    // file      : Utility/ExH/System/DescriptiveException.hpp
    // author    : Boris Kolpackov <boris@kolpackov.net>
    // copyright : Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Boris Kolpackov
    // license   : http://kolpackov.net/license.html

    namespace Utility
    {
      namespace ExH
      {
        namespace System
        {
          class DescriptiveException : public virtual Exception
          {
          public:
            explicit
            DescriptiveException (char const* description) throw ();

            explicit
            DescriptiveException (std::string const& description) throw ();

            template <typename T>
            explicit
            DescriptiveException (T const& description) throw ();

            DescriptiveException (DescriptiveException const& src) throw ();

            virtual
            ~DescriptiveException () throw ();

            DescriptiveException&
            operator= (DescriptiveException const& src) throw ();

          protected:
            DescriptiveException () throw ();

            void
            init (char const* description) throw ();

          public:
            virtual char const*
            what () const throw ();

          private:

            static unsigned long const DESCRIPTION_SIZE = 256;

            char description_ [DESCRIPTION_SIZE];
          };
        }
      }
    }