module ActiveSupport
# Backtraces often include many lines that are not relevant for the context
# under review. This makes it hard to find the signal amongst the backtrace
# noise, and adds debugging time. With a BacktraceCleaner, filters and
# silencers are used to remove the noisy lines, so that only the most relevant
# lines remain.
#
# Filters are used to modify lines of data, while silencers are used to remove
# lines entirely. The typical filter use case is to remove lengthy path
# information from the start of each line, and view file paths relevant to the
# app directory instead of the file system root. The typical silencer use case
# is to exclude the output of a noisy library from the backtrace, so that you
# can focus on the rest.
#
# bc = BacktraceCleaner.new
# bc.add_filter { |line| line.gsub(Rails.root.to_s, '') } # strip the Rails.root prefix
# bc.add_silencer { |line| line =~ /mongrel|rubygems/ } # skip any lines from mongrel or rubygems
# bc.clean(exception.backtrace) # perform the cleanup
#
# To reconfigure an existing BacktraceCleaner (like the default one in Rails)
# and show as much data as possible, you can always call
# BacktraceCleaner#remove_silencers!, which will restore the
# backtrace to a pristine state. If you need to reconfigure an existing
# BacktraceCleaner so that it does not filter or modify the paths of any lines
# of the backtrace, you can call BacktraceCleaner#remove_filters!
# These two methods will give you a completely untouched backtrace.
#
# Inspired by the Quiet Backtrace gem by thoughtbot.
class BacktraceCleaner
def initialize
@filters, @silencers = [], []
end
# Returns the backtrace after all filters and silencers have been run
# against it. Filters run first, then silencers.
def clean(backtrace, kind = :silent)
filtered = filter_backtrace(backtrace)
case kind
when :silent
silence(filtered)
when :noise
noise(filtered)
else
filtered
end
end
alias :filter :clean
# Adds a filter from the block provided. Each line in the backtrace will be
# mapped against this filter.
#
# # Will turn "/my/rails/root/app/models/person.rb" into "/app/models/person.rb"
# backtrace_cleaner.add_filter { |line| line.gsub(Rails.root, '') }
def add_filter(&block)
@filters << block
end
# Adds a silencer from the block provided. If the silencer returns +true+
# for a given line, it will be excluded from the clean backtrace.
#
# # Will reject all lines that include the word "mongrel", like "/gems/mongrel/server.rb" or "/app/my_mongrel_server/rb"
# backtrace_cleaner.add_silencer { |line| line =~ /mongrel/ }
def add_silencer(&block)
@silencers << block
end
# Removes all silencers, but leaves in the filters. Useful if your
# context of debugging suddenly expands as you suspect a bug in one of
# the libraries you use.
def remove_silencers!
@silencers = []
end
# Removes all filters, but leaves in the silencers. Useful if you suddenly
# need to see entire filepaths in the backtrace that you had already
# filtered out.
def remove_filters!
@filters = []
end
private
def filter_backtrace(backtrace)
@filters.each do |f|
backtrace = backtrace.map { |line| f.call(line) }
end
backtrace
end
def silence(backtrace)
@silencers.each do |s|
backtrace = backtrace.reject { |line| s.call(line) }
end
backtrace
end
def noise(backtrace)
backtrace - silence(backtrace)
end
end
end