Log::Report::Exception(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			       Log::Report::Exception(3pm)

NAME

       Log::Report::Exception - a collected report

SYNOPSIS

	# created within a try block
	try { error "help!" };
	my $exception = $@->wasFatal;
	$exception->throw if $exception;

	$@->reportFatal;  # combination of above two lines

	my $message = $exception->message;   # the Log::Report::Message

	if($message->inClass('die')) ...
	if($exception->inClass('die')) ...   # same
	if($@->wasFatal(class => 'die')) ... # same

DESCRIPTION

       In Log::Report, exceptions are not as extended as available in languages as Java: you do not create classes for them.  The only thing an
       exception object does, is capture some information about an (untranslated) report.

METHODS

   Constructors
       Log::Report::Exception->new(OPTIONS)
	    -Option	--Default
	     message	  <required>
	     reason	  <required>
	     report_opts  {}

	   message => Log::Report::Message
	   reason => REASON
	   report_opts => HASH

   Accessors
       $obj->isFatal
	   Returns whether this exception has a severity which makes it fatal when thrown.  See Log::Report::isFatal().

	   example:

	     if($ex->isFatal) { $ex->throw(reason => 'ALERT') }
	     else { $ex->throw }

       $obj->message([MESSAGE])
	   Change the MESSAGE of the exception, must be a Log::Report::Message object.

	   When you use a "Log::Report::Message" object, you will get a new one returned. Therefore, if you want to modify the message in an
	   exception, you have to re-assign the result of the modification.

	   example:

	    $e->message->concat('!!')); # will not work!
	    $e->message($e->message->concat('!!'));
	    $e->message(__x"some message {msg}", msg => $xyz);

       $obj->reason([REASON])
       $obj->report_opts

   Processing
       $obj->inClass(CLASS|REGEX)
	   Check whether any of the classes listed in the message match CLASS (string) or the REGEX.  This uses Log::Report::Message::inClass().

       $obj->print([FILEHANDLE])
	   The default filehandle is STDOUT.

	   example:

	    print $exception;  # via overloading
	    $exception->print; # OO style

       $obj->throw(OPTIONS)
	   Insert the message contained in the exception into the currently defined dispatchers.  The "throw" name is commonly known exception
	   related terminology for "report".

	   The OPTIONS overrule the captured options to Log::Report::report().	This can be used to overrule a destination.  Also, the reason can
	   be changed.

	   example: overrule defaults to report

	    try { print {to => 'stderr'}, ERROR => 'oops!' };
	    $@->reportFatal(to => 'syslog');

	    $exception->throw(to => 'syslog');

	    $@->wasFatal->throw(reason => 'WARNING');

       $obj->toString
	   Prints the reason and the message.  Differently from throw(), this only represents the textual content: it does not re-cast the
	   exceptions to higher levels.

	   example: printing exceptions

	    print $_->toString for $@->exceptions;
	    print $_ for $@->exceptions;   # via overloading

OVERLOADING

       overload: stringification
	   Produces "reason: message".

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of Log-Report distribution version 0.94, built on August 23, 2011. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/log-report/

LICENSE

       Copyrights 2007-2011 by Mark Overmeer. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  See
       http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html

perl v5.14.2							    2011-08-23					       Log::Report::Exception(3pm)