Failure Class Reference

A precondtion failed. More...

#include <debug.h>

Public Member Functions
	Failure ()
void	operator() (const char *function, int line, const char *check)
void	operator() (const char *function, const char *file, int line, const char *check)
void	setErrorStream (std::ostream &stream)
std::ostream &	print (std::ostream &o) const

Protected Attributes
std::ostream *	_errorStream

Detailed Description

A precondtion failed.

The throw mechanism is usually used here as in

if (!check)
failure()(__func__,__LINE__,"this check just failed");

The parameters of the constructor help debugging.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Failure()

Failure ( )

inline

Member Function Documentation

operator()() [1/2]

void operator() ( const char *  function, int  line, const char *  check  )

inline

A precondtion failed.

Parameters

function	usually func, the function that threw the error
line	usually LINE, the line where it happened
check	a string telling what failed.

operator()() [2/2]

void operator() ( const char *  function, const char *  file, int  line, const char *  check  )

inline

A precondtion failed. The parameter help debugging. This is not much different from the previous except we can digg faster in the file where the exception was triggered.

Parameters

function	usually func, the function that threw the error
file	usually FILE, the file where this function is
line	usually LINE, the line where it happened
check	a string telling what failed.

setErrorStream()

void setErrorStream

(

std::ostream &

stream

)

print()

std::ostream& print ( std::ostream &  o ) const

inline

overload the virtual print of LinboxError.

Parameters

o	output stream

Field Documentation

_errorStream

std::ostream* _errorStream

protected

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• debug.h