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+//
+// imag - the personal information management suite for the commandline
+// Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> and contributors
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version
+// 2.1 of the License.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+//
+
+use std::error::Error;
+
+/// Trait to help converting Error kinds into Error instances
+pub trait IntoError {
+ type Target: Error;
+
+ /// Convert the type into an error with no cause
+ fn into_error(self) -> Self::Target;
+
+ /// Convert the type into an error with cause
+ fn into_error_with_cause(self, cause: Box<Error>) -> Self::Target;
+
+}
+