refactor: use TypeError instead of generic Error when appropriate (#39209)

refactor: use TypeError instead of generic Error when appropriate

lib/browser/api/auto-updater/auto-updater-win.ts

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ class AutoUpdater extends EventEmitter {
       if (typeof options.url === 'string') {
         updateURL = options.url;
       } else {
-        throw new Error('Expected options object to contain a \'url\' string property in setFeedUrl call');
+        throw new TypeError('Expected options object to contain a \'url\' string property in setFeedUrl call');
       }
     } else if (typeof options === 'string') {
       updateURL = options;
     } else {
-      throw new Error('Expected an options object with a \'url\' property to be provided');
+      throw new TypeError('Expected an options object with a \'url\' property to be provided');
     }
     this.updateURL = updateURL;
   }

lib/browser/api/touch-bar.ts

@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class TouchBar extends EventEmitter implements Electron.TouchBar {
     const idSet = new Set();
     items.forEach((item) => {
       if (!(item instanceof TouchBarItem)) {
-        throw new Error('Each item must be an instance of TouchBarItem');
+        throw new TypeError('Each item must be an instance of TouchBarItem');
       }
 
       if (item.type === 'other_items_proxy') {

lib/browser/api/utility-process.ts

@@ -34,19 +34,19 @@ class ForkUtilityProcess extends EventEmitter {
 
     if (options.execArgv != null) {
       if (!Array.isArray(options.execArgv)) {
-        throw new Error('execArgv must be an array of strings.');
+        throw new TypeError('execArgv must be an array of strings.');
       }
     }
 
     if (options.serviceName != null) {
       if (typeof options.serviceName !== 'string') {
-        throw new Error('serviceName must be a string.');
+        throw new TypeError('serviceName must be a string.');
       }
     }
 
     if (options.cwd != null) {
       if (typeof options.cwd !== 'string') {
-        throw new Error('cwd path must be a string.');
+        throw new TypeError('cwd path must be a string.');
       }
     }
 

lib/browser/api/web-contents.ts

@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ WebContents.prototype.getPrintersAsync = async function () {
 
 WebContents.prototype.loadFile = function (filePath, options = {}) {
   if (typeof filePath !== 'string') {
-    throw new Error('Must pass filePath as a string');
+    throw new TypeError('Must pass filePath as a string');
   }
   const { query, search, hash } = options;
 

lib/browser/api/web-frame-main.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(WebFrameMain.prototype, 'ipc', {
 
 WebFrameMain.prototype.send = function (channel, ...args) {
   if (typeof channel !== 'string') {
-    throw new Error('Missing required channel argument');
+    throw new TypeError('Missing required channel argument');
   }
 
   try {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ WebFrameMain.prototype.send = function (channel, ...args) {
 
 WebFrameMain.prototype._sendInternal = function (channel, ...args) {
   if (typeof channel !== 'string') {
-    throw new Error('Missing required channel argument');
+    throw new TypeError('Missing required channel argument');
   }
 
   try {