From ba5152de4094400f2f8a0aba9c34dd359b79b64c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Panagiotis Papadopoulos <pano_90@gmx.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 22:22:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(errors): extend errors from Error and add/assign
 statusCode

this is in preparation for updating the routes/handleException method, to get rid of "any" (and improve in general)
---
 src/errors/not_found_error.ts  |  9 +++++----
 src/errors/validation_error.ts | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/errors/not_found_error.ts b/src/errors/not_found_error.ts
index 6d8fbe4d8..ae97a6ac5 100644
--- a/src/errors/not_found_error.ts
+++ b/src/errors/not_found_error.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-class NotFoundError {
-    message: string;
-
+class NotFoundError extends Error {
+    statusCode: number;
     constructor(message: string) {
-        this.message = message;
+        super(message);
+        this.name = "NotFoundError";
+        this.statusCode = 404;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/errors/validation_error.ts b/src/errors/validation_error.ts
index f9c0ba6fc..35eb5897d 100644
--- a/src/errors/validation_error.ts
+++ b/src/errors/validation_error.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-class ValidationError {
-    message: string;
-
+class ValidationError extends Error {
+    statusCode: number;
     constructor(message: string) {
-        this.message = message;
+        super(message)
+        this.name = "ValidationError";
+        this.statusCode = 400;
     }
+
 }
 
 export default ValidationError;