On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 6:15 AM, Arnaud Rouyer <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I'm using a library to handle error responses across five different API
> apps. To stop all processing, this library raises an error that is later
> rescued with `rescue_from`.
>
> Since DRY is important to me, I also want to avoid repeating the
> `rescue_from` call and its handler block in all five applications.
> Furthermore, if I someday decide to change the handler, I would need to
> update all five applications.
>
> Solution I've found is to extend my error class with a `to_proc` method
> that generates a proc handling the response in the controller (in this
> case: `render json: exception.reply`). I've patched rails to this end:
> `rescue_from` can now be called without a block handler, in which case the
> block handler will be the proc of the exception.
>
> Full diff patch with tests is here:
> https://gist.github.com/joshleaves/10de348b0e8b28863213
>
> I'm waiting for feedback before submitting the PR. Thanks =)
>

IMO, the more idiomatic way to handle this would be to have a concern that
sets up these rescues defined in your library, then include it into
controllers in the clients as needed. Something like this:

https://gist.github.com/al2o3cr/3e1c492af329add23f30

--Matt Jones

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