SPOPS::Exception - Base class for exceptions in SPOPS
# As a user use SPOPS::Exception; eval { $user->save }; if ( $@ ) { print "Error: $@", "Stack trace: ", $@->trace->as_string, "\n"; } # Get all exceptions (including from subclasses that don't override # throw()) since the stack was last cleared my @errors = SPOPS::Exception->get_stack; print "Errors found:\n"; foreach my $e ( @errors ) { print "ERROR: ", $e->message, "\n"; } # As a developer use SPOPS::Exception; my $rv = eval { $dbh->do( $sql ) }; if ( $@ ) { SPOPS::Exception->throw( $@ ); } # Use the shortcut use SPOPS::Exception qw( spops_error ); my $rv = eval { $dbh->do( $sql ) }; spops_error( $@ ) if ( $@ ); # Throw an exception that subclasses SPOPS::Exception with extra # fields my $rv = eval { $dbh->do( $sql ) }; if ( $@ ) { SPOPS::Exception::DBI->throw( $@, { sql => $sql, action => 'do' } ); } # Throw an exception with a longer message and parameters SPOPS::Exception->throw( "This is a very very very very ", "very long message, even though it ", "doesn't say too much.", { action => 'blah' } ); # Catch an exception, do some cleanup then rethrow it my $rv = eval { $object->important_spops_operation }; if ( $@ ) { my $exception = $@; close_this_resource(); close_that_resource(); SPOPS::Exception->throw( $exception ); }
This class is the base for all exceptions in SPOPS. An exception is generally used to indicate some sort of error condition rather than a situation that might normally be encountered. For instance, you would not throw an exception if you tried to fetch() a record not in a datastore. But you would throw an exception if the query failed because the database schema was changed and the SQL statement referred to removed fields.
fetch()
This module replaces SPOPS::Error and the error handling it used. There is a backwards compatible function in place so that the variables get set in SPOPS::Error, but this is not permanent. If you use these you should modify your code ASAP.
SPOPS::Error
You can easily create new classes of exceptions if you like, see SUBCLASSING below.
throw( $message, [ $message...], [ \%params ] )
throw( $exception )
This is the main action method and normally the only one you will ever use. The most common use is to create a new exception object with the message consisting of all the parameters concatenated together.
More rarely, you can pass another exception object as the first argument. If you do we just rethrow it -- the original stack trace and all information should be maintained.
Additionally with the common use: if the last argument is a hashref we add the additional information from it to the exception, as supported. (For instance, you can write a custom exception to accept a 'module' parameter which declares which of the plugins to your accounting system generated the error.)
Once we create the exception we then call die with the object. Before calling die we first do the following:
die
Check \%params for any parameters matching fieldnames returned by get_fields(), and if found set the field in the object to the parameter.
\%params
get_fields()
Fill the object with the relevant calling information: package, filename, line, method.
package
filename
line
method
Set the trace property of the object to a Devel::StackTrace object.
trace
Call initialize() so that subclasses can do any object initialization/tracking they need to do. (See SUBCLASSING below.)
initialize()
Track the object in our internal stack.
Returns a list of property names used for this class. If a subclass wants to add properties to the base exception object, the common idiom is:
my @FIELDS = qw( this that ); My::Custom::Exception->mk_accessors( @FIELDS ); sub get_fields { return ( $_[0]->SUPER::get_fields(), @FIELDS ) }
So that all fields are represented. (The mk_accessors() method is inherited from this class, since it inherits from Class::Accessor.
mk_accessors()
creation_location
Returns a string with information about where the exception was thrown. It looks like (all on one line):
Created in [%package%] in method [%method%]; at file [%filename%] at line [%line%]
to_string
Return a stringified version of the exception object. The default is probably good enough for most exception objects -- it just returns the message the exception was created with.
However, if the class variable ShowTrace is set to a true value in the exception class, then we also include the output of the as_string() method on a Devel::StackTrace object.
ShowTrace
as_string()
fill_error_variables
You normally do not need to call this since it is done from throw(). This exists only for backward compatibility with SPOPS::Error. The exception fills up the relevant SPOPS::Error package variables with its information.
throw()
message
This is the message the exception is created with -- there should be one with every exception. (It is bad form to throw an exception with no message.)
The package the exception was thrown from.
The file the exception was thrown from.
The line number in filename the exception was thrown from.
The subroutine the exception was thrown from.
Returns a Devel::StackTrace object. If you set a package variable 'ShowTrace' in your exception then the output of to_string() (along with the stringification output) will include the stack trace output as well as the message.
to_string()
This output may produce redundant messages in the default to_string() method -- just override the method in your exception class if you want to create your own output.
It is very easy to create your own SPOPS or application errors:
package My::Custom::Exception; use strict; use base qw( SPOPS::Exception );
Easy! If you want to include different information that can be passed via new():
new()
package My::Custom::Exception; use strict; use base qw( SPOPS::Exception ); my @FIELDS = qw( this that ); My::Custom::Exception->mk_accessors( @FIELDS ); sub get_fields { return ( $_[0]->SUPER::get_fields(), @FIELDS ) }
And now your custom exception can take extra parameters:
My::Custom::Exception->throw( $@, { this => 'bermuda shorts', that => 'teva sandals' });
If you want to do extra initialization, data checking or whatnot, just create a method initialize(). It gets called just before the die is called in throw(). Example:
package My::Custom::Exception; # ... as above my $COUNT = 0; sub initialize { my ( $self, $params ) = @_; $COUNT++; if ( $COUNT > 5 ) { $self->message( $self->message . "-- More than five errors?! ($COUNT) Whattsamatta?" ); } }
None known.
Nothing known.
Devel::StackTrace
Class::Accessor
Exception::Class for lots of good ideas -- once we get rid of backwards compatibility we will probably switch to using this as a base class.
Copyright (c) 2001-2004 intes.net, inc.. All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Chris Winters <chris@cwinters.com>
To install SPOPS, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm SPOPS
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install SPOPS
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.