nvdialog_error.h

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#pragma once
 
#include "nvdialog_string.h"
#ifndef __nvdialog_error_h__
#define __nvdialog_error_h__ 1
 
#include "nvdialog_platform.h"
 
/**
 * @brief An enumerator describing possible errors that may occur from the library.
 * One of its fields is returned by `nvd_get_error` depending on whether a (and what)
 * problem might've occured after an operation.
 * @sa nvd_stringify_error
 * @since v0.1.0
 */
typedef enum {
        NVD_NO_ERROR = 0,
        NVD_NO_DISPLAY,
        NVD_BACKEND_FAILURE,
        NVD_INVALID_PARAM,
        NVD_NOT_INITIALIZED,
        NVD_BACKEND_INVALID,
        NVD_FILE_INACCESSIBLE,
        NVD_STRING_EMPTY,
        NVD_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
        NVD_INTERNAL_ERROR,
        NVD_ALREADY_INITIALIZED,
        NVD_UNSUPPORTED_ACTION,
} NvdError;
 
/**
 * @brief Returns the current error code of the library.
 *
 * The error code has to be manually be transformed into a string
 * using @ref nvd_stringify_error. Else, use the @ref NvdError enum to check for
 * the error manually.
 *
 * @ingroup Error
 * @returns The error code (Will be automatically 0 if no errors were
 * encountered).
 */
NVD_API NvdError nvd_get_error(void);
 
/**
 * @brief Transforms an error code into a string representation, that can be
 * used to print errors to the console.
 * @returns A @ref NvdDynamicString containing the error as a string, or NULL in case of failure or invalid parameter.
 * @ingroup Error
 * @note Pre v0.10 code may not work with this function due to different return types.
 */
NVD_API NvdDynamicString *nvd_stringify_error(NvdError err);
 
#endif /* __nvdialog_error_h__ */