RpcMethodError.java

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package org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.rpc;

import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * The {@code RpcMethodError} interface defines the structure for RPC error handling within the
 * context of plugins. It provides methods to retrieve error code, message, and an optional data
 * decoder function.
 */
public interface RpcMethodError {

  /**
   * Retrieves the error code associated with the RPC error.
   *
   * @return An integer representing the error code.
   */
  int getCode();

  /**
   * Retrieves the message associated with the RPC error.
   *
   * @return A {@code String} containing the error message.
   */
  String getMessage();

  /**
   * Some errors have additional data associated with them, that is possible to decode to provide a
   * more detailed error response.
   *
   * @param data the additional data to decode
   * @return an optional containing the decoded data if the error has it and the decoding is
   *     successful, otherwise empty.
   */
  default Optional<String> decodeData(final String data) {
    return Optional.empty();
  }
}