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#ifndef EMANEEXCEPTION_HEADER_
#define EMANEEXCEPTION_HEADER_

#include <exception>
#include <string>
#include <cstdarg>

namespace EMANE
{
  class Exception : public std::exception
  {
  public:
    ~Exception() throw(){}
    
    const char* what() const throw()
    {
      return sDescription_.c_str();
    }
    
    virtual const char * type() const throw()
    {
      return sType_.c_str();
    }

  protected:
    Exception(const std::string & sType,
              const std::string & sDescription = {}):
      sType_{sType},
      sDescription_{sDescription}{}
    
  private:
    const std::string sType_;
    const std::string sDescription_;
  };
  
  template<typename T, std::size_t len = 1024>
  T makeException(const char *fmt,...)
  {
    char buf[len];

    va_list ap;
    
    va_start(ap, fmt);
      
    vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),fmt,ap);

    va_end(ap);
    
    return T{buf};
  }
}

#endif // EMANEEXCEPTION_HEADER_