/** \file
\brief Exception public header */
-#ifndef HH_Exception_
-#define HH_Exception_ 1
+#ifndef HH_SENF_Utils_Exception_
+#define HH_SENF_Utils_Exception_ 1
// Custom includes
#include <exception>
/** \defgroup exception Exception classes
All exceptions in %senf are derived from senf::Exception. This class adds the possibility to
- extend the exception description while it is processed:
+ extend the exception description while it is processed. The functionality is provided by a mixin
+ class senf::ExceptionMixin:
\code
try {
// Some code which might raise an arbitrary senf exception
}
- catch (senf::Exception & e) {
+ catch (senf::ExceptionMixin & e) {
e << "\handling user " << user;
throw;
}
try {
// ...
}
- catch (senf::Exception & e) {
- e << boost::format("\ncall id 0x%04x@%s") % id % address;
+ catch (senf::ExceptionMixin & e) {
+ e << boost::format("\n" "call id 0x%04x@%s") % id % address;
}
\endcode
struct FooException : public senf::Exception
{ FooException() : senf::Exception("Foo hit the fan") {} };
\endcode
+
+ If SENF is compiled in debug mode (SENF_DEBUG is defined), the exception message will
+ automatically include a stack backtrace. For this to work, you need to add the
+ <tt>-rdynamic</tt> option to all link commands. This feature depends on <tt>gcc</tt> and
+ the GNU-libc.
+
+ To apply these features (extensibility, backtrace) to a non-senf exception, the non-senf
+ exception can be wrapped and re-thrown.
+ \code
+ void foo() {
+ try {
+ // ... code that might throw std::bad_cast or somelib::FooException
+ }
+ SENF_WRAP_EXC(std::bad_cast)
+ SENF_WRAP_EXC(somelib::FooException)
+ }
+ \endcode
+ The re-thrown exception can then be caught as <tt>std::bad_cast</tt> or as senf::ExceptionMixin
+ as needed. It is safe, to wrap an exception twice (the macro will detect this case).
+ \code
+ bar() {
+ try {
+ try {
+ foo();
+ }
+ catch (senf::ExceptionMixin & ex) {
+ ex << "\n" "add this info";
+ }
+ }
+ catch (std::bad_cast const & ex) {
+ std::cerr << ex.what() << std::endl;
+ }
+ \endcode
+ The final error output will include
+ \li a backtrace if compiled in debug mode
+ \li the original error message from the <tt>std::bad_cast</tt> exception
+ \li the additional error message "add this info"
+
+ \todo Link against libcwd to add file-name/line-number information to the backtrace and remove
+ the dependency on -rdynamic
+ \todo Or better, use addr2line to obtain that information when showing the backtrace when
+ catched within Daemon (<tt>addr2line -fsiCe argv[0]</tt>)
+ \todo Add signal handlers for the bad signals which writes a backtrace to stderr and
+ terminates. This should probably write out a raw backtrace without de-mangling or
+ line-numbers since we don't want to mess with dynamic memory when the heap might be
+ corrupted ... Another handler for e.g. SIGUSR2 is nice to show a debug backtrace on demand
*/
namespace senf {
- /** \brief Generic exception base-class
+ /** \brief Generic extensible exception mixin
- Exception is a generic exception base-class which allows the exception to be later extended
+ ExceptionMixin is a generic exception mixin which allows the exception to be later extended
by catching and re-throwing it (See example in \ref exception).
\ingroup exception
*/
- class Exception
- : public std::exception
+ class ExceptionMixin
{
public:
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- ///\name Structors and default members
- ///@{
+ std::string const & message() const; ///< get exception description
- virtual ~Exception() throw();
-
- ///@}
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- virtual char const * what() const throw();
- std::string const & message() const;
-
- void append(std::string text); ///< Extend exception description
+ void append(std::string text); ///< Extend exception description
/**< Adds \a text to the description text. */
protected:
- Exception(std::string const & description = ""); ///< Initialize exception with string
+ explicit ExceptionMixin(std::string const & description = "");
+ ///< Initialize exception with string
/**< \a description is the initial error description
string. This should probably be a string constant
describing the exception for most derived
exceptions. */
-
+ std::string what_;
private:
+#ifdef SENF_DEBUG
+ void addBacktrace();
+#endif
std::string message_;
};
+ /** \brief Extensible exception base-class
+
+ This base-class is an exception which already includes the ExceptionMixin. All SENF
+ exceptions are derived from this class. Other user-exception may be defined by deriving from
+ this class too.
+
+ \see \ref exception
+
+ \ingroup exception
+ */
+ class Exception
+ : public ExceptionMixin, public std::exception
+ {
+ public:
+ virtual ~Exception() throw();
+
+ virtual char const * what() const throw();
+ ///< get exception description and backtrace if available
+ /**< get description of the exception (message()) and backtrace
+ information if SENF is compiled with \c SENF_DEBUG */
+
+ protected:
+ explicit Exception(std::string const & description = "");
+ };
+
+ /** \brief Wrapper for standard non-senf exceptions
+
+ This class wraps an exception of type \a BaseException and adds functionality from
+ senf::ExceptionMixin.
+
+ \ingroup exception
+ */
+ template <class BaseException>
+ class WrapException
+ : public ExceptionMixin, public BaseException
+ {
+ public:
+ typedef BaseException Base;
+
+ WrapException(BaseException const & base);
+ virtual ~WrapException() throw();
+
+ virtual char const * what() const throw();
+ };
+
+ /** \brief Wrap a non-senf exception
+
+ This macro allows to wrap a non-senf exception adding functionality from ExceptionMixin
+ using the WrapException template. For an example, see \ref exception.
+
+ \ingroup exception
+ */
+# define SENF_WRAP_EXC(Ex) \
+ catch (Ex const & base) { \
+ if (dynamic_cast<senf::ExceptionMixin const *>(&base)) \
+ throw; \
+ else \
+ throw senf::WrapException<Ex>(base); \
+ }
+
template <class Exc, class Arg>
- typename boost::enable_if< boost::is_convertible<Exc*,Exception*>, Exc & >::type
+ typename boost::enable_if< boost::is_convertible<Exc*,ExceptionMixin*>, Exc & >::type
operator<<(Exc const & exc, Arg const & arg); ///< Extend exception description
/**< Adds \a arg converted to string to the end of the
exception description string. This operator allows to
the exception description:
\code
// Standard usage: Take \c errno from environment
- SENF_THROW_SYSTEM_EXCEPTION()
+ SENF_THROW_SYSTEM_EXCEPTION("::open()")
<< " while opening configuration file: " << filename;
// You may however explicitly specify the errno value
void init(std::string const & descr, int code _SENF_EXC_DEBUG_ARGS_ND);
int code_;
- std::string what_;
};
# ifdef SENF_DEBUG
# define SENF_EXC_DEBUGINFO
# endif
-# define SENF_THROW_SYSTEM_EXCEPTION(desc) throw SystemException(desc SENF_EXC_DEBUGINFO)
+# define SENF_THROW_SYSTEM_EXCEPTION(desc) throw senf::SystemException(desc SENF_EXC_DEBUGINFO)
}
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