Razor2::Errorhandler(3pm)

NAME
Razor::Errorhandler - Error handling mechanism for Razor.

SYNOPSIS
    package Foo;

    use Razor::Errorhandler;
    @ISA = qw(Razor::Errorhandler);

    sub alive {
        ..
        ..
        return
        $self->error ("Awake, awake! Ring the alarum bell. \
                       Murther and treason!", $dagger)
            if $self->murdered($king);
    }

    package main;

    use Foo;
    my $foo = new Foo;
    $foo->alive($king) or print $foo->errstr();
    # prints "Awake, awake! ... "

DESCRIPTION
Razor::Errorhandler encapsulates the error handling mechanism used by the modules in Razor bundle. Razor::Errorhandler doesn't have a constructor and is meant to be inherited. The derived modules use its two methods, error() and errstr(), to communicate error messages to the caller.

When a method of the derived module fails, it calls $self->error() and returns to the caller. The error message passed to error() is made available to the caller through the errstr() accessor. error() also accepts a list of sensitive data that it wipes out (undef'es) before returning.

The caller should never call errstr() to check for errors. errstr() should be called only when a method indicates (usually through an undef return value) that an error has occured. This is because errstr() is never overwritten and will always contain a value after the occurance of first error.

METHODS

error($mesage, ($wipeme, $wipemetoo))
    The first argument to error() is $message which is placed in $self->{errstr} and the remaining arguments are interpretted as variables containing sensitive data that are wiped out from the memory. error() always returns undef.

errstr()
    errstr() is an accessor method for $self->{errstr}.

AUTHOR
Vipul Ved Prakash, <mail@vipul.net>

SEE ALSO
Razor::Client(3)