URIError

The URIError object represents an error when a global URI handling function was used in a wrong way.

Constructor

URIError()

Creates a new URIError object.

Instance properties

URIError.prototype.message

Error message. Although ECMA-262 specifies that URIError should provide its own message property, in SpiderMonkey, it inherits Error.prototype.message.

URIError.prototype.name

Error name. Inherited from Error.

URIError.prototype.fileName

Path to file that raised this error. Inherited from Error.

URIError.prototype.lineNumber

Line number in file that raised this error. Inherited from Error.

URIError.prototype.columnNumber

Column number in line that raised this error. Inherited from Error.

URIError.prototype.stack

Stack trace. Inherited from Error.

Examples

Catching an URIError

try {
  decodeURIComponent('%')
} catch (e) {
  console.log(e instanceof URIError)  // true
  console.log(e.message)              // "malformed URI sequence"
  console.log(e.name)                 // "URIError"
  console.log(e.fileName)             // "Scratchpad/1"
  console.log(e.lineNumber)           // 2
  console.log(e.columnNumber)         // 2
  console.log(e.stack)                // "@Scratchpad/2:2:3\n"
}

Creating an URIError

try {
  throw new URIError('Hello', 'someFile.js', 10)
} catch (e) {
  console.log(e instanceof URIError)  // true
  console.log(e.message)              // "Hello"
  console.log(e.name)                 // "URIError"
  console.log(e.fileName)             // "someFile.js"
  console.log(e.lineNumber)           // 10
  console.log(e.columnNumber)         // 0
  console.log(e.stack)                // "@Scratchpad/2:2:9\n"
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Error
• decodeURI()
• decodeURIComponent()
• encodeURI()
• encodeURIComponent()