#ifndef ERROR_H
#define ERROR_H
+#include "compiler.h"
+#include "qapi-types.h"
#include <stdbool.h>
/**
- * A class representing internal errors within QEMU. An error has a string
- * typename and optionally a set of named string parameters.
+ * A class representing internal errors within QEMU. An error has a ErrorClass
+ * code and a human message.
*/
typedef struct Error Error;
/**
- * Set an indirect pointer to an error given a printf-style format parameter.
- * Currently, qerror.h defines these error formats. This function is not
- * meant to be used outside of QEMU.
+ * Set an indirect pointer to an error given a ErrorClass value and a
+ * printf-style human message. This function is not meant to be used outside
+ * of QEMU.
*/
-void error_set(Error **err, const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3);
+void error_set(Error **err, ErrorClass err_class, const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(3, 4);
+
+/**
+ * Set an indirect pointer to an error given a ErrorClass value and a
+ * printf-style human message, followed by a strerror() string if
+ * @os_error is not zero.
+ */
+void error_set_errno(Error **err, int os_error, ErrorClass err_class, const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(4, 5);
+
+/**
+ * Same as error_set(), but sets a generic error
+ */
+#define error_setg(err, fmt, ...) \
+ error_set(err, ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
+#define error_setg_errno(err, os_error, fmt, ...) \
+ error_set_errno(err, os_error, ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
/**
* Returns true if an indirect pointer to an error is pointing to a valid
*/
bool error_is_set(Error **err);
-/**
- * Get a human readable representation of an error object.
+/*
+ * Get the error class of an error object.
*/
-const char *error_get_pretty(Error *err);
+ErrorClass error_get_class(const Error *err);
/**
- * Get an individual named error field.
+ * Returns an exact copy of the error passed as an argument.
*/
-const char *error_get_field(Error *err, const char *field);
+Error *error_copy(const Error *err);
/**
- * Get an individual named error field.
+ * Get a human readable representation of an error object.
*/
-void error_set_field(Error *err, const char *field, const char *value);
+const char *error_get_pretty(Error *err);
/**
* Propagate an error to an indirect pointer to an error. This function will
* always transfer ownership of the error reference and handles the case where
- * dst_err is NULL correctly.
+ * dst_err is NULL correctly. Errors after the first are discarded.
*/
void error_propagate(Error **dst_err, Error *local_err);
*/
void error_free(Error *err);
-/**
- * Determine if an error is of a speific type (based on the qerror format).
- * Non-QEMU users should get the `class' field to identify the error type.
- */
-bool error_is_type(Error *err, const char *fmt);
-
#endif