1 files changed, 72 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/include/qpid/messaging/exceptions.h b/cpp/include/qpid/messaging/exceptions.h
index 0ff608b343..31e2488d91 100644
--- a/cpp/include/qpid/messaging/exceptions.h
+++ b/cpp/include/qpid/messaging/exceptions.h
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
  * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
  * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
  * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
+ *
  *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
  * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
  * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
@@ -29,34 +29,47 @@
 namespace qpid {
 namespace messaging {
 
-/** \ingroup messaging 
+/** \ingroup messaging
  */
 
-struct MessagingException : public qpid::types::Exception 
+/**
+ * This is the base class for all messaging related exceptions thrown
+ * by this API.
+ */
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN MessagingException : public qpid::types::Exception
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN MessagingException(const std::string& msg);
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN virtual ~MessagingException() throw();
-    
+
     qpid::types::Variant::Map detail;
     //TODO: override what() to include detail if present
 };
 
-struct InvalidOptionString : public MessagingException 
+/**
+ * Thrown when the syntax of the option string used to configure a
+ * connection in not valid
+ */
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN InvalidOptionString : public MessagingException
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN InvalidOptionString(const std::string& msg);
 };
 
-struct KeyError : public MessagingException
+/**
+ * Thrown to indicate a failed lookup of some local object. For
+ * example when attempting to retrieve a session, sender or receiver
+ * by name.
+ */
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN KeyError : public MessagingException
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN KeyError(const std::string&);
 };
 
-struct LinkError : public MessagingException
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN LinkError : public MessagingException
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN LinkError(const std::string&);
 };
 
-struct AddressError : public LinkError
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN AddressError : public LinkError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN AddressError(const std::string&);
 };
@@ -65,85 +78,118 @@ struct AddressError : public LinkError
  * Thrown when a syntactically correct address cannot be resolved or
  * used.
  */
-struct ResolutionError : public AddressError 
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN ResolutionError : public AddressError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN ResolutionError(const std::string& msg);
 };
 
-struct AssertionFailed : public ResolutionError 
+/**
+ * Thrown when creating a sender or receiver for an address for which
+ * some asserted property of the node is not matched.
+ */
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN AssertionFailed : public ResolutionError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN AssertionFailed(const std::string& msg);
 };
 
-struct NotFound : public ResolutionError 
+/**
+ * Thrown on attempts to create a sender or receiver to a non-existent
+ * node.
+ */
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN NotFound : public ResolutionError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN NotFound(const std::string& msg);
 };
 
 /**
- * Thrown when an address string with inalid sytanx is used.
+ * Thrown when an address string with invalid syntax is used.
  */
-struct MalformedAddress : public AddressError 
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN MalformedAddress : public AddressError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN MalformedAddress(const std::string& msg);
 };
 
-struct ReceiverError : public LinkError
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN ReceiverError : public LinkError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN ReceiverError(const std::string&);
 };
 
-struct FetchError : public ReceiverError
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN FetchError : public ReceiverError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN FetchError(const std::string&);
 };
 
-struct NoMessageAvailable : public FetchError
+/**
+ * Thrown by Receiver::fetch(), Receiver::get() and
+ * Session::nextReceiver() to indicate that there no message was
+ * available before the timeout specified.
+ */
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN NoMessageAvailable : public FetchError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN NoMessageAvailable();
 };
 
-struct SenderError : public LinkError
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN SenderError : public LinkError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN SenderError(const std::string&);
 };
 
-struct SendError : public SenderError
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN SendError : public SenderError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN SendError(const std::string&);
 };
 
-struct TargetCapacityExceeded : public SendError
+/**
+ * Thrown to indicate that the sender attempted to send a message that
+ * would result in the target node on the peer exceeding a
+ * preconfigured capacity.
+ */
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN TargetCapacityExceeded : public SendError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN TargetCapacityExceeded(const std::string&);
 };
 
-struct SessionError : public MessagingException
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN SessionError : public MessagingException
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN SessionError(const std::string&);
 };
 
-struct TransactionError : public SessionError
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN TransactionError : public SessionError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN TransactionError(const std::string&);
 };
 
-struct TransactionAborted : public TransactionError
+/**
+ * Thrown on Session::commit() if reconnection results in the
+ * transaction being automatically aborted.
+ */
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN TransactionAborted : public TransactionError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN TransactionAborted(const std::string&);
 };
 
-struct UnauthorizedAccess : public SessionError
+/**
+ * Thrown to indicate that the application attempted to do something
+ * for which it was not authorised by its peer.
+ */
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN UnauthorizedAccess : public SessionError
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN UnauthorizedAccess(const std::string&);
 };
 
-struct ConnectionError : public MessagingException
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN ConnectionError : public MessagingException
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN ConnectionError(const std::string&);
 };
 
-struct TransportFailure : public MessagingException
+/**
+ * Thrown to indicate loss of underlying connection. When
+ * auto-reconnect is used this will be caught by the library and used
+ * to trigger reconnection attempts. If reconnection fails (according
+ * to whatever settings have been configured), then an instnace of
+ * this class will be thrown to signal that.
+ */
+struct QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN TransportFailure : public MessagingException
 {
     QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN TransportFailure(const std::string&);
 };