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id: "DefaultErrorHandling"
title: "Class: DefaultErrorHandling"
sidebar_label: "DefaultErrorHandling"
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## Implements

- [`ErrorHandling`](../interfaces/ErrorHandling.md)

## Constructors

### constructor

• **new DefaultErrorHandling**()

## Properties

### keepAlive

• **keepAlive**: `number` = `5`

Number of times the process should throw an error until crashing and exiting

#### Implementation of

[ErrorHandling](../interfaces/ErrorHandling.md).[keepAlive](../interfaces/ErrorHandling.md#keepalive)

#### Defined in

[src/handler/contracts/errorHandling.ts:24](https://github.com/sern-handler/handler/blob/33f1446/src/handler/contracts/errorHandling.ts#L24)

## Methods

### crash

▸ **crash**(`error`): `never`

Utility function to crash

#### Parameters

| Name | Type |
| :------ | :------ |
| `error` | `Error` |

#### Returns

`never`

#### Implementation of

[ErrorHandling](../interfaces/ErrorHandling.md).[crash](../interfaces/ErrorHandling.md#crash)

#### Defined in

[src/handler/contracts/errorHandling.ts:25](https://github.com/sern-handler/handler/blob/33f1446/src/handler/contracts/errorHandling.ts#L25)

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### updateAlive

▸ **updateAlive**(`e`): `void`

A function that is called on every crash. Updates keepAlive

#### Parameters

| Name | Type |
| :------ | :------ |
| `e` | `Error` |

#### Returns

`void`

#### Implementation of

[ErrorHandling](../interfaces/ErrorHandling.md).[updateAlive](../interfaces/ErrorHandling.md#updatealive)

#### Defined in

[src/handler/contracts/errorHandling.ts:28](https://github.com/sern-handler/handler/blob/33f1446/src/handler/contracts/errorHandling.ts#L28)