libs-base/Headers/Foundation/NSError.h
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/** Interface for NSError for GNUStep
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by: Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
Date: May 2004
This file is part of the GNUstep Base Library.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Library General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02111 USA.
AutogsdocSource: NSError.m
*/
#ifndef __NSError_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE
#define __NSError_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE
#ifndef STRICT_OPENSTEP
#include <Foundation/NSObject.h>
@class NSDictionary, NSString;
/**
* Key for user info dictionary component which describes the error in
* a human readable format.
*/
GS_EXPORT NSString* const NSLocalizedDescriptionKey;
/**
* Where one error has caused another, the underlying error can be stored
* in the user info dictionary uisng this key.
*/
GS_EXPORT NSString* const NSUnderlyingErrorKey;
/**
* Domain for system errors (on MACH).
*/
GS_EXPORT NSString* const NSMACHErrorDomain;
/**
* Domain for system errors.
*/
GS_EXPORT NSString* const NSOSStatusErrorDomain;
/**
* Domain for system and system library errors.
*/
GS_EXPORT NSString* const NSPOSIXErrorDomain;
/**
* Error information class.
*/
// TODO: document what this is for, especially since it's not in OS X
@interface NSError : NSObject <NSCopying, NSCoding>
{
@private
int _code;
NSString *_domain;
NSDictionary *_userInfo;
}
/**
* Creates and returns an autoreleased NSError instance by calling
* -initWithDomain:code:userInfo:
*/
+ (id) errorWithDomain: (NSString*)aDomain
code: (int)aCode
userInfo: (NSDictionary*)aDictionary;
/**
* Return the error code ... which is not globally unique, just unique for
* a particular domain.
*/
- (int) code;
/**
* Return the domain for this instance.
*/
- (NSString*) domain;
/** <init />
* Initialises the receiver using the supplied domain, code, and info.<br />
* The domain must be non-nil.
*/
- (id) initWithDomain: (NSString*)aDomain
code: (int)aCode
userInfo: (NSDictionary*)aDictionary;
/** <override-subclass />
* Return a human readable description for the error.<br />
* The default implementation uses the value from the user info dictionary
* if it is available, otherwise it generates a generic one from domain
* and code.
*/
- (NSString *)localizedDescription;
/**
* Return the user info for this instance (or nil if none is set)<br />
* The <code>NSLocalizedDescriptionKey</code> should locate a human readable
* description in the dictionary.<br />
* The <code>NSUnderlyingErrorKey</code> key should locate an
* <code>NSError</code> instance if an error is available describing any
* underlying problem.<br />
*/
- (NSDictionary*) userInfo;
@end
#endif /* STRICT_OPENSTEP */
#endif /* __NSError_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE*/