/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkErrorCode.h

  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
  All rights reserved.
  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.

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=========================================================================*/
// .NAME vtkErrorCode - superclass for error codes
// .SECTION Description
// vtkErrorCode is an mechanism for (currently) reader object to
// return errors during reading file.

#ifndef __vtkErrorCode_h
#define __vtkErrorCode_h
#include "vtkSystemIncludes.h"

// The superclass that all commands should be subclasses of
class VTK_COMMON_EXPORT vtkErrorCode
{
public:
  static const char *GetStringFromErrorCode(unsigned long event);
  static unsigned long GetErrorCodeFromString(const char *event);
  static unsigned long GetLastSystemError();
//BTX
  // all the currently defined error codes
  // developers can use -- vtkErrorCode::UserError + int to
  // specify their own errors. 
  // if this list is adjusted, be sure to adjust vtkErrorCodeErrorStrings
  // in vtkErrorCode.cxx to match.
  enum ErrorIds {
    NoError = 0,
    FirstVTKErrorCode = 20000,
    FileNotFoundError,
    CannotOpenFileError,
    UnrecognizedFileTypeError,
    PrematureEndOfFileError,
    FileFormatError,
    NoFileNameError,
    OutOfDiskSpaceError,
    UnknownError,
    UserError = 40000
  };
//ETX
};

#endif /* __vtkErrorCode_h */