From 8458c0f13e6255d6a508335bbbf721930afc0bdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Lodder <redmike7@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 13:37:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add convert from strings

Signed-off-by: Michael Lodder <redmike7@gmail.com>
---
 ursa_core/Cargo.toml   |  1 +
 ursa_core/src/error.rs | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ursa_core/Cargo.toml b/ursa_core/Cargo.toml
index b11dcfca..2a0daa2e 100644
--- a/ursa_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ursa_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ serde = "1.0"
 serde_bare = "0.5"
 serde_cbor = "0.11"
 serde_json = "1.0"
+string-error = "0.1"
 thiserror = "1.0"
diff --git a/ursa_core/src/error.rs b/ursa_core/src/error.rs
index a75605c2..ca8b4abc 100644
--- a/ursa_core/src/error.rs
+++ b/ursa_core/src/error.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use string_error::*;
 use thiserror::Error as ThisError;
 
 /// The common errors that can occur in Ursa
@@ -32,5 +33,23 @@ pub enum UrsaError {
     Kind(Box<dyn std::error::Error>),
 }
 
+impl From<String> for UrsaError {
+    fn from(value: String) -> Self {
+        Self::Kind(into_err(value))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&String> for UrsaError {
+    fn from(value: &String) -> Self {
+        Self::Kind(into_err(value.clone()))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&str> for UrsaError {
+    fn from(value: &str) -> Self {
+        Self::Kind(new_err(value))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Results returned from ursa components
 pub type UrsaResult<T> = anyhow::Result<T, UrsaError>;