Add SyntaxErrorsException as a type of ParserException (#770)

Also make ParserException extend FIRRTLException to better report parsing
errors to the user

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/scala/firrtl/Parser.scala b/src/main/scala/firrtl/Parser.scala
index f40c465e..70ae7739 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/firrtl/Parser.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/firrtl/Parser.scala
@@ -11,15 +11,13 @@ import firrtl.ir._
 import firrtl.Utils.time
 import firrtl.antlr.{FIRRTLParser, _}
 
-class ParserException(message: String) extends Exception(message)
+class ParserException(message: String) extends FIRRTLException(message)
 
 case class ParameterNotSpecifiedException(message: String) extends ParserException(message)
-
 case class ParameterRedefinedException(message: String) extends ParserException(message)
-
 case class InvalidStringLitException(message: String) extends ParserException(message)
-
 case class InvalidEscapeCharException(message: String) extends ParserException(message)
+case class SyntaxErrorsException(message: String) extends ParserException(message)
 
 
 object Parser extends LazyLogging {
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ object Parser extends LazyLogging {
       val cst = parser.circuit
 
       val numSyntaxErrors = parser.getNumberOfSyntaxErrors
-      if (numSyntaxErrors > 0) throw new ParserException(s"$numSyntaxErrors syntax error(s) detected")
+      if (numSyntaxErrors > 0) throw new SyntaxErrorsException(s"$numSyntaxErrors syntax error(s) detected")
       cst
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/scala/firrtlTests/ParserSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/firrtlTests/ParserSpec.scala
index 4ed16afe..384b75d2 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/firrtlTests/ParserSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/firrtlTests/ParserSpec.scala
@@ -157,6 +157,20 @@ class ParserSpec extends FirrtlFlatSpec {
     val c = firrtl.Parser.parse(input)
     firrtl.Parser.parse(c.serialize)
   }
+
+  "Parsing errors" should "be reported as normal exceptions" in {
+    val input = s"""
+      |circuit Test
+      |  module Test :
+
+      |""".stripMargin
+    val manager = new ExecutionOptionsManager("test") with HasFirrtlOptions {
+      firrtlOptions = FirrtlExecutionOptions(firrtlSource = Some(input))
+    }
+    a [SyntaxErrorsException] shouldBe thrownBy {
+      Driver.execute(manager)
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 class ParserPropSpec extends FirrtlPropSpec {