Re: ExceptionHandler class & list of error messages ?

From:
"mast2as@yahoo.com" <mast2as@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
12 Jul 2006 22:20:46 -0700
Message-ID:
<1152768046.513069.299840@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
Hi I tried to "copy" your code (the names are a bit different) and i
get an error when i compile which i don't understand well... could you
help me a bit more please ? thank you...

/////// COMPILE ERROR

test.cpp: In member function `virtual const char* TException::what()
const':
test.cpp:28: error: passing `const std::map<const int, const char*,
std::less<const int>, std::allocator<std::pair<const int, const char*>

' as `this' argument of `_Tp& std::map<_Key, _Tp, _Compare, _Alloc>::operator[](const _Key&) [with _Key = const int, _Tp = const char*, _Compare = std::less<const int>, _Alloc = std::allocator<std::pair<const int, const char*> >]' discards qualifiers


/////// CODE

#include <iostream>
#include <deque>
#include <map>
#include <exception>

#define PRINTERROR 0
#define ABORTERROR 1

class TException : public std::exception
{
public:
  enum errorCode {
    TEST1 = 1,
    TEST2,
    TEST3
  };
  typedef std::map<const int, const char*> MsgMap;
public:
  TException( const int code, const int severity = PRINTERROR ) :
    m_code( code ),
    m_severity( severity )
  {}

  ~TException() throw() {}

  virtual const char* what() const throw()
  {
    return myMsgMap[ m_code ];//"some text";
  }
public:
private:
  const int m_severity;
  const int m_code;
  const static MsgMap myMsgMap;
};

namespace
{
  class TInitialise
  {
  public:
    TException::MsgMap m_;
  public:
    operator TException::MsgMap() const { return m_; }
    TInitialise() {};
    TInitialise &Add() { std::cout << "in add\n"; return *this; }
  };
}

const TException::MsgMap TException::myMsgMap = TInitialise()
  .Add()
  .Add();

int main()
{
  return 0;
}

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