CTK/Libs/PluginFramework/ctkServiceException.h

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#ifndef CTKSERVICEEXCEPTION_H
#define CTKSERVICEEXCEPTION_H

#include "ctkRuntimeException.h"

/**
 * A service exception used to indicate that a service problem occurred.
 *
 * <p>
 * A <code>ctkServiceException</code> object is created by the Framework or
 * to denote an exception condition in the service. An enum
 * type is used to identify the exception type for future extendability.
 *
 * <p>
 * This exception conforms to the general purpose exception chaining mechanism.
 */
class Q_DECL_EXPORT ctkServiceException : public ctkRuntimeException
{
public:

  enum Type {
    /**
     * No exception type is unspecified.
     */
    UNSPECIFIED = 0,
    /**
     * The service has been unregistered.
     */
    UNREGISTERED = 1,
    /**
     * The service factory produced an invalid service object.
     */
    FACTORY_ERROR = 2,
    /**
     * The service factory threw an exception.
     */
    FACTORY_EXCEPTION = 3,
    /**
     * An error occurred invoking a remote service.
     */
    REMOTE = 5,
    /**
     * The service factory resulted in a recursive call to itself for the
     * requesting plugin.
     */
    FACTORY_RECURSION = 6
  };

  /**
   * Creates a <code>ctkServiceException</code> with the specified message,
   * type and exception cause.
   *
   * @param msg The associated message.
   * @param type The type for this exception.
   * @param cause The cause of this exception.
   */
  ctkServiceException(const QString& msg, const Type& type = UNSPECIFIED, const std::exception* cause = 0);

  /**
   * Creates a <code>ctkServiceException</code> with the specified message and
   * exception cause.
   *
   * @param msg The associated message.
   * @param cause The cause of this exception.
   */
  ctkServiceException(const QString& msg, const std::exception* cause);

  ctkServiceException(const ctkServiceException& o);
  ctkServiceException& operator=(const ctkServiceException& o);

  ~ctkServiceException() throw() { }

  /**
   * Returns the type for this exception or <code>UNSPECIFIED</code> if the
   * type was unspecified or unknown.
   *
   * @return The type of this exception.
   */
  Type getType() const;

private:

  /**
   * Type of service exception.
   */
  Type type;

};


CTK_PLUGINFW_EXPORT QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const ctkServiceException& exc);

#endif // CTKSERVICEEXCEPTION_H