ActiveSupport::Rescuable

Rescuable module adds support for easier exception handling.

### Public Instance Methods

handler_for_rescue(exception) click to toggle source

    # File lib/active_support/rescuable.rb, line 85
    def handler_for_rescue(exception)
      # We go from right to left because pairs are pushed onto rescue_handlers
      # as rescue_from declarations are found.
      _, rescuer = self.class.rescue_handlers.reverse.detect do |klass_name, handler|
        # The purpose of allowing strings in rescue_from is to support the
        # declaration of handler associations for exception classes whose
        # definition is yet unknown.
        #
        # Since this loop needs the constants it would be inconsistent to
        # assume they should exist at this point. An early raised exception
        # could trigger some other handler and the array could include
        # precisely a string whose corresponding constant has not yet been
        # seen. This is why we are tolerant to unknown constants.
        #
        # Note that this tolerance only matters if the exception was given as
        # a string, otherwise a NameError will be raised by the interpreter
        # itself when rescue_from CONSTANT is executed.
        klass = self.class.const_get(klass_name) rescue nil
        klass ||= klass_name.constantize rescue nil
        exception.is_a?(klass) if klass
      end

      case rescuer
      when Symbol
        method(rescuer)
      when Proc
        rescuer.bind(self)
      end
    end

rescue_with_handler(exception) click to toggle source

Tries to rescue the exception by looking up and calling a registered handler.

    # File lib/active_support/rescuable.rb, line 78
    def rescue_with_handler(exception)
      if handler = handler_for_rescue(exception)
        handler.arity != 0 ? handler.call(exception) : handler.call
        true # don't rely on the return value of the handler
      end
    end