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What's the right way to create a custom error class?

class ValidationError extends Error {
  constructor(message, field) {
    super(message);
    this.name = "ValidationError";
    this.field = field;
  }
}

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Extend Error, call super(message) and set name

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Create a plain { message } object - throw accepts any object

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Extend String so the message is displayed correctly

What's the right way to create a custom error class?

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