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1 /*
2 * QEMU Error Objects
4 * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
6 * Authors:
7 * Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
9 * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2. See
10 * the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
12 #ifndef ERROR_H
13 #define ERROR_H
15 #include "compiler.h"
16 #include <stdbool.h>
18 /**
19 * A class representing internal errors within QEMU. An error has a string
20 * typename and optionally a set of named string parameters.
22 typedef struct Error Error;
24 /**
25 * Set an indirect pointer to an error given a printf-style format parameter.
26 * Currently, qerror.h defines these error formats. This function is not
27 * meant to be used outside of QEMU.
29 void error_set(Error **err, const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3);
31 /**
32 * Returns true if an indirect pointer to an error is pointing to a valid
33 * error object.
35 bool error_is_set(Error **err);
37 /**
38 * Get a human readable representation of an error object.
40 const char *error_get_pretty(Error *err);
42 /**
43 * Get an individual named error field.
45 const char *error_get_field(Error *err, const char *field);
47 /**
48 * Get an individual named error field.
50 void error_set_field(Error *err, const char *field, const char *value);
52 /**
53 * Propagate an error to an indirect pointer to an error. This function will
54 * always transfer ownership of the error reference and handles the case where
55 * dst_err is NULL correctly.
57 void error_propagate(Error **dst_err, Error *local_err);
59 /**
60 * Free an error object.
62 void error_free(Error *err);
64 /**
65 * Determine if an error is of a speific type (based on the qerror format).
66 * Non-QEMU users should get the `class' field to identify the error type.
68 bool error_is_type(Error *err, const char *fmt);
70 #endif