n-api: test and doc napi_throw() of a primitive

Ensure that napi_throw() is able to throw a primitive value, and document that it is able to throw any JavaScript value. Fixes: nodejs/abi-stable-node#309 PR-URL: #20428 Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
nodejs · May 2, 2018 · bdf5be9 · BridgeAR · May 2, 2018 · bdf5be9
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diff --git a/doc/api/n-api.md b/doc/api/n-api.md
@@ -344,11 +344,11 @@ added: v8.0.0
 NODE_EXTERN napi_status napi_throw(napi_env env, napi_value error);
 ```
 - `[in] env`: The environment that the API is invoked under.
-- `[in] error`: The `napi_value` for the `Error` to be thrown.
+- `[in] error`: The JavaScript value to be thrown.
 
 Returns `napi_ok` if the API succeeded.
 
-This API throws the JavaScript `Error` provided.
+This API throws the JavaScript value provided.
 
 #### napi_throw_error
 <!-- YAML

diff --git a/test/addons-napi/test_error/test.js b/test/addons-napi/test_error/test.js
@@ -60,6 +60,18 @@ assert.throws(() => {
   test_error.throwTypeError();
 }, /^TypeError: type error$/);
 
+function testThrowArbitrary(value) {
+  assert.throws(() => {
+    test_error.throwArbitrary(value);
+  }, value);
+}
+
+testThrowArbitrary(42);
+testThrowArbitrary({});
+testThrowArbitrary([]);
+testThrowArbitrary(Symbol('xyzzy'));
+testThrowArbitrary(true);
+
 common.expectsError(
   () => test_error.throwErrorCode(),
   {

diff --git a/test/addons-napi/test_error/test_error.c b/test/addons-napi/test_error/test_error.c
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ napi_value createTypeErrorCode(napi_env env, napi_callback_info info) {
   return result;
 }
 
+static napi_value throwArbitrary(napi_env env, napi_callback_info info) {
+  napi_value arbitrary;
+  size_t argc = 1;
+  NAPI_CALL(env, napi_get_cb_info(env, info, &argc, &arbitrary, NULL, NULL));
+  NAPI_CALL(env, napi_throw(env, arbitrary));
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 napi_value Init(napi_env env, napi_value exports) {
   napi_property_descriptor descriptors[] = {
     DECLARE_NAPI_PROPERTY("checkError", checkError),
@@ -137,6 +145,7 @@ napi_value Init(napi_env env, napi_value exports) {
     DECLARE_NAPI_PROPERTY("throwErrorCode", throwErrorCode),
     DECLARE_NAPI_PROPERTY("throwRangeErrorCode", throwRangeErrorCode),
     DECLARE_NAPI_PROPERTY("throwTypeErrorCode", throwTypeErrorCode),
+    DECLARE_NAPI_PROPERTY("throwArbitrary", throwArbitrary),
     DECLARE_NAPI_PROPERTY("createError", createError),
     DECLARE_NAPI_PROPERTY("createRangeError", createRangeError),
     DECLARE_NAPI_PROPERTY("createTypeError", createTypeError),