Error.hh

#ifndef __FASTJET_ERROR_HH__
#define __FASTJET_ERROR_HH__

//FJSTARTHEADER
// $Id: Error.hh 3809 2015-02-20 13:05:13Z soyez $
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#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include "fastjet/internal/base.hh"
#include "fastjet/config.h"
#if (!defined(FASTJET_HAVE_EXECINFO_H)) || defined(__FJCORE__)
#include "fastjet/LimitedWarning.hh"
#endif

FASTJET_BEGIN_NAMESPACE      // defined in fastjet/internal/base.hh

/// @ingroup error_handling
/// \class Error
/// base class corresponding to errors that can be thrown by FastJet
class Error {
public:
  /// default constructors
  Error() {}

  /// ctor from an error message
  ///   \param message to be printed
  /// Note: in addition to the error message, one can choose to print the
  /// backtrace (showing the last few calls before the error) by 
  /// using set_print_backtrace(true). The default is "false".
  Error(const std::string & message);

  /// virtual dummy dtor
  virtual ~Error() {}

  /// the error message
  std::string message() const {return _message;}

  /// controls whether the error message (and the backtrace, if its printing is enabled) 
  /// is printed out or not
  static void set_print_errors(bool print_errors) {_print_errors = print_errors;}

  /// controls whether the backtrace is printed out with the error message or not.
  /// The default is "false".
  static void set_print_backtrace(bool enabled);

  /// sets the default output stream for all errors; by default
  /// cerr; if it's null then error output is suppressed.
  static void set_default_stream(std::ostream * ostr) {
    _default_ostr = ostr;
  }

private:

#ifndef __FJCORE__
#if defined(FASTJET_HAVE_EXECINFO_H) && defined(FASTJET_HAVE_DEMANGLING_SUPPORT)
  /// demangle a given backtrace symbol
  std::string _demangle(const char* symbol);
#endif
#endif

  std::string _message;                ///< error message
  static bool _print_errors;           ///< do we print anything?
  static bool _print_backtrace;        ///< do we print the backtrace?
  static std::ostream * _default_ostr; ///< the output stream (cerr if not set)
#if (!defined(FASTJET_HAVE_EXECINFO_H)) || defined(__FJCORE__)
  static LimitedWarning _execinfo_undefined;
#endif
};


/// @ingroup error_handling
/// \class InternalError
/// class corresponding to critical internal errors
/// 
/// This is an error class (derived from Error) meant for serious,
/// critical, internal errors that we still want to be catchable by an
/// end-user [e.g. a serious issue in clustering where the end-user
/// can catch it and retry with a different strategy]
///
/// Please directly contact the FastJet authors if you see such an
/// error.
class InternalError : public Error{
public:
  /// ctor with error message:
  /// just add a bit of info to the message and pass it to the base class
  InternalError(const std::string & message_in) : Error(std::string("*** CRITICAL INTERNAL FASTJET ERROR *** CONTACT THE AUTHORS *** ") + message_in){ }
};


FASTJET_END_NAMESPACE

#endif // __FASTJET_ERROR_HH__