NAME

PApp::Exception - exception handling for PApp

SYNOPSIS

use PApp::Exception;

DESCRIPTION

This module implements a exception class that is able to carry backtrace information and other information useful for tracking own bugs.

It's the standard exception class used by PApp.

local $SIG{__DIE__} = \&PApp::Exception::diehandler

_diehandler is a function suitable to be put into $SIG{__DIE__} (e.g. inside an eval). The advantage in using this function is that you get a useful backtrace on an error (among some other information). It should be compatible with any use of eval but might slow down evals that make heavy use of exceptions (but these are slow anyway).

Example:

eval {
   local $SIG{__DIE__} = \&PApp::Exception::diehandler;
   ...
};

$errobj = new PApp::Exception param => value..

Create and return a new exception object. The object is overloaded, stringification will call as_string.

title      exception page title (default "PApp:Exception")
body       the exception page body
category   the error category
error      the error message or error object
info       additional info (arrayref)
backtrace  optional backtrace info
compatible if set, stringification will only return this field
abridged   if set, only the error text will be shown
as_string  if set, a plaintext instead of html will be generated

When called on an existing object, a clone of that exception object is created and the information is extended (backtrace is being ignored, title, info and error are extended).

$errobj->throw

Throw the exception.

$errobj->as_string

Return the full exception information as simple text string.

$errobj->as_html

Return the full exception information as a fully formatted html page.

fancydie $category, $error, [param => value...]

Aborts the current page and displays a fancy error box, complete with backtrace. $error should be a short error message, while $additional_info can be a multi-line description of the problem.

The rest of the function call consists of named arguments that are transparently passed to the PApp::Exception::new constructor (see above), with the exception of:

skipcallers  the number of caller levels to skip in the backtrace

fancywarn <same arguments as fancydie>

Similar to fancydie, but warns only. (not exported by default).

vals = try BLOCK error, args...

eval the given block (using a _diehandler, @_ will contain useless values and the context will always be array context). If no error occurs, return, otherwise execute fancydie with the error message and the rest of the arguments (unless they are catch'ed).

catch BLOCK args...

Not yet implemented. If used as an argument to try, execute the block when an error occurs. Example:

try {
   ... code
} catch {
   ... code to be executed when an exception was raised
};

$exc->errorpage

This method is being called by the PApp runtime whenever there is no handler for it. It should (depending on the $PApp::onerr variable and others!) display an error page for the user. Better overwrite the following methods, not this one.

$exc->ep_save

$html = $exc->ep_fullinfo

$html = $exc->ep_shortinfo

$html = $exc->ep_login

$html = $exc->ep_wrap(...)

Various parts of the error page that can be generated independently of the others.

SEE ALSO

PApp.

AUTHOR

Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
http://home.schmorp.de/