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NAME
FBB::Exception - std::exception objects acception stream insertions
SYNOPSIS
#include <bobcat/exception>
Linking option: -lbobcat
DESCRIPTION
FBB::Exception objects derived from std::exception, but accept stream insertions. Their intended use
consists of throwing an anonymous object, into which the text of the std::exception::what message has
been inserted.
Exception exceptions are thrown by several Bobcat classes. These classes are Arg, ArgConfig, BigInt, Cgi,
Cidr, ClientSocket, CmdFinderBase, ConfigFile, DateTime, DecryptBuf, DigestBuf, EncryptBuf, Fork,
GetHostent, Glob, HMacBuf, Hostname, LocalClientSocket, LocalServerSocket, LocalSocketBase, Log,
MailHeaders, Mbuf, Milter, Mstream, OFoldStreambuf, OneKey, Pattern, Pipe, Process, Redirector, Selector,
ServerSocket, Signal, SocketBase, Stat, TempStream, User, Xpointer
NAMESPACE
FBB
All constructors, members, operators and manipulators, mentioned in this man-page, are defined in the
namespace FBB.
INHERITS FROM
std::exception
ENUMERATION
The enumeration Protection is used by the member protection described below. The enumeration has two
values:
o ANY: an existing file may have any set of protection bits;
o EQUAL: an existing file mut have exactly the set of protection bits as specified when calling
Exception::protection.
CONSTRUCTORS
o Exception():
The default constructor (assigns 0 to FBB::g_errno, see the next constructor).
o Exception(int errnoValue):
This constructor stores the provided errnoValue value in a thread-local variable int FBB::g_errno.
Before Bobcat 4.04.00 errnoValue was only stored in the global ::errno variable (it still is), but
as this variable is also used by many other functions, errno’s value may have changed by the time
the exception is caught. The thread_local int FBB::g_errno variable does not have that drawback.
When g_errno must be declared without including bobcat/exception then do
namespace FBB
{
extern thread_local int g_errno;
}
Move and copy constructors are available.
MEMBER FUNCTIONS
All members of std::exception are available, as FBB::Exception inherits from this class.
o char const *what() const noexcept(true) override:
Returns the text that was inserted into the FBB::Exception object.
OVERLOADED OPERATORS
o Exception &&operator<<(Exception &&in, Type const &t):
A function template implementing the overloaded insertion operator. It can be used to insert
values of any type that can also be inserted into an ostringstream object. The overloaded
assignment and move assignment operators are available.
STATIC MEMBERS
The following convenience functions can be used for controlled opening of stream-type objects, like
std::ofstream and std::ifstream. These stream-type objects must support open and close members, like
those provided by std::ifstream and std::ofstream.
If the stream was already open it is first closed.
If opening fails an FBB::Exception exception is thrown containing a short message stating that the named
stream could not be opened.
o static void open(StreamType &stream, std::string const &name):
Opens the stream object, using its default open member.
o static void open(int errnoValue, StreamType &stream, std::string const &name):
Opens the stream object, using its default open member. If opening the stream fails, then the
thrown FBB::Exception assigns errnoValue to ::errno.
o static void open(StreamType &stream, std::string const &name, std::ios::openmode mode):
Opens the stream object, using its open member, passing mode to open.
o static void open(int errnoValue, StreamType &stream, std::string const &name, std::ios::openmode
mode):
Opens the stream object, using its open member, passing mode to open. If opening the stream fails,
then the thrown FBB::Exception assigns errnoValue to ::errno.
o static size_t protection(std::string const &path, size_t protect, Protection type = EQUAL):
Returns the protection bits (cf. open(2)) of path. The protect parameter is used to specify the
requested protection bits. This value is usually specified as an octal value. If the specified
value exceeds 0777 an exception is thrown. The third parameter is only used in combination with
already existing files. If specified as ANY the file’s actual permission bits are not compared
with protect; if specified as EQUAL the file’s permission bits must be identical to protect, or an
exception is thrown. If path does not yet exist a file path with permission protect is created.
This member returns path’s permission bits.
If path is created by protection, then opening a stream for path does not change path’s
protection.
MANIPULATOR
The following manipulator (which is not part of the FBB::Exception, class, but is defined in the FBB
namespace) can be inserted into the FBB::Exception object:
o FBB::errnodescr:
The descriptive text associated with the current errno value is inserted into the FBB::Exception
object (it can also be used to insert the descriptive text in a std::ostream object). No text is
inserted if errno equals zero. This manipulator is thread-safe (but errno may be modified when
errno holds an invalid value).
EXAMPLE
if (exceptionalCondition)
throw FBB::Exception(1) << "Exceptional condition occurred";
FILES
bobcat/exception - defines the class interface
SEE ALSO
bobcat(7)
BUGS
None Reported.
DISTRIBUTION FILES
o bobcat_4.08.02-x.dsc: detached signature;
o bobcat_4.08.02-x.tar.gz: source archive;
o bobcat_4.08.02-x_i386.changes: change log;
o libbobcat1_4.08.02-x_*.deb: debian package holding the libraries;
o libbobcat1-dev_4.08.02-x_*.deb: debian package holding the libraries, headers and manual pages;
o http://sourceforge.net/projects/bobcat: public archive location;
BOBCAT
Bobcat is an acronym of `Brokken’s Own Base Classes And Templates’.
COPYRIGHT
This is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
AUTHOR
Frank B. Brokken (f.b.brokken@rug.nl).