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href="exception.html#GetExceptionMessage">GetExceptionMessage</a> • <a href="exception.html#GetLocaleExceptionMessage">GetLocaleExceptionMessage</a> • <a href="exception.html#InheritException">InheritException</a> • <a href="exception.html#InitializeExceptionInfo">InitializeExceptionInfo</a> • <a href="exception.html#MagickError">MagickError</a> • <a href="exception.html#MagickFatalError">MagickFatalError</a> • <a href="exception.html#MagickWarning">MagickWarning</a> • <a href="exception.html#SetErrorHandler">SetErrorHandler</a> • <a href="exception.html#SetFatalErrorHandler">SetFatalErrorHandler</a> • <a href="exception.html#SetWarningHandler">SetWarningHandler</a> • <a href="exception.html#ThrowException">ThrowException</a></p> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="AcquireExceptionInfo">AcquireExceptionInfo</a></h2> <p>AcquireExceptionInfo() allocates the ExceptionInfo structure.</p> <p>The format of the AcquireExceptionInfo method is:</p> <pre class="text"> ExceptionInfo *AcquireExceptionInfo(void) </pre> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="ClearMagickException">ClearMagickException</a></h2> <p>ClearMagickException() clears any exception that may not have been caught yet.</p> <p>The format of the ClearMagickException method is:</p> <pre class="text"> ClearMagickException(ExceptionInfo *exception) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>exception</dt> <dd>the exception info. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="CatchException">CatchException</a></h2> <p>CatchException() returns if no exceptions is found otherwise it reports the exception as a warning, error, or fatal depending on the severity.</p> <p>The format of the CatchException method is:</p> <pre class="text"> CatchException(ExceptionInfo *exception) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>exception</dt> <dd>the exception info. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="CloneExceptionInfo">CloneExceptionInfo</a></h2> <p>CloneExceptionInfo() clones the ExceptionInfo structure.</p> <p>The format of the CloneExceptionInfo method is:</p> <pre class="text"> ExceptionInfo *CloneException(ExceptionInfo *exception) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>exception</dt> <dd>the exception info. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="DestroyExceptionInfo">DestroyExceptionInfo</a></h2> <p>DestroyExceptionInfo() deallocates memory associated with an exception.</p> <p>The format of the DestroyExceptionInfo method is:</p> <pre class="text"> ExceptionInfo *DestroyExceptionInfo(ExceptionInfo *exception) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>exception</dt> <dd>the exception info. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="GetExceptionMessage">GetExceptionMessage</a></h2> <p>GetExceptionMessage() returns the error message defined by the specified error code.</p> <p>The format of the GetExceptionMessage method is:</p> <pre class="text"> char *GetExceptionMessage(const int error) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>error</dt> <dd>the error code. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="GetLocaleExceptionMessage">GetLocaleExceptionMessage</a></h2> <p>GetLocaleExceptionMessage() converts a enumerated exception severity and tag to a message in the current locale.</p> <p>The format of the GetLocaleExceptionMessage method is:</p> <pre class="text"> const char *GetLocaleExceptionMessage(const ExceptionType severity, const char *tag) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>severity</dt> <dd>the severity of the exception. </dd> <dd> </dd> <dt>tag</dt> <dd>the message tag. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="InheritException">InheritException</a></h2> <p>InheritException() inherits an exception from a related exception.</p> <p>The format of the InheritException method is:</p> <pre class="text"> InheritException(ExceptionInfo *exception,const ExceptionInfo *relative) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>exception</dt> <dd>the exception info. </dd> <dd> </dd> <dt>relative</dt> <dd>the related exception info. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="InitializeExceptionInfo">InitializeExceptionInfo</a></h2> <p>InitializeExceptionInfo() initializes an exception to default values.</p> <p>The format of the InitializeExceptionInfo method is:</p> <pre class="text"> InitializeExceptionInfo(ExceptionInfo *exception) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>exception</dt> <dd>the exception info. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="MagickError">MagickError</a></h2> <p>MagickError() calls the exception handler methods with an error reason.</p> <p>The format of the MagickError method is:</p> <pre class="text"> void MagickError(const ExceptionType error,const char *reason, const char *description) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>exception</dt> <dd>Specifies the numeric error category. </dd> <dd> </dd> <dt>reason</dt> <dd>Specifies the reason to display before terminating the program. </dd> <dd> </dd> <dt>description</dt> <dd>Specifies any description to the reason. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="MagickFatalError">MagickFatalError</a></h2> <p>MagickFatalError() calls the fatal exception handler methods with an error reason.</p> <p>The format of the MagickError method is:</p> <pre class="text"> void MagickFatalError(const ExceptionType error,const char *reason, const char *description) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>exception</dt> <dd>Specifies the numeric error category. </dd> <dd> </dd> <dt>reason</dt> <dd>Specifies the reason to display before terminating the program. </dd> <dd> </dd> <dt>description</dt> <dd>Specifies any description to the reason. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="MagickWarning">MagickWarning</a></h2> <p>MagickWarning() calls the warning handler methods with a warning reason.</p> <p>The format of the MagickWarning method is:</p> <pre class="text"> void MagickWarning(const ExceptionType warning,const char *reason, const char *description) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>warning</dt> <dd>the warning severity. </dd> <dd> </dd> <dt>reason</dt> <dd>Define the reason for the warning. </dd> <dd> </dd> <dt>description</dt> <dd>Describe the warning. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="SetErrorHandler">SetErrorHandler</a></h2> <p>SetErrorHandler() sets the exception handler to the specified method and returns the previous exception handler.</p> <p>The format of the SetErrorHandler method is:</p> <pre class="text"> ErrorHandler SetErrorHandler(ErrorHandler handler) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>handler</dt> <dd>the method to handle errors. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="SetFatalErrorHandler">SetFatalErrorHandler</a></h2> <p>SetFatalErrorHandler() sets the fatal exception handler to the specified method and returns the previous fatal exception handler.</p> <p>The format of the SetErrorHandler method is:</p> <pre class="text"> ErrorHandler SetErrorHandler(ErrorHandler handler) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>handler</dt> <dd>the method to handle errors. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="SetWarningHandler">SetWarningHandler</a></h2> <p>SetWarningHandler() sets the warning handler to the specified method and returns the previous warning handler.</p> <p>The format of the SetWarningHandler method is:</p> <pre class="text"> ErrorHandler SetWarningHandler(ErrorHandler handler) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>handler</dt> <dd>the method to handle warnings. </dd> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/exception_8c.html" id="ThrowException">ThrowException</a></h2> <p>ThrowException() throws an exception with the specified severity code, reason, and optional description.</p> <p>The format of the ThrowException method is:</p> <pre class="text"> MagickBooleanType ThrowException(ExceptionInfo *exception, const ExceptionType severity,const char *reason, const char *description) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <dd> </dd> <dd> </dd> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>exception</dt> <dd>the exception info. </dd> <dd> </dd> <dt>severity</dt> <dd>the severity of the exception. </dd> <dd> </dd> <dt>reason</dt> <dd>the reason for the exception. </dd> <dd> </dd> 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