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<h1>The Error Handling Interface (H5E)</h1>
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<h2>1. Introduction</h2>
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<p>When an error occurs deep within the HDF5 library a record is
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pushed onto an error stack and that function returns a failure
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indication. Its caller detects the failure, pushes another
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record onto the stack, and returns a failure indication. This
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continues until the application-called API function returns a
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failure indication (a negative integer or null pointer). The
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next API function which is called (with a few exceptions) resets
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the stack.
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<h2>2. Error Handling Operations</h2>
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<p>In normal circumstances, an error causes the stack to be
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printed on the standard error stream. The first item, number
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"#000" is produced by the API function itself and is usually
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sufficient to indicate to the application programmer what went
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wrong.
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<caption align=top><h4>Example: An Error Message</h4></caption>
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<p>If an application calls <code>H5Tclose</code> on a
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predefined datatype then the following message is
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printed on the standard error stream. This is a
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simple error that has only one component, the API
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function; other errors may have many components.
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<p><code><pre>
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HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in thread 0. Back trace follows.
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#000: H5T.c line 462 in H5Tclose(): predefined datatype
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major(01): Function argument
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minor(05): Bad value
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<p>The error stack can also be printed and manipulated by these
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functions, but if an application wishes make explicit calls to
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<code>H5Eprint()</code> then the automatic printing should be
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turned off to prevent error messages from being displayed twice
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(see <code>H5Eset_auto()</code> below).
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<dl>
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<dt><code>herr_t H5Eprint (FILE *<em>stream</em>)</code>
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<dd>The error stack is printed on the specified stream. Even if
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the error stack is empty a one-line message will be printed:
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<code>HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in thread 0.</code>
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<dt><code>herr_t H5Eclear (void)</code>
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<dd>The error stack can be explicitly cleared by calling this
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function. The stack is also cleared whenever an API function
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is called, with certain exceptions (for instance,
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<p>Sometimes an application will call a function for the sake of
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its return value, fully expecting the function to fail. Under
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these conditions, it would be misleading if an error message
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were automatically printed. Automatic printing of messages is
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controlled by the <code>H5Eset_auto()</code> function:
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<dt><code>herr_t H5Eset_auto (herr_t(*<em>func</em>)(void*),
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void *<em>client_data</em>)</code>
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<dd>If <em>func</em> is not a null pointer, then the function to
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which it points will be called automatically when an API
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function is about to return an indication of failure. The
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function is called with a single argument, the
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<em>client_data</em> pointer. When the library is first
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initialized the auto printing function is set to
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<code>H5Eprint()</code> (cast appropriately) and
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<em>client_data</em> is the standard error stream pointer,
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<code>stderr</code>.
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<dt><code>herr_t H5Eget_auto (herr_t(**<em>func</em>)(void*),
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void **<em>client_data</em>)</code>
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<dd>This function returns the current automatic error traversal
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settings through the <em>func</em> and <em>client_data</em>
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arguments. Either (or both) arguments may be null pointers in
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which case the corresponding information is not returned.
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<caption align=top><h4>Example: Error Control</h4></caption>
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<p>An application can temporarily turn off error
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messages while "probing" a function.
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<p><code><pre>
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/* Save old error handler */
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herr_t (*old_func)(void*);
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void *old_client_data;
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H5Eget_auto(&old_func, &old_client_data);
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/* Turn off error handling */
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H5Eset_auto(NULL, NULL);
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/* Probe. Likely to fail, but that's okay */
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status = H5Fopen (......);
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/* Restore previous error handler */
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H5Eset_auto(old_func, old_client_data);
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</code></pre>
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<p>Or automatic printing can be disabled altogether and
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error messages can be explicitly printed.
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<p><code><pre>
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/* Turn off error handling permanently */
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H5Eset_auto (NULL, NULL);
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/* If failure, print error message */
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if (H5Fopen (....)<0) {
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H5Eprint (stderr);
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exit (1);
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}
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<p>The application is allowed to define an automatic error
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traversal function other than the default
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<code>H5Eprint()</code>. For instance, one could define a
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function that prints a simple, one-line error message to the
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standard error stream and then exits.
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<caption align=top><h4>Example: Simple Messages</h4></caption>
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<p>The application defines a function to print a simple
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error message to the standard error stream.
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<p><code><pre>
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herr_t
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my_hdf5_error_handler (void *unused)
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{
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fprintf (stderr, "An HDF5 error was detected. Bye.\n");
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exit (1);
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}
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</code></pre>
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<p>The function is installed as the error handler by
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saying
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<p><code><pre>
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H5Eset_auto (my_hdf5_error_handler, NULL);
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<p>The <code>H5Eprint()</code> function is actually just a wrapper
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around the more complex <code>H5Ewalk()</code> function which
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traverses an error stack and calls a user-defined function for
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each member of the stack.
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<dl>
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<dt><code>herr_t H5Ewalk (H5E_direction_t <em>direction</em>,
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H5E_walk_t <em>func</em>, void *<em>client_data</em>)</code>
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<dd>The error stack is traversed and <em>func</em> is called for
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each member of the stack. Its arguments are an integer
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sequence number beginning at zero (regardless of
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<em>direction</em>), a pointer to an error description record,
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and the <em>client_data</em> pointer. If <em>direction</em>
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is <code>H5E_WALK_UPWARD</code> then traversal begins at the
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inner-most function that detected the error and concludes with
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the API function. The opposite order is
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<code>H5E_WALK_DOWNWARD</code>.
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<br><br>
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<dt><code>typedef herr_t (*H5E_walk_t)(int <em>n</em>,
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H5E_error_t *<em>eptr</em>, void
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*<em>client_data</em>)</code>
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<dd>An error stack traversal callback function takes three
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arguments: <em>n</em> is a sequence number beginning at zero
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for each traversal, <em>eptr</em> is a pointer to an error
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stack member, and <em>client_data</em> is the same pointer
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passed to <code>H5Ewalk()</code>.
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<dt><pre><code>typedef struct {
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H5E_major_t <em>maj_num</em>;
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H5E_minor_t <em>min_num</em>;
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const char *<em>func_name</em>;
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const char *<em>file_name</em>;
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unsigned <em>line</em>;
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const char *<em>desc</em>;
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} H5E_error_t;</code></pre>
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<dd>The <em>maj_num</em> and <em>min_num</em> are major
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and minor error numbers, <em>func_name</em> is the name of
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the function where the error was detected,
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<em>file_name</em> and <em>line</em> locate the error
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within the HDF5 library source code, and <em>desc</em>
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points to a description of the error.
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<br><br>
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<dt><code>const char *H5Eget_major (H5E_major_t <em>num</em>)</code>
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<dt><code>const char *H5Eget_minor (H5E_minor_t <em>num</em>)</code>
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<dd>These functions take a major or minor error number and
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return a constant string which describes the error. If
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<em>num</em> is out of range than a string like "Invalid major
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error number" is returned.
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<p>This is the implementation of the default error stack
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traversal callback.
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herr_t
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H5Ewalk_cb(int n, H5E_error_t *err_desc, void *client_data)
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{
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FILE *stream = (FILE *)client_data;
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const char *maj_str = NULL;
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const char *min_str = NULL;
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const int indent = 2;
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/* Check arguments */
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assert (err_desc);
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if (!client_data) client_data = stderr;
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/* Get descriptions for the major and minor error numbers */
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