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   3 --                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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   5 --              G N A T . E X C E P T I O N _ A C T I O N S                 --
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  28 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc.      --
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  31
  32 --  This package provides support for callbacks on exceptions
  33
  34 --  These callbacks are called immediately when either a specific exception,
  35 --  or any exception, is raised, before any other actions taken by raise, in
  36 --  particular before any unwinding of the stack occurs.
  37
  38 --  Callbacks for specific exceptions are registered through calls to
  39 --  Register_Id_Action. Here is an example of code that uses this package to
  40 --  automatically core dump when the exception Constraint_Error is raised.
  41
  42 --      Register_Id_Action (Constraint_Error'Identity, Core_Dump'Access);
  43
  44 --  Subprograms are also provided to list the currently registered exceptions,
  45 --  or to convert from a string to an exception id.
  46
  47 --  This package can easily be extended, for instance to provide a callback
  48 --  whenever an exception matching a regular expression is raised. The idea
  49 --  is to register a global action, called whenever any exception is raised.
  50 --  Dispatching can then be done directly in this global action callback.
  51
  52 with Ada.Exceptions; use Ada.Exceptions;
  53
  54 package GNAT.Exception_Actions is
  55
  56    type Exception_Action is access
  57      procedure (Occurrence : Exception_Occurrence);
  58    --  General callback type whenever an exception is raised. The callback
  59    --  procedure must not propagate an exception (execution of the program
  60    --  is erroneous if such an exception is propagated).
  61
  62    procedure Register_Global_Action (Action : Exception_Action);
  63    --  Action will be called whenever an exception is raised. Only one such
  64    --  action can be registered at any given time, and registering a new action
  65    --  will override any previous action that might have been registered.
  66    --
  67    --  Action is called before the exception is propagated to user's code.
  68    --  If Action is null, this will in effect cancel all exception actions.
  69
  70    procedure Register_Id_Action
  71      (Id     : Exception_Id;
  72       Action : Exception_Action);
  73    --  Action will be called whenever an exception of type Id is raised. Only
  74    --  one such action can be registered for each exception id, and registering
  75    --  a new action will override any previous action registered for this
  76    --  Exception_Id. Program_Error is raised if Id is Null_Id.
  77
  78    function Name_To_Id (Name : String) return Exception_Id;
  79    --  Convert an exception name to an exception id. Null_Id is returned
  80    --  if no such exception exists. Name must be an all upper-case string,
  81    --  or the exception will not be found. The exception name must be fully
  82    --  qualified (but not including Standard). It is not possible to convert
  83    --  an exception that is declared within an unlabeled block.
  84    --
  85    --  Note: All non-predefined exceptions will return Null_Id for programs
  86    --  compiled with pragma Restriction (No_Exception_Registration)
  87
  88    function Registered_Exceptions_Count return Natural;
  89    --  Return the number of exceptions that have been registered so far.
  90    --  Exceptions declared locally will not appear in this list until their
  91    --  block has been executed at least once.
  92    --
  93    --  Note: The count includes only predefined exceptions for programs
  94    --  compiled with pragma Restrictions (No_Exception_Registration).
  95
  96    type Exception_Id_Array is array (Natural range <>) of Exception_Id;
  97
  98    procedure Get_Registered_Exceptions
  99      (List : out Exception_Id_Array;
 100       Last : out Integer);
 101    --  Return the list of registered exceptions.
 102    --  Last is the index in List of the last exception returned.
 103    --
 104    --  An exception is registered the first time the block containing its
 105    --  declaration is elaborated. Exceptions defined at library-level are
 106    --  therefore immediately visible, whereas exceptions declared in local
 107    --  blocks will not be visible until the block is executed at least once.
 108    --
 109    --  Note: The list contains only the predefined exceptions if the program
 110    --  is compiled with pragma Restrictions (No_Exception_Registration);
 111
 112    procedure Core_Dump (Occurrence : Exception_Occurrence);
 113    --  Dump memory (called a core dump in some systems) if supported by the
 114    --  OS (most unix systems and VMS), and abort execution of the application.
 115    --  Under Windows this procedure will not dump the memory, it will only
 116    --  abort execution.
 117
 118 end GNAT.Exception_Actions;