alkexception.h

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/*
    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2000-2018 Thomas Baumgart tbaumgart @kde.org
 
    This file is part of libalkimia.
 
    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
*/
 
#ifndef ALKEXCEPTION_H
#define ALKEXCEPTION_H
 
#include <alkimia/alk_export.h>
 
#include <QString>
 
/**
 * @file
 * @author Thomas Baumgart
 */
 
/**
 * This class describes an exception that is thrown by the engine
 * in case of a failure.
 */
class ALK_NO_EXPORT AlkException
{
public:
    /**
     * @def ALKEXCEPTION(text)
     * This is the preferred constructor to create a new exception
     * object. It automatically inserts the filename and the source
     * code line into the object upon creation.
     *
     * It is equivalent to AlkException(text, __FILE__, __LINE__)
     */
#define ALKEXCEPTION(what) AlkException(what, __FILE__, __LINE__)
 
    /**
     * The constructor to create a new ALKEXCEPTION object.
     *
     * @param msg reference to QString containing the message
     * @param file reference to QString containing the name of the sourcefile where
     *             the exception was thrown
     * @param line unsigned long containing the line number of the line where
     *             the exception was thrown in the file.
     *
     * An easier way to use this constructor is to use the macro
     * ALKEXCEPTION(text) instead. It automatically assigns the file
     * and line parameter to the correct values.
     */
    AlkException(const QString &msg, const QString &file, const unsigned long line);
 
    ~AlkException();
 
    /**
     * This method is used to return the message that was passed
     * during the creation of the exception object.
     *
     * @return reference to QString containing the message
     */
    const QString &what() const
    {
        return m_msg;
    }
 
    /**
     * This method is used to return the filename that was passed
     * during the creation of the exception object.
     *
     * @return reference to QString containing the filename
     */
    const QString &file() const
    {
        return m_file;
    }
 
    /**
     * This method is used to return the linenumber that was passed
     * during the creation of the exception object.
     *
     * @return long integer containing the line number
     */
    unsigned long line() const
    {
        return m_line;
    }
 
private:
    /**
     * This member variable holds the message
     */
    QString m_msg;
 
    /**
     * This member variable holds the filename
     */
    QString m_file;
 
    /**
     * This member variable holds the line number
     */
    unsigned long m_line;
};
 
#endif