class RuboCop::Cop::Lint::InheritException
class C < StandardError; end
# good
class C < Exception; end
# bad
@example EnforcedStyle: standard_error
class C < RuntimeError; end
# good
class C < Exception; end
# bad
@example EnforcedStyle: runtime_error (default)
‘RuntimeError` (default) or `StandardError` instead.
`StandardError`. It is configurable to suggest using either
and its standard library subclasses, excluding subclasses of
This cop looks for error classes inheriting from `Exception`
def autocorrect(node)
def autocorrect(node) lambda do |corrector| corrector.replace(node.loc.expression, preferred_base_class) end end
def illegal_class_name?(class_node)
def illegal_class_name?(class_node) ILLEGAL_CLASSES.include?(class_node.const_name) end
def message(node)
def message(node) format(MSG, prefer: preferred_base_class, current: node.const_name) end
def on_class(node)
def on_class(node) _class, base_class, _body = *node return unless base_class && illegal_class_name?(base_class) add_offense(base_class) end
def preferred_base_class
def preferred_base_class PREFERRED_BASE_CLASS[style] end