1//Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Emil Dotchevski and Reverge Studios, Inc.
2
3//Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
4//file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
5
6//This example shows how to add data to boost::exception objects at the
7//point of the throw, and how to retrieve that data at the point of the catch.
8
9#include <boost/exception/all.hpp>
10#include <iostream>
11
12typedef boost::error_info<struct tag_my_info,int> my_info; //(1)
13
14struct my_error: virtual boost::exception, virtual std::exception { }; //(2)
15
16void
17f()
18 {
19 throw my_error() << my_info(42); //(3)
20 }
21
22void
23g()
24 {
25 try
26 {
27 f();
28 }
29 catch(
30 my_error & x )
31 {
32 if( int const * mi=boost::get_error_info<my_info>(some_exception&: x) )
33 std::cerr << "My info: " << *mi;
34 }
35 }
36

source code of boost/libs/exception/example/error_info_1.cpp