How to use the pathvalidate.error.ValidationError function in pathvalidate

def test_exception_invalid_char(self, value):
        with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as e:
            validate_unprintable(value)
        assert e.value.reason == ErrorReason.INVALID_CHARACTER

def validate_abspath(self, value: PathType) -> None:
        value = str(value)
        is_posix_abs = posixpath.isabs(value)
        is_nt_abs = ntpath.isabs(value)
        err_object = ValidationError(
            description=(
                "an invalid absolute file path ({}) for the platform ({}).".format(
                    value, self.platform.value
                )
                + " to avoid the error, specify an appropriate platform correspond"
                + " with the path format, or 'auto'."
            ),
            platform=self.platform,
            reason=ErrorReason.MALFORMED_ABS_PATH,
        )

        if any([self._is_windows() and is_nt_abs, self._is_linux() and is_posix_abs]):
            return

        if self._is_universal() and any([is_posix_abs, is_nt_abs]):
            ValidationError(

description=(
                "an invalid absolute file path ({}) for the platform ({}).".format(
                    value, self.platform.value
                )
                + " to avoid the error, specify an appropriate platform correspond"
                + " with the path format, or 'auto'."
            ),
            platform=self.platform,
            reason=ErrorReason.MALFORMED_ABS_PATH,
        )

        if any([self._is_windows() and is_nt_abs, self._is_linux() and is_posix_abs]):
            return

        if self._is_universal() and any([is_posix_abs, is_nt_abs]):
            ValidationError(
                description=(
                    "{}. expected a platform independent file path".format(
                        "POSIX absolute file path found"
                        if is_posix_abs
                        else "NT absolute file path found"
                    )
                ),
                platform=self.platform,
                reason=ErrorReason.MALFORMED_ABS_PATH,
            )

        if any([self._is_windows(), self._is_universal()]) and is_posix_abs:
            raise err_object

        drive, _tail = ntpath.splitdrive(value)
        if not self._is_windows() and drive and is_nt_abs:

super().__init__(args, **kwargs)


class InvalidCharError(ValidationError):
    """
    Exception raised when includes invalid character(s) within a string.
    """

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
        kwargs["reason"] = ErrorReason.INVALID_CHARACTER

        super().__init__(args, **kwargs)


class InvalidLengthError(ValidationError):
    """
    Exception raised when a string too long/short.
    """

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
        kwargs["reason"] = ErrorReason.INVALID_LENGTH

        super().__init__(args, **kwargs)


class ReservedNameError(ValidationError):
    """
    Exception raised when a string matched a reserved name.
    """

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:

def validate_pathtype(text: PathType, error_msg: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
    from .error import ErrorReason, ValidationError

    if _is_not_null_string(text) or is_pathlike_obj(text):
        return

    if is_null_string(text):
        if not error_msg:
            error_msg = "the value must be a not empty"

        raise ValidationError(
            description=error_msg, reason=ErrorReason.NULL_NAME,
        )

    raise TypeError("text must be a string: actual={}".format(type(text)))

def is_valid(self, value: PathType) -> bool:
        try:
            self.validate(value)
        except (TypeError, ValidationError):
            return False

        return True

def validate_abspath(self, value: str) -> None:
        if any([ntpath.isabs(value), posixpath.isabs(value)]):
            raise ValidationError(
                description="found an absolute path ({}), expected a filename".format(value),
                platform=self.platform,
                reason=ErrorReason.FOUND_ABS_PATH,
            )

def filepath(ctx, param, value):  # pragma: no cover
    # Deprecated
    if not value:
        return None

    try:
        validate_filepath(value)
    except ValidationError as e:
        raise click.BadParameter(str(e))

    return sanitize_filepath(value)

def __repr__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return self.__str__(*args, **kwargs)


class NullNameError(ValidationError):
    """
    Exception raised when a name is empty.
    """

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
        kwargs["reason"] = ErrorReason.NULL_NAME

        super().__init__(args, **kwargs)


class InvalidCharError(ValidationError):
    """
    Exception raised when includes invalid character(s) within a string.
    """

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
        kwargs["reason"] = ErrorReason.INVALID_CHARACTER

        super().__init__(args, **kwargs)


class InvalidLengthError(ValidationError):
    """
    Exception raised when a string too long/short.
    """

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None: