src/generic_exception.h

   1 /*******************************************************************************
   2 ********************************************************************************
   3
   4         Copyright (c) 2008 Ahmed S. Badran
   5
   6         Licensed under the FreeBSD License (see LICENSE)
   7
   8           Filename:  generic_exception.h
   9        Description:  A generic exception class.
  10            Created:  08/19/2008 11:43:10 PM PDT
  11             Author:  Ahmed S. Badran (Ahmed B.), ahmed.badran@gmail.com
  12
  13 ********************************************************************************
  14 *******************************************************************************/
  15 #ifndef  GENERIC_EXCEPTION_INC
  16 #define  GENERIC_EXCEPTION_INC
  17 #include <exception>
  18 #include <string>
  19 class generic_exception: public std::exception
  20 {
  21         public:
  22         generic_exception(const std::string& m) throw():
  23                 msg(m)
  24         {
  25         }
  26         const char* what() const throw()
  27         {
  28                 return msg.c_str();
  29         }
  30         ~generic_exception() throw ()
  31         {
  32         }
  33         private:
  34         std::string msg;
  35 };
  36 #endif   // ----- #ifndef GENERIC_EXCEPTION_INC  -----