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