specerror: Add NewRFCError and NewRFCErrorOrPanic

cmd/runtimetest/main.go

@@ -109,15 +109,13 @@ type complianceTester struct {
 }
 
 func (c *complianceTester) Ok(test bool, condition specerror.Code, version string, description string) (rfcError *rfc2119.Error, err error) {
-	err = specerror.NewError(condition, errors.New(description), version)
-	runtimeError, ok := err.(*specerror.Error)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot convert %v to a runtime-spec error", err)
+	rfcError, err = specerror.NewRFCError(condition, errors.New(description), version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	rfcError = &runtimeError.Err
 	if test {
 		c.harness.Pass(description)
-	} else if runtimeError.Err.Level < c.complianceLevel {
+	} else if rfcError.Level < c.complianceLevel {
 		c.harness.Skip(1, description)
 	} else {
 		c.harness.Fail(description)

specerror/error.go

@@ -61,6 +61,34 @@ func (err *Error) Error() string {
 	return err.Err.Error()
 }
 
+// NewRFCError creates an rfc2119.Error referencing a spec violation.
+//
+// A version string (for the version of the spec that was violated)
+// must be set to get a working URL.
+func NewRFCError(code Code, err error, version string) (*rfc2119.Error, error) {
+	template := ociErrors[code]
+	reference, err2 := template.Reference(version)
+	if err2 != nil {
+		return nil, err2
+	}
+	return &rfc2119.Error{
+		Level:     template.Level,
+		Reference: reference,
+		Err:       err,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// NewRFCErrorOrPanic creates an rfc2119.Error referencing a spec
+// violation and panics on failure.  This is handy for situations
+// where you can't be bothered to check NewRFCError for failure.
+func NewRFCErrorOrPanic(code Code, err error, version string) *rfc2119.Error {
+	rfcError, err2 := NewRFCError(code, err, version)
+	if err2 != nil {
+		panic(err2.Error())
+	}
+	return rfcError
+}
+
 // NewError creates an Error referencing a spec violation.  The error
 // can be cast to an *Error for extracting structured information
 // about the level of the violation and a reference to the violated
@@ -69,17 +97,12 @@ func (err *Error) Error() string {
 // A version string (for the version of the spec that was violated)
 // must be set to get a working URL.
 func NewError(code Code, err error, version string) error {
-	template := ociErrors[code]
-	reference, err2 := template.Reference(version)
+	rfcError, err2 := NewRFCError(code, err, version)
 	if err2 != nil {
 		return err2
 	}
 	return &Error{
-		Err: rfc2119.Error{
-			Level:     template.Level,
-			Reference: reference,
-			Err:       err,
-		},
+		Err:  *rfcError,
 		Code: code,
 	}
 }

validation/state.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/mndrix/tap-go"
 	rspecs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+	rfc2119 "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools/error"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools/specerror"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools/validation/util"
 	uuid "github.com/satori/go.uuid"
@@ -26,11 +27,11 @@ func main() {
 		id          string
 		action      util.LifecycleAction
 		errExpected bool
-		err         error
+		err         *rfc2119.Error
 	}{
-		{"", util.LifecycleActionNone, false, specerror.NewError(specerror.QueryWithoutIDGenError, fmt.Errorf("state MUST generate an error if it is not provided the ID of a container"), rspecs.Version)},
-		{containerID, util.LifecycleActionNone, false, specerror.NewError(specerror.QueryNonExistGenError, fmt.Errorf("state MUST generate an error if a container that does not exist"), rspecs.Version)},
-		{containerID, util.LifecycleActionCreate | util.LifecycleActionDelete, true, specerror.NewError(specerror.QueryStateImplement, fmt.Errorf("state MUST return the state of a container as specified in the State section"), rspecs.Version)},
+		{"", util.LifecycleActionNone, false, specerror.NewRFCErrorOrPanic(specerror.QueryWithoutIDGenError, fmt.Errorf("state MUST generate an error if it is not provided the ID of a container"), rspecs.Version)},
+		{containerID, util.LifecycleActionNone, false, specerror.NewRFCErrorOrPanic(specerror.QueryNonExistGenError, fmt.Errorf("state MUST generate an error if a container that does not exist"), rspecs.Version)},
+		{containerID, util.LifecycleActionCreate | util.LifecycleActionDelete, true, specerror.NewRFCErrorOrPanic(specerror.QueryStateImplement, fmt.Errorf("state MUST return the state of a container as specified in the State section"), rspecs.Version)},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
@@ -57,9 +58,9 @@ func main() {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		t.Ok((err == nil) == c.errExpected, c.err.(*specerror.Error).Err.Err.Error())
+		t.Ok((err == nil) == c.errExpected, c.err.Error())
 		diagnostic := map[string]string{
-			"reference": c.err.(*specerror.Error).Err.Reference,
+			"reference": c.err.Reference,
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			diagnostic["error"] = err.Error()