core-chain/accounts/errors.go

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package accounts

import "fmt"

// AuthNeededError is returned by backends for signing requests where the user
// is required to provide further authentication before signing can succeed.
//
// This usually means either that a password needs to be supplied, or perhaps a
// one time PIN code displayed by some hardware device.
type AuthNeededError struct {
	Needed string // Extra authentication the user needs to provide
}

// NewAuthNeededError creates a new authentication error with the extra details
// about the needed fields set.
func NewAuthNeededError(needed string) error {
	return &AuthNeededError{
		Needed: needed,
	}
}

// Error implements the standard error interfacel.
func (err *AuthNeededError) Error() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("authentication needed: %s", err.Needed)
}