LUMIERA.clone/src/lib/error.hpp

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/*
ERROR.hpp - Lumiera Exception Interface
Copyright (C) Lumiera.org
2008-2010 Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
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_HPP_
#define LUMIERA_ERROR_HPP_
#include <string>
#include "include/logging.h"
#include "include/lifecycle.h"
#include "lib/error.h"
namespace lumiera {
using std::string;
/** error-ID for unspecified exceptions */
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE(EXCEPTION);
/**
* Interface and Base class of all Exceptions thrown
* from within Lumiera (C++) code. Common operations
* for getting an diagnostic message and for obtaining
* the root cause, i.e. the first exception encountered
* in a chain of exceptions.
*/
class Error : public std::exception
{
public:
Error (string description="", const char* const id=LUMIERA_ERROR_EXCEPTION) throw();
Error (std::exception const& cause,
string description="", const char* const id=LUMIERA_ERROR_EXCEPTION) throw();
Error (const Error&) throw();
virtual ~Error () throw() {};
/** yield a diagnostic message characterising the problem */
virtual const char* what () const throw();
/** the internal Lumiera-error-ID (was set as C-errorstate in ctor) */
const char* getID () const throw() { return this->id_; }
/** extract the message to be displayed for the user */
const string& getUsermsg () const throw();
/** If this exception was caused by a chain of further exceptions,
* return the description of the first one registered in this throw sequence.
* This works only if every exceptions thrown as a consequence of another exception
* is properly constructed by passing the original exception to the constructor
* @return the description string, maybe empty (if there is no known root cause)
*/
const string& rootCause () const throw() { return this->cause_; }
/** replace the previous or default friendly message for the user. To be localised. */
Error& setUsermsg (const string& newMsg) throw() { this->msg_ = newMsg; return *this; }
/** give additional developer info. Typically used at intermediate handlers to add context. */
Error& prependInfo (const string& text) throw() { this->desc_.insert (0,text); return *this; }
private:
const char* id_; ///< an LUMIERA_ERROR id, which is set as errorstate on construction
string msg_; ///< friendly message intended for users (to be localised)
string desc_; ///< detailed description of the error situation for the developers
mutable string what_; ///< buffer for generating the detailed description on demand
const string cause_; ///< description of first exception encountered in the chain
static const string extractCauseMsg (std::exception const&) throw();
};
/* === Exception Sub-categories === */
namespace error {
/** global function for handling unknown exceptions
* encountered at functions declaring not to throw
* this kind of exception. Basically, any such event
* can be considered a severe design flaw; we can just
* add some diagnostics prior to halting.
*/
void lumiera_unexpectedException () throw();
/** throw an error::Fatal indicating "assertion failure" */
void assertion_terminate (const string& location);
/* constants to be used as error IDs */
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (LOGIC ); ///< contradiction to internal logic assumptions detected
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (FATAL ); ///< unable to cope with, internal logic floundered
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (CONFIG ); ///< execution aborted due to misconfiguration
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (STATE ); ///< unforeseen internal state
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (FLAG ); ///< non-cleared lumiera errorstate from C code
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (INVALID ); ///< invalid input or parameters encountered
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (EXTERNAL ); ///< failure in external service the application relies on
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (ASSERTION); ///< assertion failure
/* generic error situations */
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (WRONG_TYPE); ///< runtime type mismatch
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (ITER_EXHAUST); ///< end of sequence reached
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (BOTTOM_VALUE); ///< invalid or NIL value
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (UNCONNECTED); ///< missing connection
/** Macro for creating derived exception classes properly
* integrated into Lumiera's exception hierarchy. Using
* this macro assures that the new class will get the full
* set of constructors and behaviour common to all exception
* classes, so it should be used when creating an derived
* exception type for more then strictly local purposes
*/
#define LUMIERA_EXCEPTION_DECLARE(CLASS, PARENT, _ID_) \
class CLASS : public PARENT \
{ \
public: \
CLASS (std::string description="", \
const char* id=_ID_) throw() \
: PARENT (description, id) {} \
\
CLASS (std::exception const& cause, \
std::string description="", \
const char* id=_ID_) throw() \
: PARENT (cause, description, id) {} \
};
//-------------------------CLASS-----PARENT--ID----------------------
LUMIERA_EXCEPTION_DECLARE (Logic, Error, LUMIERA_ERROR_LOGIC);
LUMIERA_EXCEPTION_DECLARE (Fatal, Logic, LUMIERA_ERROR_FATAL);
LUMIERA_EXCEPTION_DECLARE (Config, Error, LUMIERA_ERROR_CONFIG);
LUMIERA_EXCEPTION_DECLARE (State, Error, LUMIERA_ERROR_STATE);
LUMIERA_EXCEPTION_DECLARE (Flag, State, LUMIERA_ERROR_FLAG);
LUMIERA_EXCEPTION_DECLARE (Invalid, Error, LUMIERA_ERROR_INVALID);
LUMIERA_EXCEPTION_DECLARE (External, Error, LUMIERA_ERROR_EXTERNAL);
/** install our own handler for undeclared exceptions. Will be
* called automatically ON_BASIC_INIT when linking exception.cpp */
void install_unexpectedException_handler ();
/** @return error detail-info if currently set, a default message else */
const char* detailInfo ();
} // namespace error
/**
* Check the lumiera error state, which maybe was set by C-code.
* @throw Errorflag exception to signal an detected lumiera error
* @note specific error code and information is enclosed in
* the raised exception; the error state is \em not cleared.
*/
inline void
throwOnError()
{
if (lumiera_err errorFlag =lumiera_error())
{
throw error::Flag( error::detailInfo()
, errorFlag);
} } //causes the error state to be set
/** Check the lumiera error state and throw a specific exception
* in case a non-cleared errorflag is detected. No-op else.
* @throw instance of the lumiera::Error subclass provided as
* template parameter, containing an lumiera::error::Flag
* as root cause to denote the detected error-flag state.
*/
template<class EX>
inline void
maybeThrow(string description)
{
if (lumiera_err errorFlag =lumiera_error())
{
throw EX (error::Flag( error::detailInfo()
, errorFlag)
,description);
} }
template<class EX>
inline void
maybeThrow()
{
maybeThrow<EX>("");
}
} // namespace lumiera
/******************************************************
* if NoBug is used, redefine some macros
* to rather throw Lumiera Errors instead of aborting
*/
#if 0 /*This will not work, nobug aborts are hard and may hold some locks, we discussed that before -- cehteh */
#ifdef NOBUG_ABORT
#undef NOBUG_ABORT
#define LUMIERA_NOBUG_LOCATION \
std::string (NOBUG_BASENAME(__FILE__)) +":"+ NOBUG_STRINGIZE(__LINE__) + ", function " + __func__
#define NOBUG_ABORT \
lumiera::error::assertion_terminate (LUMIERA_NOBUG_LOCATION);
#endif
#endif
#endif // LUMIERA_ERROR_HPP_