1 /*
2  *  Copyright (C) 2010  Regents of the University of Michigan
3  *
4  *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6  *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7  *   (at your option) any later version.
8  *
9  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
12  *   GNU General Public License for more details.
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16  */
17 
18 #ifndef __ERROR_HANDLER_H__
19 #define __ERROR_HANDLER_H__
20 
21 #include <iostream>
22 
23 /// Class that controls the handling of errors.
24 class ErrorHandler
25 {
26 public:
27 
28     /// This specifies how this class should respond to errors.
29     enum HandlingType {EXCEPTION, ///< throw an exception for the error
30                        ABORT,     ///< exit the program on the error
31                        RETURN     ///< just return failure on the error
32     };
33 
34     /// Constructor
35     ErrorHandler();
36 
37     /// Destructor
38     ~ErrorHandler();
39 
40     /// Handle an error based on the error handling type.
41     static void handleError(const char* message,
42                             HandlingType handlingType = EXCEPTION);
43 
44 private:
45 };
46 
47 
48 #endif
49