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+/*
+Copyright(c) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. 
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR
+CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+"use strict";
+
+/*
+ *   Extend the standard Error type by appending fields to capture more information at the 
+ *   point of detection.  The error information guides dispatcher's response to the incoming HTTP request
+ *   that triggered the error and helps make the error log more specific and meaningful.
+ *   This type of Error typically reports on problems encountered when attempting to use a downstream API.  
+ *   
+ *   The standard Error has two fields:
+ *     - name: the name of the Error, which is 'Error'
+ *     - message: a text description of the error
+ *     
+ *   For dispatcher purposes, we add:
+ *     - status: the HTTP status code that dispatcher should use in its response
+ *     - type: "system" or "api" depending on whether the error was the result of a failed system call or
+ *           an error reported by the downstream API.
+ *     - logCode: the error code to use in the log entry.
+ *     - target: the downstream system dispatcher was attempting to interact with
+ *           
+ *   Note that we're not defining a new class, just adding fields to the existing Error type.  This pattern is
+ *   used in Node for system errors.
+ */
+
+/* Create an error given the parameters */
+exports.createDispatcherError = function(message, status, type, logCode, target) {
+	var e = new Error();
+	
+	e.message = message || 'no error information';
+	e.status = status || 500;
+	e.type = type;
+	e.logCode = logCode || 900;
+	e.target = target || '';
+	
+	return e;	
+};
+
+