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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 "libsigrok.h"
22
23/**
24 * @file
25 *
26 * Error handling in libsigrok.
27 */
28
29/**
30 * @defgroup grp_error Error handling
31 *
32 * Error handling in libsigrok.
33 *
34 * libsigrok functions usually return @ref SR_OK upon success, or a negative
35 * error code on failure.
36 *
37 * @{
38 */
39
40/**
41 * Return a human-readable error string for the given libsigrok error code.
42 *
43 * @param error_code A libsigrok error code number, such as SR_ERR_MALLOC.
44 *
45 * @return A const string containing a short, human-readable (English)
46 * description of the error, such as "memory allocation error".
47 * The string must NOT be free'd by the caller!
48 *
49 * @see sr_strerror_name
50 *
51 * @since 0.2.0
52 */
53SR_API const char *sr_strerror(int error_code)
54{
55 /*
56 * Note: All defined SR_* error macros from libsigrok.h must have
57 * an entry in this function, as well as in sr_strerror_name().
58 */
59
60 switch (error_code) {
61 case SR_OK_CONTINUE:
62 return "not enough data to decide error status yet";
63 case SR_OK:
64 return "no error";
65 case SR_ERR:
66 return "generic/unspecified error";
67 case SR_ERR_MALLOC:
68 return "memory allocation error";
69 case SR_ERR_ARG:
70 return "invalid argument";
71 case SR_ERR_BUG:
72 return "internal error";
73 case SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE:
74 return "invalid samplerate";
75 case SR_ERR_NA:
76 return "not applicable";
77 case SR_ERR_DEV_CLOSED:
78 return "device closed but should be open";
79 case SR_ERR_TIMEOUT:
80 return "timeout occurred";
81 case SR_ERR_CHANNEL_GROUP:
82 return "no channel group specified";
83 case SR_ERR_DATA:
84 return "data is invalid";
85 default:
86 return "unknown error";
87 }
88}
89
90/**
91 * Return the "name" string of the given libsigrok error code.
92 *
93 * For example, the "name" of the SR_ERR_MALLOC error code is "SR_ERR_MALLOC",
94 * the name of the SR_OK code is "SR_OK", and so on.
95 *
96 * This function can be used for various purposes where the "name" string of
97 * a libsigrok error code is useful.
98 *
99 * @param error_code A libsigrok error code number, such as SR_ERR_MALLOC.
100 *
101 * @return A const string containing the "name" of the error code as string.
102 * The string must NOT be free'd by the caller!
103 *
104 * @see sr_strerror
105 *
106 * @since 0.2.0
107 */
108SR_API const char *sr_strerror_name(int error_code)
109{
110 /*
111 * Note: All defined SR_* error macros from libsigrok.h must have
112 * an entry in this function, as well as in sr_strerror().
113 */
114
115 switch (error_code) {
116 case SR_OK_CONTINUE:
117 return "SR_OK_CONTINUE";
118 case SR_OK:
119 return "SR_OK";
120 case SR_ERR:
121 return "SR_ERR";
122 case SR_ERR_MALLOC:
123 return "SR_ERR_MALLOC";
124 case SR_ERR_ARG:
125 return "SR_ERR_ARG";
126 case SR_ERR_BUG:
127 return "SR_ERR_BUG";
128 case SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE:
129 return "SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE";
130 case SR_ERR_NA:
131 return "SR_ERR_NA";
132 case SR_ERR_DEV_CLOSED:
133 return "SR_ERR_DEV_CLOSED";
134 case SR_ERR_TIMEOUT:
135 return "SR_ERR_TIMEOUT";
136 case SR_ERR_CHANNEL_GROUP:
137 return "SR_ERR_CHANNEL_GROUP";
138 case SR_ERR_DATA:
139 return "SR_ERR_DATA";
140 default:
141 return "unknown error code";
142 }
143}
144
145/** @} */