/* ============================================================================== This file is part of the Water library. Copyright (c) 2016 ROLI Ltd. Copyright (C) 2017 Filipe Coelho Permission is granted to use this software under the terms of the ISC license http://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/isc-license/ Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ISC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ISC BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. ============================================================================== */ #ifndef WATER_RESULT_H_INCLUDED #define WATER_RESULT_H_INCLUDED #include "../text/String.h" namespace water { //============================================================================== /** Represents the 'success' or 'failure' of an operation, and holds an associated error message to describe the error when there's a failure. E.g. @code Result myOperation() { if (doSomeKindOfFoobar()) return Result::ok(); else return Result::fail ("foobar didn't work!"); } const Result result (myOperation()); if (result.wasOk()) { ...it's all good... } else { warnUserAboutFailure ("The foobar operation failed! Error message was: " + result.getErrorMessage()); } @endcode */ class Result { public: //============================================================================== /** Creates and returns a 'successful' result. */ static Result ok() noexcept { return Result(); } /** Creates a 'failure' result. If you pass a blank error message in here, a default "Unknown Error" message will be used instead. */ static Result fail (const String& errorMessage) noexcept; //============================================================================== /** Returns true if this result indicates a success. */ bool wasOk() const noexcept; /** Returns true if this result indicates a failure. You can use getErrorMessage() to retrieve the error message associated with the failure. */ bool failed() const noexcept; /** Returns true if this result indicates a success. This is equivalent to calling wasOk(). */ operator bool() const noexcept; /** Returns true if this result indicates a failure. This is equivalent to calling failed(). */ bool operator!() const noexcept; /** Returns the error message that was set when this result was created. For a successful result, this will be an empty string; */ const String& getErrorMessage() const noexcept; //============================================================================== Result (const Result&); Result& operator= (const Result&); #if WATER_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_MOVE_SEMANTICS Result (Result&&) noexcept; Result& operator= (Result&&) noexcept; #endif bool operator== (const Result& other) const noexcept; bool operator!= (const Result& other) const noexcept; private: String errorMessage; // The default constructor is not for public use! // Instead, use Result::ok() or Result::fail() Result() noexcept; explicit Result (const String&) noexcept; // These casts are private to prevent people trying to use the Result object in numeric contexts operator int() const; operator void*() const; }; } #endif // WATER_RESULT_H_INCLUDED