Executes fallback behavior if a function was unsuccessful. Intended for use in modules that use option object arguments.
Requires Node.js 6.0.0 or above.
npm i otherwise
The module exports a single function.
elseCall (function): If provided, this function will be called with one argument: a function that will invoke the other fallbacks. If the function argument is not called, then elseThrow and elseReturn will not be taken into consideration, and the return value of the elseCall function will be forwarded.elseThrow (Error or string): An error to be thrown. A string will be wrapped in an Error object automatically.elseReturn (any): A value to return if elseThrow is omitted.defaultErrorClass (Class): An Error class in which to wrap elseThrow if it is a string.Returns the return value of elseCall (if provided) or returns elseReturn.
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Executes fallback behavior if a function was unsuccessful.
The npm package otherwise receives a total of 1,163 weekly downloads. As such, otherwise popularity was classified as popular.
We found that otherwise demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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