refactor error handling in findRecord

builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package aws
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/route53"
 )
 
+var r53NoRecordsFound = errors.New("No matching Hosted Zone found")
+var r53NoHostedZoneFound = errors.New("No matching records found")
+
 func resourceAwsRoute53Record() *schema.Resource {
 	return &schema.Resource{
 		Create: resourceAwsRoute53RecordCreate,
@@ -244,9 +248,14 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53RecordCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 func resourceAwsRoute53RecordRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	record, err := findRecord(d, meta)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("[DEBUG] No matching record found for: %s, removing from state file", d.Id())
+		switch err {
-		d.SetId("")
+		case r53NoHostedZoneFound, r53NoRecordsFound:
-		return nil
+			log.Printf("[DEBUG] %s for: %s, removing from state file", err, d.Id())
+			d.SetId("")
+			return nil
+		default:
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	err = d.Set("records", flattenResourceRecords(record.ResourceRecords))
@@ -268,6 +277,21 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53RecordRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 	return nil
 }
 
+// findRecord takes a ResourceData struct for aws_resource_route53_record. It
+// uses the referenced zone_id to query Route53 and find information on it's
+// records.
+//
+// If records are found, it returns the matching
+// route53.ResourceRecordSet and nil for the error.
+//
+// If no hosted zone is found, it returns a nil recordset and r53NoHostedZoneFound
+// error.
+//
+// If no matching recordset is found, it returns nil and a r53NoRecordsFound
+// error
+//
+// If there are other errors, it returns nil a nil recordset and passes on the
+// error.
 func findRecord(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) (*route53.ResourceRecordSet, error) {
 	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).r53conn
 	// Scan for a
@@ -277,7 +301,7 @@ func findRecord(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) (*route53.ResourceReco
 	zoneRecord, err := conn.GetHostedZone(&route53.GetHostedZoneInput{Id: aws.String(zone)})
 	if err != nil {
 		if r53err, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok && r53err.Code() == "NoSuchHostedZone" {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no such hosted zone")
+			return nil, r53NoHostedZoneFound
 		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -310,9 +334,10 @@ func findRecord(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) (*route53.ResourceReco
 		if record.SetIdentifier != nil && *record.SetIdentifier != d.Get("set_identifier") {
 			continue
 		}
+		// The only safe return where a record is found
 		return record, nil
 	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("nothing found")
+	return nil, r53NoRecordsFound
 }
 
 func resourceAwsRoute53RecordDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {