Exception

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Exception Description The class Exception (see Figure C-4) is descended from std::exception. It contains a message describing the assertion failure and a SourceLine giving its location. Exception contains a nested class named Exception::Type. The Type value represents the named Exception type, allowing runtime Exception type identification. For the base Exception class, the Type is CppUnit::Exception. Exception belongs to the namespace CppUnit. It is declared in Exception.h and implemented in Exception.cpp. Figure C-4. The class Exception Declaration class Exception : public std::exception Constructors/Destructors Exception(string message = "", SourceLine sourceLine = SourceLine( )) A constructor for Exception. The message and sourceLine arguments have default empty values. Exception(const Exception& other) A copy constructor. virtual ~Exception( ) throw( ) A destructor. Public Methods Exception& operator=(const Exception& other) A copy operator. virtual Exception *clone( ) const Returns a copy of the Exception. virtual bool isInstanceOf(const Type& type) const Returns TRUE if the Exception is of the given Type. Used for runtime Exception type identification. SourceLine sourceLine( ) const Returns m_sourceLine. static Type type( ) Returns CppUnit::Exception. const char *what( ) const throw( ) Returns m_message as a C-style string. Protected/Private Methods None. Attributes string m_message Assertion failure message (private). SourceLine m_sourceLine SourceLine giving the location of the assertion failure (private).

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