Re: [Swig-user] %catches question

[Marcelo M. <mm...@ac...>]

If you want to catch  'geos::IllegalArgumentException *' you have to ask 
for it, ie:

  %catches(geos::AssertionFailedException *, 
geos::IllegalArgumentException *)

Marcelo
 
Charlie Savage wrote:

> Curious about the new %catches directive.
>
> Say I have code like this:
>
> %exception {
>    try {
>        $action
>    }
>  catch (geos::AssertionFailedException *e) {
>            %raise(SWIG_NewPointerObj(e, 
> SWIGTYPE_p_geos__AssertionFailedException, SWIG_POINTER_OWN), 
> "geos::AssertionFailedException", 
> SWIGTYPE_p_geos__AssertionFailedException);
>  }
>  catch (geos::IllegalArgumentException *e) {
>            %raise(SWIG_NewPointerObj(e, 
> SWIGTYPE_p_geos__IllegalArgumentException, SWIG_POINTER_OWN), 
> "geos::IllegalArgumentException", 
> SWIGTYPE_p_geos__IllegalArgumentException);
>  }
> .....(skipping a few more exceptions)
>
>
> I tried doing something like this instead:
>
> %catches(geos::AssertionFailedException, geos::IllegalArgumentException)
>
> Where this would apply to every generated method, just like the 
> %exception clause above.  Didn't seem to work though - is this the 
> correct usage of %catches or is it intended to be used differently?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charlie