Source: kcrash.h

/*
 * This file is part of the KDE Libraries
 * Copyright (C) 2000 Timo Hummel 
 *                    Tom Braun 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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 *
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 */

#ifndef __KCRASH_H
#define __KCRASH_H

#include 

/**
 * This class handles segmentation-faults.
 * By default it displays a  message-box saying the application crashed.
 * This default can be overridden by setting a custom crash handler with
 * @ref setCrashHandler().
 * If a function is specified with @ref setEmergencySaveFunction() it will
 * be called by the default crash handler, giving the application a chance
 * to save its data.
 */
class KCrash
{
 private: // ;o)
  static const char *appName;
  static const char *appPath;

 public:
  /**
   * The default crash handler.
   * @param signal the signal number
   */
  static void defaultCrashHandler (int signal);

  /**
   * This function type is a pointer to a crash handler function.
   * The function's argument is the number of the signal.
   */
  typedef void (*HandlerType)(int);

  /**
   * Install a function to be called in case a SIGSEGV is caught.
   * @param HandlerType handler can be one of
   * @li null in which case signal-catching is disabled
   *  (by calling signal(SIGSEGV, SIG_DFL))
   * @li if handler is omitted the default crash handler is installed.
   * @li an user defined function in the form:
   * static (if in a class) void myCrashHandler(int);
   * @param handler the crash handler
   */

  static void setCrashHandler (HandlerType handler = defaultCrashHandler);

  /**
   * Returns the installed crash handler.
   * @return the crash handler
   */
  static HandlerType crashHandler() { return _crashHandler; }

  /**
   * Installs a function which should try to save the applications data.
   * It is the crash handler´s responsibility to call this function.
   * Therefore, if no crash handler is set, the default crash handler
   * is installed to ensure the save function is called.
   * @param saveFunction the handler to install
   */
  static void setEmergencySaveFunction (HandlerType saveFunction = (HandlerType)0);
  /**
   * Return the currently set emergency save function.
   * @return the emergency save function
   */
  static HandlerType emergencySaveFunction() { return _emergencySaveFunction; }

  /**
   * Sets the application @p path which should be passed to
   * Dr. Konqi, our nice crash display application.
   * @param path the application path.
   */
  static void setApplicationPath (QString path) { appPath = qstrdup(path.local8Bit().data()); }

  /**
   * Sets the application name @p name which should be passed to
   * Dr. Konqi, our nice crash display application.
   * @param name the name of the application, as shown in Dr. Konqi
   */
  static void setApplicationName (QString name) { appName = qstrdup(name.local8Bit().data()); }

 protected:
  /**
   * Pointer to the crash handler.
   */
  static HandlerType _crashHandler;
  /**
   * Pointer to the emergency save function.
   */
  static HandlerType _emergencySaveFunction;
};

#endif