/* * This file is part of the libsigrok project. * * Copyright (C) 2012 Uwe Hermann * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ #include "libsigrok.h" /** * @file * * Error handling in libsigrok. */ /** * @defgroup grp_error Error handling * * Error handling in libsigrok. * * libsigrok functions usually return @ref SR_OK upon success, or a negative * error code on failure. * * @{ */ /** * Return a human-readable error string for the given libsigrok error code. * * @param error_code A libsigrok error code number, such as SR_ERR_MALLOC. * * @return A const string containing a short, human-readable (English) * description of the error, such as "memory allocation error". * The string must NOT be free'd by the caller! * * @see sr_strerror_name * * @since 0.2.0 */ SR_API const char *sr_strerror(int error_code) { const char *str; /* * Note: All defined SR_* error macros from libsigrok.h must have * an entry in this function, as well as in sr_strerror_name(). */ switch (error_code) { case SR_OK: str = "no error"; break; case SR_ERR: str = "generic/unspecified error"; break; case SR_ERR_MALLOC: str = "memory allocation error"; break; case SR_ERR_ARG: str = "invalid argument"; break; case SR_ERR_BUG: str = "internal error"; break; case SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE: str = "invalid samplerate"; break; case SR_ERR_NA: str = "not applicable"; break; case SR_ERR_DEV_CLOSED: str = "device closed but should be open"; break; default: str = "unknown error"; break; } return str; } /** * Return the "name" string of the given libsigrok error code. * * For example, the "name" of the SR_ERR_MALLOC error code is "SR_ERR_MALLOC", * the name of the SR_OK code is "SR_OK", and so on. * * This function can be used for various purposes where the "name" string of * a libsigrok error code is useful. * * @param error_code A libsigrok error code number, such as SR_ERR_MALLOC. * * @return A const string containing the "name" of the error code as string. * The string must NOT be free'd by the caller! * * @see sr_strerror * * @since 0.2.0 */ SR_API const char *sr_strerror_name(int error_code) { const char *str; /* * Note: All defined SR_* error macros from libsigrok.h must have * an entry in this function, as well as in sr_strerror(). */ switch (error_code) { case SR_OK: str = "SR_OK"; break; case SR_ERR: str = "SR_ERR"; break; case SR_ERR_MALLOC: str = "SR_ERR_MALLOC"; break; case SR_ERR_ARG: str = "SR_ERR_ARG"; break; case SR_ERR_BUG: str = "SR_ERR_BUG"; break; case SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE: str = "SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE"; break; case SR_ERR_NA: str = "SR_ERR_NA"; break; case SR_ERR_DEV_CLOSED: str = "SR_ERR_DEV_CLOSED"; break; default: str = "unknown error code"; break; } return str; } /** @} */