CTK/Libs/PluginFramework/ctkPluginException.h

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#ifndef CTKPLUGINEXCEPTION_H
#define CTKPLUGINEXCEPTION_H

#include "ctkException.h"

#include <ctkPluginFrameworkExport.h>

/**
 * \ingroup PluginFramework
 *
 * A Plugin Framework exception used to indicate that a plugin lifecycle
 * problem occurred.
 *
 * <p>
 * A <code>ctkPluginException</code> object is created by the Framework to denote
 * an exception condition in the lifecycle of a plugin.
 * <code>ctkPluginException</code>s should not be created by plugin developers.
 * 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 CTK_PLUGINFW_EXPORT ctkPluginException : public ctkRuntimeException
{
public:

  enum Type {
    /**
     * No exception type is unspecified.
     */
    UNSPECIFIED,
    /**
     * The operation was unsupported.
     */
    UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION,
    /**
     * The operation was invalid.
     */
    INVALID_OPERATION,
    /**
     * The plugin manifest contains errors.
     */
    MANIFEST_ERROR,
    /**
     * The plugin was not resolved.
     */
    RESOLVE_ERROR,
    /**
     * The plugin activator was in error.
     */
    ACTIVATOR_ERROR,
    /**
     * The operation failed due to insufficient permissions.
     */
    SECURITY_ERROR,
    /**
     * The operation failed to complete the requested lifecycle state change.
     */
    STATECHANGE_ERROR,
    /**
     * The install or update operation failed because another
     * already installed plugin has the same symbolic name and version.
     */
    DUPLICATE_PLUGIN_ERROR,
    /**
     * The framework received an error while reading the input stream for a plugin.
     */
    READ_ERROR,
    /**
     * The start transient operation failed because the start level of the
     * plugin is greater than the current framework start level
     */
    START_TRANSIENT_ERROR
  };

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

  /**
   * Creates a <code>ctkPluginException</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.
   */
  ctkPluginException(const QString& msg, const Type& type, const ctkException& cause);

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

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

  ~ctkPluginException() throw();

  /**
   * @see ctkException::name()
   */
  const char* name() const throw();

  /**
   * @see ctkException::clone()
   */
  ctkPluginException* clone() const;

  /**
   * @see ctkException::rethrow()
   */
  void rethrow() const;

  /**
   * 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 plugin exception.
   */
  Type type;

};

#endif // CTKPLUGINEXCEPTION_H