use more specific TypeError objects for function parameters errors

lib/bson/binary.js

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function Binary(buffer, subType) {
       } else if(typeof Uint8Array != 'undefined' || (Object.prototype.toString.call(buffer) == '[object Array]')) {
         this.buffer = writeStringToArray(buffer);
       } else {
-        throw new Error("only String, Buffer, Uint8Array or Array accepted");
+        throw new TypeError("only String, Buffer, Uint8Array or Array accepted");
       }
     } else {
       this.buffer = buffer;
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ function Binary(buffer, subType) {
  */
 Binary.prototype.put = function put(byte_value) {
   // If it's a string and a has more than one character throw an error
-  if(byte_value['length'] != null && typeof byte_value != 'number' && byte_value.length != 1) throw new Error("only accepts single character String, Uint8Array or Array");
-  if(typeof byte_value != 'number' && byte_value < 0 || byte_value > 255) throw new Error("only accepts number in a valid unsigned byte range 0-255");
+  if(byte_value['length'] != null && typeof byte_value != 'number' && byte_value.length != 1) throw new TypeError("only accepts single character String, Uint8Array or Array");
+  if(typeof byte_value != 'number' && byte_value < 0 || byte_value > 255) throw new TypeError("only accepts number in a valid unsigned byte range 0-255");
 
   // Decode the byte value once
   var decoded_byte = null;

lib/bson/objectid.js

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var ObjectID = function ObjectID(id) {
 
   // Throw an error if it's not a valid setup
   if(!valid && id != null){
-    throw new Error("Argument passed in must be a single String of 12 bytes or a string of 24 hex characters");
+    throw new TypeError("Argument passed in must be a single String of 12 bytes or a string of 24 hex characters");
   } else if(valid && typeof id == 'string' && id.length == 24) {
     return ObjectID.createFromHexString(id);
   } else if(id == null || typeof id == 'number') {
@@ -216,12 +216,12 @@ ObjectID.createFromTime = function createFromTime (time) {
 ObjectID.createFromHexString = function createFromHexString (hexString) {
   // Throw an error if it's not a valid setup
   if(typeof hexString === 'undefined' || hexString != null && hexString.length != 24)
-    throw new Error("Argument passed in must be a single String of 12 bytes or a string of 24 hex characters");
+    throw new TypeError("Argument passed in must be a single String of 12 bytes or a string of 24 hex characters");
 
   var len = hexString.length;
 
   if(len > 12*2) {
-    throw new Error('Id cannot be longer than 12 bytes');
+    throw new TypeError('Id cannot be longer than 12 bytes');
   }
 
   var result = ''

lib/bson/regexp.js

@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ function BSONRegExp(pattern, options) {
       || this.options[i] == 's'
       || this.options[i] == 'u'
     )) {
-      throw new Error('the regular expression options [' + this.options[i] + "] is not supported");
+      throw new TypeError('the regular expression options [' + this.options[i] + "] is not supported");
     }
   }
 }
 
 module.exports = BSONRegExp;
-module.exports.BSONRegExp = BSONRegExp;
+module.exports.BSONRegExp = BSONRegExp;