AcquireExceptionInfo() allocates the ExceptionInfo structure.

The format of the AcquireExceptionInfo method is:

  ExceptionInfo *AcquireExceptionInfo(void)

ClearMagickException() clears any exception that may not have been caught yet.

The format of the ClearMagickException method is:

  ClearMagickException(ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception

the exception info.

CatchException() returns if no exceptions is found otherwise it reports the exception as a warning, error, or fatal depending on the severity.

The format of the CatchException method is:

  CatchException(ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception

the exception info.

DestroyExceptionInfo() deallocates memory associated with an exception.

The format of the DestroyExceptionInfo method is:

  ExceptionInfo *DestroyExceptionInfo(ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception

the exception info.

GetExceptionInfo() initializes an exception to default values.

The format of the GetExceptionInfo method is:

  GetExceptionInfo(ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception

the exception info.

GetExceptionMessage() returns the error message defined by the specified error code.

The format of the GetExceptionMessage method is:

  char *GetExceptionMessage(const int error)

A description of each parameter follows:

error

the error code.

GetLocaleExceptionMessage() converts a enumerated exception severity and tag to a message in the current locale.

The format of the GetLocaleExceptionMessage method is:

  const char *GetLocaleExceptionMessage(const ExceptionType severity,
    const char *tag)

A description of each parameter follows:

severity

the severity of the exception.

tag

the message tag.

InheritException() inherits an exception from a related exception.

The format of the InheritException method is:

  InheritException(ExceptionInfo *exception,const ExceptionInfo *relative)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception

the exception info.

relative

the related exception info.

MagickError() calls the exception handler methods with an error reason.

The format of the MagickError method is:

  void MagickError(const ExceptionType error,const char *reason,
    const char *description)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception

Specifies the numeric error category.

reason

Specifies the reason to display before terminating the program.

description

Specifies any description to the reason.

MagickFatalError() calls the fatal exception handler methods with an error reason.

The format of the MagickError method is:

  void MagickFatalError(const ExceptionType error,const char *reason,
    const char *description)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception

Specifies the numeric error category.

reason

Specifies the reason to display before terminating the program.

description

Specifies any description to the reason.

MagickWarning() calls the warning handler methods with a warning reason.

The format of the MagickWarning method is:

  void MagickWarning(const ExceptionType warning,const char *reason,
    const char *description)

A description of each parameter follows:

warning

the warning severity.

reason

Define the reason for the warning.

description

Describe the warning.

SetErrorHandler() sets the exception handler to the specified method and returns the previous exception handler.

The format of the SetErrorHandler method is:

  ErrorHandler SetErrorHandler(ErrorHandler handler)

A description of each parameter follows:

handler

the method to handle errors.

SetFatalErrorHandler() sets the fatal exception handler to the specified method and returns the previous fatal exception handler.

The format of the SetErrorHandler method is:

  ErrorHandler SetErrorHandler(ErrorHandler handler)

A description of each parameter follows:

handler

the method to handle errors.

SetWarningHandler() sets the warning handler to the specified method and returns the previous warning handler.

The format of the SetWarningHandler method is:

  ErrorHandler SetWarningHandler(ErrorHandler handler)

A description of each parameter follows:

handler

the method to handle warnings.

ThrowException() throws an exception with the specified severity code, reason, and optional description.

The format of the ThrowException method is:

  MagickBooleanType ThrowException(ExceptionInfo *exception,
    const ExceptionType severity,const char *reason,
    const char *description)

A description of each parameter follows:

exception

the exception info.

severity

the severity of the exception.

reason

the reason for the exception.

description

the exception description.