R/tryCatchWEM.R

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#' Try functions to capture warnings, errors and messages.
#'
#' This function combines the base functions \bold{\code{tryCatch}()} and
#' \bold{\code{withCallingHandlers}()} for the specific purpose of capturing
#' not only  errors and warnings but messages as well.
#'
#' @name tryCatchWEM
#' @rdname tryCatchWEM
#' @rawRd
#' \usage{
#' tryCatchWEM(expr, capture = FALSE)
#' }
#'
#'
#'
#'
#'
#'
#' \arguments{
#'     \item{expr}{Expression to be evaluated.}
#'     \item{capture}{Logical, capture the visible output.}
#' }
#'
#' \details{
#' In some situations it might be important not only to test a function, but also
#' to capture everything that is written in the R console, be it an error, a warning
#' or simply a message.
#'
#' For instance package \bold{\pkg{QCA}} (version 3.4) has a Graphical User Interface
#' that simulates an R console embedded into a web based \bold{\pkg{shiny}} app.
#'
#' It is not intended to replace function \bold{\code{tryCatch}()} in any
#' way, especially not evaluating an expression before returning or exiting, it simply
#' captures everything that is printed on the console (the visible output).
#' }
#'
#'
#' \value{
#' A list, if anything would be printed on the screen, or an empty (NULL) object
#' otherwise.
#' }
#'
#' \author{
#' Adrian Dusa
#' }
#'
#' \keyword{functions}
NULL
#' @export
`tryCatchWEM` <- function(expr, capture = FALSE) {
    toreturn <- list()
    output <- withVisible(withCallingHandlers(
        tryCatch(expr, error = function(e) {
            toreturn$error <<- e$message
            NULL
        }),
        warning = function(w) {
            toreturn$warning <<- c(toreturn$warning, w$message)
            invokeRestart("muffleWarning")
        },
        message = function(m) {
            toreturn$message <<- paste(toreturn$message, m$message, sep = "")
            invokeRestart("muffleMessage")
        }
    ))
    if (capture && output$visible && !is.null(output$value)) {
        toreturn$output <- capture.output(output$value)
        toreturn$value <- output$value
    }
    if (length(toreturn) > 0) {
        return(toreturn)
    }
}