lumiera_/src/lib/error.h
2008-08-10 12:19:08 +02:00

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/*
error.h - Lumiera Error handling
Copyright (C) Lumiera.org
2008, Christian Thaeter <ct@pipapo.org>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
#ifndef LUMIERA_ERROR_H
#define LUMIERA_ERROR_H
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#elif 0
} /*eek, fixes emacs indenting for now*/
#endif
#include <nobug.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
/**
* @file
* C Error handling in Lumiera, header.
*/
typedef const char* lumiera_err;
/**
* Abort unconditionally with a 'Fatal Error!' message.
* This macro is used whenever the program end up in a invalid state from which no runtime recovery is possible
*/
#define LUMIERA_DIE(err) \
do { NOBUG_ERROR(NOBUG_ON, "Fatal Error: %s ", strchr(LUMIERA_ERROR_##err, ':')); abort(); } while(0)
/**
* Forward declare an error constant.
* This macro eases the error declaration in header files
* @param err name of the error without the 'LUMIERA_ERROR_' prefix (example: NO_MEMORY)
*/
#define LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE(err) \
extern lumiera_err LUMIERA_ERROR_##err
/**
* Definition and initialization of an error constant.
* This macro eases the error definition in implementation files
* @param err name of the error without the 'LUMIERA_ERROR_' prefix (example: NO_MEMORY)
* @param msg message describing the error in plain english (example: "memory allocation failed")
*/
#define LUMIERA_ERROR_DEFINE(err, msg) \
lumiera_err LUMIERA_ERROR_##err = "LUMIERA_ERROR_" #err ":" msg
/**
* Helper macro to raise an error for the current thread.
* This macro eases setting an error. It adds NoBug logging support to the low level error handling.
* @param flag NoBug flag describing the subsystem where the error was raised
* @param err name of the error without the 'LUMIERA_ERROR_' prefix (example: NO_MEMORY)
*/
#define LUMIERA_ERROR_SET(flag, err) \
(({ERROR (flag, "%s", strchr(LUMIERA_ERROR_##err, ':')+1);}), \
lumiera_error_set(LUMIERA_ERROR_##err))
/**
* Set error state for the current thread.
* If the error state of the current thread was cleared, then set it, else preserve the old state.
* @param nerr name of the error with 'LUMIERA_ERROR_' prefix (example: LUMIERA_ERROR_NO_MEMORY)
* @return old state, that is NULL for success, when the state was cleared and a pointer to a pending
* error when the error state was already set
*/
lumiera_err
lumiera_error_set (lumiera_err err);
/**
* Get and clear current error state.
* This function clears the error state, if it needs to be reused, one has to store it in a temporary
* variable.
* @return pointer to any pending error of this thread, NULL if no error is pending
*/
lumiera_err
lumiera_error ();
/*
predefined errors
*/
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (ERRNO);
#ifdef __cplusplus
} /* extern "C" */
#endif
#endif /* LUMIERA_ERROR_H */