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+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005-2008 by the FIFE team                              *
+ *   http://www.fifengine.de                                               *
+ *   This file is part of FIFE.                                            *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   FIFE 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              *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef FIFE_EXCEPTION_H
+#define FIFE_EXCEPTION_H
+
+// Standard C++ library includes
+#include <string>
+
+// 3rd party library includes
+
+// FIFE includes
+// These includes are split up in two parts, separated by one empty line
+// First block: files included from the FIFE root src directory
+// Second block: files included from the same folder
+
+namespace FIFE {
+
+	/** Exception base class.
+	 * All other exceptions derived from this merely adjust the error string
+	 * to be slightly more specific.
+	 */
+	class Exception {
+	public:
+		/** Constructor. 
+		 * @param txt The error mesage to be stored.
+		 */
+		Exception(const std::string& msg);
+
+		/** Destructor. 
+		 */
+		virtual ~Exception();
+
+		/** Returns the error message.
+		 * @return The error message.
+		 */
+		std::string getMessage() const;
+		
+		virtual const std::string& getTypeStr() const { static const std::string s = "Exception"; return s; }
+		virtual const std::string& getDescription() const { static const std::string s = "Generic FIFE exception"; return s; }
+
+	private:
+		// The error string.
+		std::string m_message;
+	};
+
+	#define FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(_name, _description) \
+	class _name : public Exception { \
+	public: \
+		_name(const std::string& msg) : Exception(msg) {} \
+		const std::string& getTypeStr() const { static const std::string s = #_name; return s; } \
+		const std::string& getDescription() const { static const std::string s = _description; return s; } \
+	}
+	
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(SDLException, "SDL reported something bad");
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(NotFound, "Something was searched, but not found");
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(NotSet, "Something was not set correctly");
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(IndexOverflow, "Someone tried to access a non-existing element");
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(InvalidFormat, "Found invalid data");
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(CannotOpenFile, "File couldn't be opened");
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(InvalidConversion, "Tried an invalid conversion");
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(NotSupported, "This action was not supported");
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(NameClash, "A name or identifier is already in use");
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(Duplicate, "A duplicate item was added, where this is not allowed");
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(ScriptException, "Error related to scripting functionality");
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(EventException, "Error related to event functionality");
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(GuiException, "Error related to gui functionality");
+	
+	/** @bug The memory allocation in @c std::string might fail, resulting in terminate. */
+	FIFE_EXCEPTION_DECL(OutOfMemory, "Buy more ram ;)");
+
+
+}//FIFE
+
+#endif