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+/** @file
+ * IPRT - C++ Utilities (useful templates, defines and such).
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Oracle Corporation
+ *
+ * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
+ * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
+ * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
+ * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
+ * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
+ * (CDDL) only, as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the
+ * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
+ *
+ * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
+ * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ___iprt_exception_h
+#define ___iprt_exception_h
+
+#include <iprt/cpp/ministring.h>
+
+/** @defgroup grp_rt_cpputils   C++ Exceptions
+ * @ingroup grp_rt
+ * @{
+ */
+
+namespace iprt
+{
+
+/**
+ * Base exception class for IPRT, derived from std::exception.
+ * The XML exceptions are based on this.
+ */
+class RT_DECL_CLASS Error
+    : public std::exception
+{
+public:
+
+    Error(const char *pcszMessage)
+        : m_s(pcszMessage)
+    {
+    }
+
+    Error(const iprt::MiniString &s)
+        : m_s(s)
+    {
+    }
+
+    Error(const Error &s)
+        : std::exception(s),
+          m_s(s.what())
+    {
+    }
+
+    virtual ~Error() throw()
+    {
+    }
+
+    void operator=(const Error &s)
+    {
+        m_s = s.what();
+    }
+
+    void setWhat(const char *pcszMessage)
+    {
+        m_s = pcszMessage;
+    }
+
+    virtual const char* what() const throw()
+    {
+        return m_s.c_str();
+    }
+
+private:
+    // hide the default constructor to make sure the extended one above is always used
+    Error();
+
+    iprt::MiniString m_s;
+};
+
+} // namespace iprt
+
+/** @} */
+
+#endif // ___iprt_cpputils_h
+
+/** @file
+ * IPRT - C++ Utilities (useful templates, defines and such).
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Oracle Corporation
+ *
+ * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
+ * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
+ * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
+ * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
+ * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
+ * (CDDL) only, as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the
+ * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
+ *
+ * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
+ * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ___iprt_exception_h
+#define ___iprt_exception_h
+
+#include <iprt/cpp/ministring.h>
+
+/** @defgroup grp_rt_cpputils   C++ Exceptions
+ * @ingroup grp_rt
+ * @{
+ */
+
+namespace iprt
+{
+
+/**
+ * Base exception class for IPRT, derived from std::exception.
+ * The XML exceptions are based on this.
+ */
+class RT_DECL_CLASS Error
+    : public std::exception
+{
+public:
+
+    Error(const char *pcszMessage)
+        : m_s(pcszMessage)
+    {
+    }
+
+    Error(const iprt::MiniString &s)
+        : m_s(s)
+    {
+    }
+
+    Error(const Error &s)
+        : std::exception(s),
+          m_s(s.what())
+    {
+    }
+
+    virtual ~Error() throw()
+    {
+    }
+
+    void operator=(const Error &s)
+    {
+        m_s = s.what();
+    }
+
+    void setWhat(const char *pcszMessage)
+    {
+        m_s = pcszMessage;
+    }
+
+    virtual const char* what() const throw()
+    {
+        return m_s.c_str();
+    }
+
+private:
+    // hide the default constructor to make sure the extended one above is always used
+    Error();
+
+    iprt::MiniString m_s;
+};
+
+} // namespace iprt
+
+/** @} */
+
+#endif // ___iprt_cpputils_h
+