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+/*
+ * This file is part of the sigrok project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
+ *
+ * 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"
+
+/**
+ * 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
+ */
+SR_API const char *sr_strerror(int error_code)
+{
+ const char *str;
+
+ /*
+ * Note: All defined SR_* error macros from libsigrok.h should 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_BUG:
+ str = "internal error";
+ break;
+ case SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE:
+ str = "invalid samplerate";
+ 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
+ */
+SR_API const char *sr_strerror_name(int error_code)
+{
+ const char *str;
+
+ /*
+ * Note: All defined SR_* error macros from libsigrok.h should 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_BUG:
+ str = "SR_ERR_BUG";
+ break;
+ case SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE:
+ str = "SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE";
+ break;
+ default:
+ str = "unknown error code";
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return str;
+}