exceptions/exceptions.h
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#ifndef __EXCEPTIONS_H__
#define __EXCEPTIONS_H__
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <exception>
//! This macro should be used when calling an exception
/*! for example :
throw( Exception( "Shit happens", E_INFOS );
*/
#define E_INFOS __FUNCTION__,__FILE__,__LINE__
//! This macro should be used to declare an exception
/*! The second argument is the name of the exception class
The first argument is the name of the base class
for example :
EXCEPTION(Exception,Buddhist_Observation);
creates an new exception class "Buddhist_Observation", derived from the base "Exception"
*/
#define EXCEPTION(Super,Current) class Current : public Super {public: Current ( const std::string & desc, const std::string & func="?", const std::string & f="?", const int l=-1 ) : Super (desc,func,f,l) {name = #Current;} }
/** A shortcut to throw an exception without having to type ",E_INFOS"
* and that could take streamed-formatted input instead of plain strings.
*
* Example:
* RAISE( Buddhist_Observation, "There is " << 0 << " shit that happens" );
*/
#define RAISE( Err, msg ) {std::ostringstream oss; oss << msg; throw( Err(oss.str(), E_INFOS) );}
//! This is the base class for all exceptions in oMetah
class Exception : public std::exception
{
protected:
//! Name of the current exception class
std::string name;
//! Description of the exception
std::string description;
//! Function where the exception has been raised
std::string function;
//! File where the exception has been raised
std::string file;
//! Line where the exception has been raised
int line;
public:
//! Constructor of the exception
/*!
This constructor is not supposed to be used with hand-made location arguments
but with metadata provided by the compiler.
Use the E_INFOS macro to raise the exception, for example :
throw( Exception( "Shit evolves", E_INFOS );
*/
Exception( const std::string & desc, const std::string & func, const std::string & f, const int l )
: description(desc), function(func), file(f), line(l) {}
//! The destructor is not allowed to throw exceptions
virtual ~Exception() throw () {}
//! The method to use for printing the complete description of the exception
std::string what()
{
std::ostringstream msg;
msg << description << " (<" << name << "> in " << function << " at " << file << ":" << line << ")";
return msg.str();
}
};
#endif // __EXCEPTIONS_H__