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1/*
2 * This file is part of the sigrok 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 * Return a human-readable error string for the given libsigrok error code.
25 *
26 * @param error_code A libsigrok error code number, such as SR_ERR_MALLOC.
27 * @return A const string containing a short, human-readable (English)
28 * description of the error, such as "memory allocation error".
29 * The string must NOT be free'd by the caller!
30 * @see sr_strerror_name
31 */
32SR_API const char *sr_strerror(int error_code)
33{
34 const char *str;
35
36 /*
37 * Note: All defined SR_* error macros from libsigrok.h should have
38 * an entry in this function, as well as in sr_strerror_name().
39 */
40
41 switch (error_code) {
42 case SR_OK:
43 str = "no error";
44 break;
45 case SR_ERR:
46 str = "generic/unspecified error";
47 break;
48 case SR_ERR_MALLOC:
49 str = "memory allocation error";
50 break;
51 case SR_ERR_BUG:
52 str = "internal error";
53 break;
54 case SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE:
55 str = "invalid samplerate";
56 break;
57 default:
58 str = "unknown error";
59 break;
60 }
61
62 return str;
63}
64
65/**
66 * Return the "name" string of the given libsigrok error code.
67 *
68 * For example, the "name" of the SR_ERR_MALLOC error code is "SR_ERR_MALLOC",
69 * the name of the SR_OK code is "SR_OK", and so on.
70 *
71 * This function can be used for various purposes where the "name" string of
72 * a libsigrok error code is useful.
73 *
74 * @param error_code A libsigrok error code number, such as SR_ERR_MALLOC.
75 * @return A const string containing the "name" of the error code as string.
76 * The string must NOT be free'd by the caller!
77 * @see sr_strerror
78 */
79SR_API const char *sr_strerror_name(int error_code)
80{
81 const char *str;
82
83 /*
84 * Note: All defined SR_* error macros from libsigrok.h should have
85 * an entry in this function, as well as in sr_strerror().
86 */
87
88 switch (error_code) {
89 case SR_OK:
90 str = "SR_OK";
91 break;
92 case SR_ERR:
93 str = "SR_ERR";
94 break;
95 case SR_ERR_MALLOC:
96 str = "SR_ERR_MALLOC";
97 break;
98 case SR_ERR_BUG:
99 str = "SR_ERR_BUG";
100 break;
101 case SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE:
102 str = "SR_ERR_SAMPLERATE";
103 break;
104 default:
105 str = "unknown error code";
106 break;
107 }
108
109 return str;
110}