errors: PSKC Library (libpskc) Manual

## errors errors — Error handling. |

## Functions

const char * | pskc_strerror ()
const char * | pskc_strerror_name ()

## Types and Values

enum | pskc_rc

## Description

Most library functions uses an int return value to indicate success or failure, using pskc_rc values. The values can be converted into human readable explanations using `pskc_strerror()`. The symbolic error codes can be converted into strings using `pskc_strerror_name()`.

## Functions

### pskc_strerror ()

    const char *
    pskc_strerror (int err);

Convert return code to human readable string explanation of the reason for the particular error code.

This string can be used to output a diagnostic message to the user.

This function is one of few in the library that can be used without a successful call to `pskc_init()`.

#### Parameters

err | error code, a pskc_rc value. |

#### Returns

Returns a pointer to a statically allocated string containing an explanation of the error code `err` .

### pskc_strerror_name ()

    const char *
    pskc_strerror_name (int err);

Convert return code to human readable string representing the error code symbol itself. For example, pskc_strerror_name(`PSKC_OK`) returns the string "PSKC_OK".

This string can be used to output a diagnostic message to the user.

This function is one of few in the library that can be used without a successful call to `pskc_init()`.

#### Parameters

err | error code, a pskc_rc value. |

#### Returns

Returns a pointer to a statically allocated string containing a string version of the error code `err` , or NULL if the error code is not known.

## Types and Values

### enum pskc_rc

Return codes for PSKC functions. All return codes are negative except for the successful code `PSKC_OK` which are guaranteed to be

1. Positive values are reserved for non-error return codes.

Note that the pskc_rc enumeration may be extended at a later date to include new return codes.

#### Members

PSKC_OK | Successful return. |
PSKC_MALLOC_ERROR | Memory allocation failed. |
PSKC_XML_ERROR | Error returned from XML library. |
PSKC_PARSE_ERROR | Error parsing PSKC data. |
PSKC_BASE64_ERROR | Error decoding base64 data. |
PSKC_UNKNOWN_OUTPUT_FORMAT | Unknown output format. |
PSKC_XMLSEC_ERROR | Error returned from XMLSec library. |
PSKC_LAST_ERROR | Meta-error indicating the last error code, for use when iterating over all error codes or similar. |