Re: Beginner on exception handling
andreas.koestler@googlemail.com wrote:
Why does catch (A ex) rather than catch (B &ex) catch the B()
exception object? If I change the catch statement to catch (A &ex) it
doesn't catch B() anymore but catch (B &ex) does.
This might be quite a beginner question but you know, there's no
stupid questions just ....
Thanks Andreas
It's hard to understand what you're saying and what you're asking. I'll
just say what the code below should do and why:
class A {
public:
A () {
std::cout << "A::A()" << std::endl;
}
virtual void Foo () {
std::cout << "A::Foo()" << std::endl;
}
};
class B : public A {
public:
B () {
std::cout << "B::B()" << std::endl;
}
virtual void Foo () {
std::cout << "B::Foo()" << std::endl;
}
};
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
try {
throw B();
outputs
B::B()
}
catch ( A ex ) { //catch ( A &ex )
ex.Foo ();
outputs A::Foo()
If you replace with the commented code you see B::Foo()
The problem is that you're slicing your exception object. Always throw
by value, catch by reference.
}
catch ( B& ex ) {
ex.Foo ();
This code is simply never hit.
}
Try this:
int main()
{
B b;
A a1 = b;
A & a2 = b;
std::cout << a1.Foo() << std::endl;
std::cout << a2.Foo() << std::endl;
}
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