从WebReference:

throw { 
  name:        "System Error", 
  level:       "Show Stopper", 
  message:     "Error detected. Please contact the system administrator.", 
  htmlMessage: "Error detected. Please contact the <a href=\"mailto:sysadmin@acme-widgets.com\">system administrator</a>.",
  toString:    function(){return this.name + ": " + this.message;} 
}; 

ES6

使用新的类和扩展关键字，现在更容易:

class CustomError extends Error {
  constructor(message) {
    super(message);
    //something
  }
}

function MyError(message) {
 this.message = message;
}

MyError.prototype = new Error;

这允许使用像..

try {
  something();
 } catch(e) {
  if(e instanceof MyError)
   doSomethingElse();
  else if(e instanceof Error)
   andNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent();
}

从WebReference:

throw { 
  name:        "System Error", 
  level:       "Show Stopper", 
  message:     "Error detected. Please contact the system administrator.", 
  htmlMessage: "Error detected. Please contact the <a href=\"mailto:sysadmin@acme-widgets.com\">system administrator</a>.",
  toString:    function(){return this.name + ": " + this.message;} 
}; 

用于ES2015类的asselin答案的替代方案

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

你应该创建一个扩展Error的自定义异常:

class InvalidArgumentException extends Error {
  constructor(message) {
    super(message);
    this.name = this.constructor.name;
  }
}

注意:设置this.name是. tostring()和.stack打印InvalidArgumentException而不是Error所必需的。

对于旧的Javascript环境，你可以做原型继承:

function InvalidArgumentException(message) {
    this.message = message;
    // Use V8's native method if available, otherwise fallback
    if ("captureStackTrace" in Error)
        Error.captureStackTrace(this, InvalidArgumentException);
    else
        this.stack = (new Error()).stack;
}

InvalidArgumentException.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
InvalidArgumentException.prototype.name = "InvalidArgumentException";
InvalidArgumentException.prototype.constructor = InvalidArgumentException;

这基本上是一个简化版本的disfated与增强堆栈跟踪工作在Firefox和其他浏览器。

两者都满足所有这些测试:

用法:

throw new InvalidArgumentException();
var err = new InvalidArgumentException("Not yet...");

它的行为是预期的:

err instanceof InvalidArgumentException          // -> true
err instanceof Error                             // -> true
InvalidArgumentException.prototype.isPrototypeOf(err) // -> true
Error.prototype.isPrototypeOf(err)               // -> true
err.constructor.name                             // -> InvalidArgumentException
err.name                                         // -> InvalidArgumentException
err.message                                      // -> Not yet...
err.toString()                                   // -> InvalidArgumentException: Not yet...
err.stack                                        // -> works fine!