ImageMagick: MagickCore, C API for ImageMagick: Dealing with Exceptions

AcquireExceptionInfo • ClearMagickException • CatchException • CloneExceptionInfo • DestroyExceptionInfo • GetExceptionMessage • GetLocaleExceptionMessage • InheritException • InitializeExceptionInfo • MagickError • MagickFatalError • MagickWarning • SetErrorHandler • SetFatalErrorHandler • SetWarningHandler • ThrowException

AcquireExceptionInfo

AcquireExceptionInfo() allocates the ExceptionInfo structure.

The format of the AcquireExceptionInfo method is:

ExceptionInfo *AcquireExceptionInfo(void)

ClearMagickException

ClearMagickException() clears any exception that may not have been caught yet.

The format of the ClearMagickException method is:

ClearMagickException(ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception: the exception info.

CatchException

CatchException() returns if no exceptions is found otherwise it reports the exception as a warning, error, or fatal depending on the severity.

The format of the CatchException method is:

CatchException(ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception: the exception info.

CloneExceptionInfo

CloneExceptionInfo() clones the ExceptionInfo structure.

The format of the CloneExceptionInfo method is:

ExceptionInfo *CloneException(ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception: the exception info.

DestroyExceptionInfo

DestroyExceptionInfo() deallocates memory associated with an exception.

The format of the DestroyExceptionInfo method is:

ExceptionInfo *DestroyExceptionInfo(ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception: the exception info.

GetExceptionMessage

GetExceptionMessage() returns the error message defined by the specified error code.

The format of the GetExceptionMessage method is:

char *GetExceptionMessage(const int error)

A description of each parameter follows:

error: the error code.

GetLocaleExceptionMessage

GetLocaleExceptionMessage() converts a enumerated exception severity and tag to a message in the current locale.

The format of the GetLocaleExceptionMessage method is:

const char *GetLocaleExceptionMessage(const ExceptionType severity,
  const char *tag)

A description of each parameter follows:

severity: the severity of the exception.
tag: the message tag.

InheritException

InheritException() inherits an exception from a related exception.

The format of the InheritException method is:

InheritException(ExceptionInfo *exception,const ExceptionInfo *relative)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception: the exception info.
relative: the related exception info.

InitializeExceptionInfo

InitializeExceptionInfo() initializes an exception to default values.

The format of the InitializeExceptionInfo method is:

InitializeExceptionInfo(ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception: the exception info.

MagickError

MagickError() calls the exception handler methods with an error reason.

The format of the MagickError method is:

void MagickError(const ExceptionType error,const char *reason,
  const char *description)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception: Specifies the numeric error category.
reason: Specifies the reason to display before terminating the program.
description: Specifies any description to the reason.

MagickFatalError

MagickFatalError() calls the fatal exception handler methods with an error reason.

The format of the MagickError method is:

void MagickFatalError(const ExceptionType error,const char *reason,
  const char *description)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception: Specifies the numeric error category.
reason: Specifies the reason to display before terminating the program.
description: Specifies any description to the reason.

MagickWarning

MagickWarning() calls the warning handler methods with a warning reason.

The format of the MagickWarning method is:

void MagickWarning(const ExceptionType warning,const char *reason,
  const char *description)

A description of each parameter follows:

warning: the warning severity.
reason: Define the reason for the warning.
description: Describe the warning.

SetErrorHandler

SetErrorHandler() sets the exception handler to the specified method and returns the previous exception handler.

The format of the SetErrorHandler method is:

ErrorHandler SetErrorHandler(ErrorHandler handler)

A description of each parameter follows:

handler: the method to handle errors.

SetFatalErrorHandler

SetFatalErrorHandler() sets the fatal exception handler to the specified method and returns the previous fatal exception handler.

The format of the SetErrorHandler method is:

ErrorHandler SetErrorHandler(ErrorHandler handler)

A description of each parameter follows:

handler: the method to handle errors.

SetWarningHandler

SetWarningHandler() sets the warning handler to the specified method and returns the previous warning handler.

The format of the SetWarningHandler method is:

ErrorHandler SetWarningHandler(ErrorHandler handler)

A description of each parameter follows:

handler: the method to handle warnings.

ThrowException

ThrowException() throws an exception with the specified severity code, reason, and optional description.

The format of the ThrowException method is:

MagickBooleanType ThrowException(ExceptionInfo *exception,
  const ExceptionType severity,const char *reason,
  const char *description)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception: the exception info.
severity: the severity of the exception.
reason: the reason for the exception.
description: the exception description.