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1 /** @file serialise-error.h
2 * @brief functions to convert classes to strings and back
3 */
4 /* Copyright (C) 2006,2007,2008,2009,2012,2014 Olly Betts
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21 #ifndef XAPIAN_INCLUDED_SERIALISE_ERROR_H
22 #define XAPIAN_INCLUDED_SERIALISE_ERROR_H
24 #include <string>
26 // Forward class declarations:
28 namespace Xapian {
29 class Error;
32 /** Serialise a Xapian::Error object to a string.
34 * @param e The Xapian::Error object to serialise.
36 * @return Serialisation of @a e.
38 std::string serialise_error(const Xapian::Error &e);
40 /** Unserialise a Xapian::Error object and throw it.
42 * Note: does not return!
44 * @param error_string The string to unserialise.
45 * @param prefix Optional prefix to prepend to the unserialised
46 * Error's @a msg field.
47 * @param new_context Optional context to replace the context in
48 * the error. If this is specified, any existing
49 * context will be noted in the Error's @a msg
50 * field.
52 [[noreturn]]
53 void unserialise_error(const std::string &error_string,
54 const std::string &prefix,
55 const std::string &new_context);
57 #endif