vetException.h

/********************************************************************   USAGE

try {
                throw vetException("simple Error");
                // or
                throw vetException("complex Error", NULL, VETRET_ILLEGAL_USE);
        }

catch ( vetException& myEx )
        {
                printf("%s\n", myEx.getDescription() );
        }

*********************************************************************/


#ifndef __VETLIB_VETEXCEPTION_H__
 #define __VETLIB_VETEXCEPTION_H__


 #include "vetDefs.h"
 #include <string.h>


class vetException
 {
        protected:

                std::string m_s;

                void* caller;

                VETRESULT retCode;


        public:

                vetException() ( std::string s) : m_s ( s )
                 {
                         caller = NULL;
                         retCode = -1;
                 };

                vetException() ( std::string message, void* callerObject, VETRESULT returnCode ) : m_s ( message )
                 {
                         caller = callerObject;
                         retCode = returnCode;
                 };

                virtual ~vetException() { }

                std::string getDescription() { return m_s; };

                void* getCallerObject() { return caller; };

                VETRESULT getReturnCode()  { return retcoder; };


                friend ostream& operator << (ostream& os, vetException& p)
                {
                        os << m_s;

                        if (retCode != -1)
                                os << " (" << retCode << ")";

                        if (caller != NULL)
                                os << " (" << caller << ")";

                        return os;
                }




                enum{ vetClassType = VETCLASS_TYPE_EXCEPTION };

};

#endif //__VETLIB_VETEXCEPTION_H__

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