#ifndef _Exception_
#define _Exception_

/*
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
 *
 * Licensed 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 KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 *
 */

#include <exception>
#include <string>

namespace qpid
{
    /**
     * Exception base class for all Qpid exceptions.
     */
    class Exception : public std::exception
    {
      protected:
        std::string whatStr;

      public:
        Exception() throw() {}
        Exception(const std::string& str) throw() : whatStr(str) {}
        Exception(const char* str) throw() : whatStr(str) {}
        virtual ~Exception() throw();

        const char* what() const throw() { return whatStr.c_str(); }
        virtual std::string toString() const throw() { return whatStr; }
    };
}

#endif  /*!_Exception_*/
