error Class Reference

List of all members.

Static Public Member Functions
static void	clearError ()
static void	setErrorNumber (int32_t err)
static int32_t	getErrorNumber ()
static char *	getErrorString ()

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Detailed Description

The error class provides an interface to the errors that system calls can generate.

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Member Function Documentation

static void error::clearError

(

)

[static]

Set the current system call error to 0, "Success".

static int32_t error::getErrorNumber

(

)

[static]

Returns the current system call error. Will match one of the errors defined in error.h such as EINTR, ENOMEM, etc.

static char* error::getErrorString

(

)

[static]

Returns a string representation of the current system error. Note that the return value is allocated internally and returned, and must be freed by the calling program.

static void error::setErrorNumber

(

int32_t

err

)

[static]

Set the current system call error to "err". "err" should be one of the errors defined in error.h such as EINTR, ENOMEM, etc.