From 7f2e03ed6b21d6541c46eb82981aa18846942431 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Bruce <mbrucedogs@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:49:52 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] startig with the Network Service layer for getting JSON and
 dealing with errors.

Signed-off-by: Matt Bruce <mbrucedogs@gmail.com>
---
 .../Services/NetworkService.swift             | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 EmployeeDirectory/Services/NetworkService.swift

diff --git a/EmployeeDirectory/Services/NetworkService.swift b/EmployeeDirectory/Services/NetworkService.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fb1366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/EmployeeDirectory/Services/NetworkService.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+//
+//  NetworkService.swift
+//  EmployeeDirectory
+//
+//  Created by Matt Bruce on 1/20/25.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+public enum NetworkServiceError: Error {
+    /// The response from the server was invalid (e.g., non-200 status code or malformed URL).
+    case invalidResponse
+
+    /// The url giving is invalid or malformed
+    case invalidURL
+    
+    /// The data received was invalid or could not be decoded.
+    case decodingError(DecodingError)
+    
+    /// A network-related error occurred.
+    case networkError(URLError)
+    
+    /// An unexpected, uncategorized error occurred.
+    case unknownError(Error)
+}