- if (any(cases == 0)) {
- times <- which(cases > 0)
- if (length(times) < 2) {
- stop("Vector of case counts must contain at least two positive integers.")
- }
- cases <- cases[times]
- } else {
- times <- seq_along(cases)
+ validate_cases(cases, min_length = 2, min_count = 0)
+ if (!is_real(mu) || mu <= 0) {
+ stop("The serial interval (`mu`) must be a number greater than 0.",
+ call. = FALSE
+ )
+ }
+ if (!is_real(kappa) || kappa < 1) {
+ stop(
+ paste("The largest value of the uniform prior (`kappa`)",
+ "must be a number greater than or equal to 1."
+ ), call. = FALSE
+ )
+ }
+ if (!identical(post, TRUE) && !identical(post, FALSE)) {
+ stop("The posterior flag (`post`) must be set to `TRUE` or `FALSE`.",
+ call. = FALSE
+ )
+ }
+
+ times <- which(cases > 0)
+ if (length(times) < 2) {
+ stop("Case counts must contain at least two positive integers.",
+ call. = FALSE
+ )