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-rw-r--r--c++/src/H5Exception.cpp48
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/c++/src/H5Exception.cpp b/c++/src/H5Exception.cpp
index d89f486..aef0d9c 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Exception.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5Exception.cpp
@@ -66,10 +66,26 @@ Exception::Exception( const Exception& orig )
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
string Exception::getMajorString( hid_t err_major ) const
{
- // calls the C API routine to get the major string
- char msg[H5E_LEN];
- H5Eget_msg(err_major, NULL, msg, H5E_LEN);
- string major_str(msg);
+ // Preliminary call to H5Eget_msg() to get the length of the message
+ ssize_t mesg_size = H5Eget_msg(err_major, NULL, NULL, 0);
+
+ // If H5Eget_msg() returns a negative value, raise an exception,
+ if( mesg_size < 0 )
+ throw IdComponentException("Exception::getMajorString",
+ "H5Eget_msg failed");
+
+ // Call H5Eget_msg again to get the actual message
+ char* mesg_C = new char[mesg_size+1]; // temporary C-string for C API
+ mesg_size = H5Eget_msg(err_major, NULL, mesg_C, mesg_size+1);
+
+ // Check for failure again
+ if( mesg_size < 0 )
+ throw IdComponentException("Exception::getMajorString",
+ "H5Eget_msg failed");
+
+ // Convert the C error description and return
+ string major_str(mesg_C);
+ delete mesg_C;
return( major_str );
}
@@ -86,10 +102,26 @@ string Exception::getMajorString( hid_t err_major ) const
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
string Exception::getMinorString( hid_t err_minor ) const
{
- // calls the C API routine to get the minor string
- char msg[H5E_LEN];
- H5Eget_msg(err_minor, NULL, msg, H5E_LEN);
- string minor_str(msg);
+ // Preliminary call to H5Eget_msg() to get the length of the message
+ ssize_t mesg_size = H5Eget_msg(err_minor, NULL, NULL, 0);
+
+ // If H5Eget_msg() returns a negative value, raise an exception,
+ if( mesg_size < 0 )
+ throw IdComponentException("Exception::getMinorString",
+ "H5Eget_msg failed");
+
+ // Call H5Eget_msg again to get the actual message
+ char* mesg_C = new char[mesg_size+1]; // temporary C-string for C API
+ mesg_size = H5Eget_msg(err_minor, NULL, mesg_C, mesg_size+1);
+
+ // Check for failure again
+ if( mesg_size < 0 )
+ throw IdComponentException("Exception::getMinorString",
+ "H5Eget_msg failed");
+
+ // Convert the C error description and return
+ string minor_str(mesg_C);
+ delete mesg_C;
return( minor_str );
}