std::system_error::system_error

 

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std::system_error

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system_error::system_error

system_error::operator=

system_error::code

system_error::what

 

system_error( std::error_code ec );	(1)	(since C++11)
system_error( std::error_code ec, const std::string& what_arg );	(2)	(since C++11)
system_error( std::error_code ec, const char* what_arg );	(2)	(since C++11)
system_error( int ev, const std::error_category& ecat );	(3)	(since C++11)
system_error( int ev, const std::error_category& ecat,               const std::string& what_arg );	(4)	(since C++11)
system_error( int ev, const std::error_category& ecat,               const char* what_arg );	(4)	(since C++11)
system_error( const system_error& other ) noexcept;	(5)	(since C++11)

Constructs new system error object.

1) Constructs with error code ec.

2) Constructs with error code ec and explanation string what_arg. The string returned by what() is guaranteed to contain what_arg as a substring.

3) Constructs with underlying error code ev and associated error category ecat.

4) Constructs with underlying error code ev, associated error category ecat and explanatory string what_arg. The string returned by what() is guaranteed to contain what_arg as a substring (assuming that it doesn't contain an embedded null character).

5) Copy constructor. Initializes the contents with those of other. If *this and other both have dynamic type std::system_error then std::strcmp(what(), other.what()) == 0.

Parameters

ec	-	error code
ev	-	underlying error code in the enumeration associated with ecat
ecat	-	the category of error
what_arg	-	explanatory string
other	-	another system_error to copy

Example

Demonstrates how to create a system_error exception from an errno value.

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <system_error>
 
int main()
{
    try
    {
        throw std::system_error(EDOM, std::generic_category(), "FIX ME");
    }
    catch (const std::system_error& ex)
    {
        std::cout << "code:    [" << ex.code() << "]\n"
                     "message: [" << ex.code().message() << "]\n"
                     "what:    [" << ex.what() << "]\n";
    }
}

Possible output:

code:    [generic:33]
message: [Numerical argument out of domain]
what:    [FIX ME: Numerical argument out of domain]