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1/*
2 * This file is part of the libsigrok project.
3 *
4 * Copyright (C) 2012 Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
5 *
6 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
9 * (at your option) any later version.
10 *
11 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 * GNU General Public License for more details.
15 *
16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
18 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
19 */
20
21#include <config.h>
22#include <libsigrok/libsigrok.h>
23
24/**
25 * @file
26 *
27 * Error handling in libsigrok.
28 */
29
30/**
31 * @defgroup grp_error Error handling
32 *
33 * Error handling in libsigrok.
34 *
35 * libsigrok functions usually return @ref SR_OK upon success, or a negative
36 * error code on failure.
37 *
38 * @{
39 */
40
41/**
42 * Return a human-readable error string for the given libsigrok error code.
43 *
44 * @param error_code A libsigrok error code number, such as SR_ERR_MALLOC.
45 *
46 * @return A const string containing a short, human-readable (English)
47 * description of the error, such as "memory allocation error".
48 * The string must NOT be free'd by the caller!
49 *
50 * @see sr_strerror_name
51 *
52 * @since 0.2.0
53 */
54SR_API const char *sr_strerror(int error_code)
55{
56 /*
57 * Note: All defined SR_* error macros from libsigrok.h must have
58 * an entry in this function, as well as in sr_strerror_name().
59 */
60
61 switch (error_code) {
62 case SR_OK:
63 return "no error";
64 case SR_ERR:
65 return "generic/unspecified error";
66 case SR_ERR_MALLOC:
67 return "memory allocation error";
68 case SR_ERR_ARG:
69 return "invalid argument";
70 case SR_ERR_BUG:
71 return "internal error";
72 case SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE:
73 return "invalid samplerate";
74 case SR_ERR_NA:
75 return "not applicable";
76 case SR_ERR_DEV_CLOSED:
77 return "device closed but should be open";
78 case SR_ERR_TIMEOUT:
79 return "timeout occurred";
80 case SR_ERR_CHANNEL_GROUP:
81 return "no channel group specified";
82 case SR_ERR_DATA:
83 return "data is invalid";
84 case SR_ERR_IO:
85 return "input/output error";
86 default:
87 return "unknown error";
88 }
89}
90
91/**
92 * Return the "name" string of the given libsigrok error code.
93 *
94 * For example, the "name" of the SR_ERR_MALLOC error code is "SR_ERR_MALLOC",
95 * the name of the SR_OK code is "SR_OK", and so on.
96 *
97 * This function can be used for various purposes where the "name" string of
98 * a libsigrok error code is useful.
99 *
100 * @param error_code A libsigrok error code number, such as SR_ERR_MALLOC.
101 *
102 * @return A const string containing the "name" of the error code as string.
103 * The string must NOT be free'd by the caller!
104 *
105 * @see sr_strerror
106 *
107 * @since 0.2.0
108 */
109SR_API const char *sr_strerror_name(int error_code)
110{
111 /*
112 * Note: All defined SR_* error macros from libsigrok.h must have
113 * an entry in this function, as well as in sr_strerror().
114 */
115
116 switch (error_code) {
117 case SR_OK:
118 return "SR_OK";
119 case SR_ERR:
120 return "SR_ERR";
121 case SR_ERR_MALLOC:
122 return "SR_ERR_MALLOC";
123 case SR_ERR_ARG:
124 return "SR_ERR_ARG";
125 case SR_ERR_BUG:
126 return "SR_ERR_BUG";
127 case SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE:
128 return "SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE";
129 case SR_ERR_NA:
130 return "SR_ERR_NA";
131 case SR_ERR_DEV_CLOSED:
132 return "SR_ERR_DEV_CLOSED";
133 case SR_ERR_TIMEOUT:
134 return "SR_ERR_TIMEOUT";
135 case SR_ERR_CHANNEL_GROUP:
136 return "SR_ERR_CHANNEL_GROUP";
137 case SR_ERR_DATA:
138 return "SR_ERR_DATA";
139 case SR_ERR_IO:
140 return "SR_ERR_IO";
141 default:
142 return "unknown error code";
143 }
144}
145
146/** @} */