Exception Safe Guard
After reading Andrei Alexandrescu and Petru Marginean's
"Generic: Change the Way You Write Exception-Safe Code ?? Forever"
http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403758
I borrow Boost.Function, which makes the implementation much simpler.
here goes the demo:
#include <boost/function.hpp>
#include <boost/bind.hpp>
#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace boost;
using namespace std;
struct Guard
: private noncopyable
{
Guard(function0<void> const& op)
: op_(op), committed_(false) {}
void Commit() throw()
{
committed_ = true;
}
~Guard()
{
if (!committed_)
op_();
}
private:
bool committed_;
function0<void> op_;
};
struct Obj
{
void Rollback() const {
cout << "Committed, Now Rolling back" << endl;
}
};
void MayThrow() throw(int)
{
srand(time(0));
if (int r = rand() % 2)
throw r;
}
int main()
try
{
Obj obj;
Guard guard(bind(&Obj::Rollback, obj));
// do the stuffs, which may throw
MayThrow();
guard.Commit();
}
catch (int i)
{
cout << "Exception: i = " << i << endl;
}
catch (...)
{
cout << "Unknown Exception" << endl;
}
Any suggestion is welcomed, including coding style.
--
Thanks
Barry
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