1 /* gerror.h - Error reporting system
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21 #if defined(G_DISABLE_SINGLE_INCLUDES) && !defined (__GLIB_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GLIB_COMPILATION)
22 #error "Only <glib.h> can be included directly."
30 #include <glib/gquark.h>
36 * @domain: error domain, e.g. #G_FILE_ERROR
37 * @code: error code, e.g. %G_FILE_ERROR_NOENT
38 * @message: human-readable informative error message
40 * The <structname>GError</structname> structure contains
41 * information about an error that has occurred.
43 typedef struct _GError GError;
52 GError* g_error_new (GQuark domain,
55 ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (3, 4);
57 GError* g_error_new_literal (GQuark domain,
59 const gchar *message);
60 GError* g_error_new_valist (GQuark domain,
65 void g_error_free (GError *error);
66 GError* g_error_copy (const GError *error);
68 gboolean g_error_matches (const GError *error,
72 /* if (err) *err = g_error_new(domain, code, format, ...), also has
75 void g_set_error (GError **err,
79 ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (4, 5);
81 void g_set_error_literal (GError **err,
84 const gchar *message);
86 /* if (dest) *dest = src; also has some sanity checks.
88 void g_propagate_error (GError **dest,
91 /* if (err && *err) { g_error_free(*err); *err = NULL; } */
92 void g_clear_error (GError **err);
94 /* if (err) prefix the formatted string to the ->message */
95 void g_prefix_error (GError **err,
97 ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (2, 3);
99 /* g_propagate_error then g_error_prefix on dest */
100 void g_propagate_prefixed_error (GError **dest,
103 ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (3, 4);
107 #endif /* __G_ERROR_H__ */