src/misc/error.c

   1 /*****************************************************************************
   2  * error.c: error handling routine
   3  *****************************************************************************
   4  * Copyright (C) 2002-2004 VLC authors and VideoLAN
   5  * $Id$
   6  *
   7  * Authors: Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
   8  *
   9  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  10  * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
  11  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  12  * (at your option) any later version.
  13  *
  14  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  15  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  16  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  17  * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  18  *
  19  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  20  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  21  * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  22  *****************************************************************************/
  23
  24 /*****************************************************************************
  25  * Preamble
  26  *****************************************************************************/
  27 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
  28 # include "config.h"
  29 #endif
  30
  31 #include <vlc_common.h>
  32
  33 /*****************************************************************************
  34  * vlc_error: strerror() equivalent
  35  *****************************************************************************
  36  * This function returns a string describing the error code passed in the
  37  * argument. A list of all errors can be found in include/vlc_common.h.
  38  *****************************************************************************/
  39 char const * vlc_error ( int i_err )
  40 {
  41     switch( i_err )
  42     {
  43         case VLC_SUCCESS:
  44             return "no error";
  45
  46         case VLC_ENOMEM:
  47             return "not enough memory";
  48         case VLC_ETIMEOUT:
  49             return "timeout";
  50
  51         case VLC_ENOMOD:
  52             return "module not found";
  53
  54         case VLC_ENOOBJ:
  55             return "object not found";
  56
  57         case VLC_ENOVAR:
  58             return "variable not found";
  59         case VLC_EBADVAR:
  60             return "bad variable value";
  61
  62         case VLC_EGENERIC:
  63             return "generic error";
  64         default:
  65             return "unknown error";
  66     }
  67 }
  68