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// Package consumererror provides wrappers to easily classify errors. This allows
// appropriate action by error handlers without the need to know each individual
// error type/instance.
package consumererror

// permanent is an error that will be always returned if its source
// receives the same inputs.
type permanent struct {
	error
}

// Permanent wraps an error to indicate that it is a permanent error, i.e.: an
// error that will be always returned if its source receives the same inputs.
func Permanent(err error) error {
	return permanent{err}
}

// IsPermanent checks if an error was wrapped with the Permanent function, that
// is used to indicate that a given error will always be returned in the case
// that its sources receives the same input.
func IsPermanent(err error) bool {
	if err != nil {
		_, isPermanent := err.(permanent)
		return isPermanent
	}
	return false
}
