From 9dd86c508b29477fcfde076bf76fd5b458bd970e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Hock <christopher-hock@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:10:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add validation exception (#71)

* add validation exception
---
 src/publisher/publisher_exceptions.rs | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/publisher/publisher_exceptions.rs b/src/publisher/publisher_exceptions.rs
index 1f1b9be..793012b 100644
--- a/src/publisher/publisher_exceptions.rs
+++ b/src/publisher/publisher_exceptions.rs
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
 
 use reqwest::Error as ReqwestError;
 
-use std::{error::Error, fmt};
-
-use crate::configuration;
+use std::{error::Error, fmt, process};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum NetBoxApiError {
@@ -48,3 +46,28 @@ impl From<ReqwestError> for NetBoxApiError {
         NetBoxApiError::Reqwest(err)
     }
 }
+
+/// Error to be thrown when the validation of an API request payload fails.
+///
+/// # Members
+///
+/// * message: `String` - The error message containing the reason for the failure.
+pub struct PayloadValidationError {
+    message: String,
+}
+
+/// Implements the `Format` trait for `PayloadValidationError` for easy printing.
+impl fmt::Display for PayloadValidationError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "[FATAL] PayloadValidationError: {}", self.message)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Implement `abort` function to exit the program in an orderly manner, printing the error message
+/// in the process.
+impl PayloadValidationError {
+    pub fn abort(&self, exit_code: i32) -> ! {
+        println!("{} (Error code: {})", self, exit_code);
+        process::exit(exit_code);
+    }
+}