lodash/lodash.attempt/index.js

/**
 * lodash 3.2.1 (Custom Build) <https://lodash.com/>
 * Build: `lodash modern modularize exports="npm" -o ./`
 * Copyright 2012-2015 The Dojo Foundation <http://dojofoundation.org/>
 * Based on Underscore.js 1.8.2 <http://underscorejs.org/LICENSE>
 * Copyright 2009-2015 Jeremy Ashkenas, DocumentCloud and Investigative Reporters & Editors
 * Available under MIT license <https://lodash.com/license>
 */
var isError = require('lodash.iserror');

/**
 * Attempts to invoke `func`, returning either the result or the caught error
 * object. Any additional arguments are provided to `func` when it is invoked.
 *
 * @static
 * @memberOf _
 * @category Utility
 * @param {*} func The function to attempt.
 * @returns {*} Returns the `func` result or error object.
 * @example
 *
 * // avoid throwing errors for invalid selectors
 * var elements = _.attempt(function(selector) {
 *   return document.querySelectorAll(selector);
 * }, '>_>');
 *
 * if (_.isError(elements)) {
 *   elements = [];
 * }
 */
function attempt() {
  var func = arguments[0],
      length = arguments.length,
      args = Array(length ? length - 1 : 0);

  while (--length > 0) {
    args[length - 1] = arguments[length];
  }
  try {
    return func.apply(undefined, args);
  } catch(e) {
    return isError(e) ? e : new Error(e);
  }
}

module.exports = attempt;