1Net::DBus::Error(3)   User Contributed Perl Documentation  Net::DBus::Error(3)
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NAME

6       Net::DBus::Error - Error details for remote method invocation
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SYNOPSIS

9         package Music::Player::UnknownFormat;
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11         use base qw(Net::DBus::Error);
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13         # Define an error type for unknown track encoding type
14         # for a music player service
15         sub new {
16             my $proto = shift;
17             my $class = ref($proto) || $proto;
18             my $self = $class->SUPER::new(name => "org.example.music.UnknownFormat",
19                                           message => "Unknown track encoding format");
20         }
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23         package Music::Player::Engine;
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25         ...snip...
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27         # Play either mp3 or ogg music tracks, otherwise
28         # thrown an error
29         sub play {
30             my $self = shift;
31             my $url = shift;
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33             if ($url =~ /\.(mp3|ogg)$/) {
34                 ...play the track
35             } else {
36                die Music::Player::UnknownFormat->new();
37             }
38         }
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DESCRIPTION

41       This objects provides for strongly typed error handling. Normally a
42       service would simply call
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46       When returning the error condition to the calling DBus client, the
47       message is associated with a generic error code or
48       "org.freedesktop.DBus.Failed".  While this suffices for many
49       applications, occasionally it is desirable to be able to catch and
50       handle specific error conditions. For such scenarios the service should
51       create subclasses of the "Net::DBus::Error" object providing in a
52       custom error name. This error name is then sent back to the client
53       instead of the genreic "org.freedesktop.DBus.Failed" code.
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METHODS

56       my $error = Net::DBus::Error->new(name => $error_name, message =>
57       $description);
58           Creates a new error object whose name is given by the "name"
59           parameter, and long descriptive text is provided by the "message"
60           parameter. The "name" parameter has certain formatting rules which
61           must be adhered to. It must only contain the letters 'a'-'Z',
62           '0'-'9', '-', '_' and '.'. There must be at least two components
63           separated by a '.', For example a valid name is
64           'org.example.Music.UnknownFormat'.
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66       $error->name
67           Returns the DBus error name associated with the object.
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69       $error->message
70           Returns the descriptive text/message associated with the error
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73       $error->stringify
74           Formats the error as a string in a manner suitable for printing out
75           / logging / displaying to the user, etc.
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AUTHORS

78       Daniel P. Berrange
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81       Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Daniel P. Berrange
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SEE ALSO

84       Net::DBus, Net::DBus::Object
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88perl v5.12.0                      2008-02-21               Net::DBus::Error(3)
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