=encoding utf8
=head1 NAME
Log::Report::Exception - a collected report
=head1 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
=head1 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.
=head1 METHODS
=head2 Constructors
=over 4
=item Log::Report::Exception-E<gt>B<new>(%options)
-Option --Default
message <required>
reason <required>
report_opts {}
=over 2
=item message => Log::Report::Message
=item reason => REASON
=item report_opts => HASH
=back
=back
=head2 Accessors
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<isFatal>()
Returns whether this exception has a severity which makes it fatal
when thrown. [1.34] This can have been overruled with the C<is_fatal>
attribute. See L<Log::Report::Util::is_fatal()|Log::Report::Util/"Reasons">.
example:
if($ex->isFatal) { $ex->throw(reason => 'ALERT') }
else { $ex->throw }
=item $obj-E<gt>B<message>( [$message] )
Change the $message of the exception, must be a L<Log::Report::Message|Log::Report::Message>
object.
When you use a C<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);
=item $obj-E<gt>B<reason>( [$reason] )
=item $obj-E<gt>B<report_opts>()
=back
=head2 Processing
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<inClass>($class|Regexp)
Check whether any of the classes listed in the message match $class
(string) or the Regexp. This uses L<Log::Report::Message::inClass()|Log::Report::Message/"Processing">.
=item $obj-E<gt>B<print>( [$fh] )
The default filehandle is STDOUT.
example:
print $exception; # via overloading
$exception->print; # OO style
=item $obj-E<gt>B<throw>(%options)
Insert the message contained in the exception into the currently
defined dispatchers. The C<throw> name is commonly known
exception related terminology for C<report>.
The %options overrule the captured options to L<Log::Report::report()|Log::Report/"Report Production and Configuration">.
This can be used to overrule a destination. Also, the reason can
be changed.
example: overrule defaults to report
try { report {to => 'stderr'}, ERROR => 'oops!' };
$@->reportFatal(to => 'syslog');
$exception->throw(to => 'syslog');
$@->wasFatal->throw(reason => 'WARNING');
=item $obj-E<gt>B<toHTML>( [$locale] )
[1.11] as L<toString()|Log::Report::Exception/"Processing">, and escape HTML volatile characters.
=item $obj-E<gt>B<toString>( [$locale] )
Prints the reason and the message. Differently from L<throw()|Log::Report::Exception/"Processing">, 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
=back
=head1 OVERLOADING
=over 4
=item overload: B<stringification>
Produces "reason: message".
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
This module is part of Log-Report distribution version 1.40,
built on April 18, 2025. Website: F<http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/>
=head1 LICENSE
Copyrights 2007-2025 by [Mark Overmeer <markov@cpan.org>]. 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.