Refactoring to use Error instead of string in the useError hook state variable

www/app/(errors)/errorContext.tsx

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 import React, { createContext, useContext, useState } from "react";
 
 interface ErrorContextProps {
-  error: string;
-  setError: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<string>>;
+  error: Error | null;
+  setError: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<Error | null>>;
 }
 
 const ErrorContext = createContext<ErrorContextProps | undefined>(undefined);
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ interface ErrorProviderProps {
 }
 
 export const ErrorProvider: React.FC<ErrorProviderProps> = ({ children }) => {
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string>("");
+  const [error, setError] = useState<Error | null>(null);
 
   return (
     <ErrorContext.Provider value={{ error, setError }}>

www/app/(errors)/errorMessage.tsx

@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 "use client";
 import { useError } from "./errorContext";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import * as Sentry from "@sentry/react";
 
 const ErrorMessage: React.FC = () => {
   const { error, setError } = useError();
   const [isVisible, setIsVisible] = useState<boolean>(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (error) setIsVisible(true);
+    if (error) {
+      setIsVisible(true);
+      Sentry.captureException(error);
+      console.error("Error", error.message, error);
+    }
   }, [error]);
 
   if (!isVisible || !error) return null;
@@ -16,12 +21,12 @@ const ErrorMessage: React.FC = () => {
     <div
       onClick={() => {
         setIsVisible(false);
-        setError("");
+        setError(null);
       }}
       className="max-w-xs z-50 fixed top-16 right-10 bg-red-100 border border-red-400 text-red-700 px-4 py-3 rounded transition-opacity duration-300 ease-out opacity-100 hover:opacity-75 cursor-pointer transform hover:scale-105"
       role="alert"
     >
-      <span className="block sm:inline">{error}</span>
+      <span className="block sm:inline">{error?.message}</span>
     </div>
   );
 };

www/app/(errors)/handleError.ts

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import * as Sentry from "@sentry/react";
-import { Dispatch, SetStateAction } from "react";
-
-const handleError = (
-  setError: Dispatch<SetStateAction<String>>,
-  errorString: string,
-  errorObj?: any,
-) => {
-  setError(errorString);
-
-  if (errorObj) {
-    Sentry.captureException(errorObj);
-  } else {
-    Sentry.captureMessage(errorString);
-  }
-};
-
-export default handleError;