<div>That's what throws are for.<br></div><div><br></div><div><font face="courier new,monospace">init(Args) -></font></div><div><font face="courier new,monospace"> try check_opts(Args, [name, age, email]) of</font></div>
<div><font face="courier new,monospace"> ok -> {ok, #state{opts=Args}}</font></div><div><font face="courier new,monospace"> catch</font></div><div><font face="courier new,monospace"> throw:Reason={missing_opt, _} -> {stop, Reason}</font></div>
<div><font face="courier new,monospace"> end.</font></div><div><font face="courier new,monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new,monospace">check_opts(Options, ToCheck) -></font></div><div><font face="courier new,monospace"> F = fun(Opt, OptList) -></font></div>
<div><font face="courier new,monospace"> case proplists:get_value(Opt, OptList) of</font></div><div><font face="courier new,monospace"> undefined -> throw({missing_opt, Opt});</font></div><div>
<font face="courier new,monospace"> _ -> OptList</font></div><div><font face="courier new,monospace"> end</font></div><div><font face="courier new,monospace"> end,</font></div><div><font face="courier new,monospace"> lists:foldl(F,Options, ToCheck),</font></div>
<div><font face="courier new,monospace"> ok.</font></div><div><br></div><div>This uses a tiny trick with folds to check for all options in a list and make sure they're part of the list passed in. If any of them is missing, a throw is called, returned in a list and init fails.<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Joel Reymont <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joelr1@gmail.com">joelr1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I'm passing a proplist to the init function of my gen_server.<br>
<br>
I need to ensure various options are present and validate them.<br>
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I also don't want to have a huge nested case statement.<br>
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Is it acceptable to throw or error when I cannot find or validate an option?<br>
<br>
Are there better ideas?<br>
<br>
N.B. The option values are assigned to fields of the gen_server state records.<br>
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