[9.x] Fail queued job with a string message

[pascalbaljet]

A shortcut so you can fail a job with a string message instead of manually instantiating an Exception.

class MyJob implements ShouldQueue
{
    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable;

    public function handle()
    {
        // Before:
        $this->fail(new \Exception('Whoops!'));

        // After:
        $this->fail('Whoops!');
    }
}

[WendellAdriel]

This seems nice but at least IMO it would be better to throw a custom exception instead of a generic one

[SjorsO]

The report() and throw_if() helpers can also receive a string message (see #35890). The only difference is they can also receive the FQN of an exception class, like this:

throw_if($hasError, LogicException::class);

Supporting $this->fail(LogicException::class) is probably a good idea to keep things consistent.