Crypto++  8.8
Free C++ class library of cryptographic schemes
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Exception Class Reference

Base class for all exceptions thrown by the library. More...

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Public Types

enum  ErrorType {
  NOT_IMPLEMENTED , INVALID_ARGUMENT , CANNOT_FLUSH , DATA_INTEGRITY_CHECK_FAILED ,
  INVALID_DATA_FORMAT , IO_ERROR , OTHER_ERROR
}
 Error types or categories. More...
 

Public Member Functions

 Exception (ErrorType errorType, const std::string &s)
 Construct a new Exception.
 
const char * what () const throw ()
 Retrieves a C-string describing the exception.
 
const std::string & GetWhat () const
 Retrieves a string describing the exception.
 
void SetWhat (const std::string &s)
 Sets the error string for the exception.
 
ErrorType GetErrorType () const
 Retrieves the error type for the exception.
 
void SetErrorType (ErrorType errorType)
 Sets the error type for the exceptions.
 

Detailed Description

Base class for all exceptions thrown by the library.

All library exceptions directly or indirectly inherit from the Exception class. The Exception class itself inherits from std::exception. The library does not use std::runtime_error derived classes.

Definition at line 163 of file cryptlib.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ ErrorType

Error types or categories.

Enumerator
NOT_IMPLEMENTED 

A method was called which was not implemented.

INVALID_ARGUMENT 

An invalid argument was detected.

CANNOT_FLUSH 

BufferedTransformation received a Flush(true) signal but can't flush buffers.

DATA_INTEGRITY_CHECK_FAILED 

Data integerity check, such as CRC or MAC, failed.

INVALID_DATA_FORMAT 

Input data was received that did not conform to expected format.

IO_ERROR 

Error reading from input device or writing to output device.

OTHER_ERROR 

Some other error occurred not belonging to other categories.

Definition at line 168 of file cryptlib.h.


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