Re: Deleting exceptions after throwing
On Sep 24, 3:44 pm, p...@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
wrote:
Emil Berg <emilbe...@gmail.com> writes:
On Sep 24, 3:18 pm, p...@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
wrote:
Emil Berg <emilbe...@gmail.com> writes:
If I throw auto_ptr<FileNotFoundException> then the user needs to
catch auto_ptr<FileNotFoundException>.
I want the user to catch just FileNotFoundException and not its
auto_ptr.
class TheActualFileNotFoundException:public std::exception {
...};
typedef auto_ptr<TheActualFileNotFoundException> FileNotFoundException=
;
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__Pascal Bourguignon__
So the user needs to catch FileNotFoundException and call get()
function to get the actual exception.
It's more complicated for the user from just deleting it :)
Not at all. Auto_ptr implements operator-> so you can use them just
as you would with normal objects.
...
catch(FileNotFoundException& e){
std::cout<<"Cannot find file "<<e->getPathname()<<" because "<<e->get=
ErrorMessage()<<std::endl;
}
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__Pascal Bourguignon__
Oh, I didn't know. Then it's a very good idea.
But there is still another problem.
When the user is throwing the exception, he will need to throw
TheActualFileNotFoundException, becuase FileNotFoundException is a
typedef to the smart pointer.
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