Razor2::Errorhandler(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 Razor2::Errorhandler(3pm)

NAME

       Razor::Errorhandler - Error handling mechanism for Razor.

SYNOPSIS

	   package Foo;

	   use Razor::Errorhandler;
	   @ISA = qw(Razor::Errorhandler);

	   sub alive {
	       ..
	       ..
	       return
	       $self->error ("Awake, awake! Ring the alarum bell. 
			      Murther and treason!", $dagger)
		   if $self->murdered($king);
	   }

	   package main;

	   use Foo;
	   my $foo = new Foo;
	   $foo->alive($king) or print $foo->errstr();
	   # prints "Awake, awake! ... "

DESCRIPTION

       Razor::Errorhandler encapsulates the error handling mechanism used by the modules in Razor bundle. Razor::Errorhandler doesn't have a
       constructor and is meant to be inherited. The derived modules use its two methods, error() and errstr(), to communicate error messages to
       the caller.

       When a method of the derived module fails, it calls $self->error() and returns  to the caller. The error message passed to error() is made
       available to the caller through the errstr() accessor. error() also accepts a list of sensitive data that it wipes out (undef'es) before
       returning.

       The caller should never call errstr() to check for errors. errstr() should be called only when a method indicates (usually through an undef
       return value) that an error has occured. This is because errstr() is never overwritten and will always contain a value after the occurance
       of first error.

METHODS

       error($mesage, ($wipeme, $wipemetoo))
	   The first argument to error() is $message which is placed in $self->{errstr} and the remaining arguments are interpretted as variables
	   containing sensitive data that are wiped out from the memory. error() always returns undef.

       errstr()
	   errstr() is an accessor method for $self->{errstr}.

AUTHOR

       Vipul Ved Prakash, <mail@vipul.net>

SEE ALSO

       Razor::Client(3)

perl v5.14.2							    2005-08-03						 Razor2::Errorhandler(3pm)