Class socket_exception

headers/exception.hpp:52–64

* @brief This class is instantiated and thrown when an error occurs. * If there's an error somewhere in libsocket++, the function in which the error * occurs /always/ throws a `socket_exception` object showing why the error * occurred. */

 * occurred.
 */
struct socket_exception {
    int err;      //!< This is the value of errno when the error occurred.
    string mesg;  //!< This is the message, showing file, line and a
                  //!< description. If your program is verbose, simply print it
                  //!< to STDERR. It contains 1. why the error occurred 2. in
                  //!< which file it occurred 3. in which line it occurred. It's
                  //!< a bit like rsync. A typical message looks like the
                  //!< following one: "../C++/inetclientstream.cpp:167:
                  //!< <<(std::string) output: Socket not connected!"

    socket_exception(const string& file, int line, const string& message,
                     bool show_errno = true);
};
/**
 * @}
 */