// Package models provides the models for the KermaGo application
package models

import "github.com/docker/go/canonical/json"

/*
An Error represents a struct that has a type and an error message as a string
*/
type Error struct {
	Type  string `json:"type" binding:"required"`
	Error string `json:"error" binding:"required"`
}

/*
Construct creates a new error object with the given string as message
*/
func (e *Error) Construct(errorMsg string) {
	e.Type = "error"
	e.Error = errorMsg
}

/*
MarshalJson returns the canonical json of the error object
*/
func (e *Error) MarshalJson() ([]byte, error) {
	return json.MarshalCanonical(e)
}