Exception Class Reference
(QtConcurrent::Exception)
[QtCore module]

Detailed Description

The Exception class provides a base class for exceptions that can transferred across threads.

Qt Concurrent supports throwing and catching exceptions across thread boundaries, provided that the exception inherit from QtConcurrent::Exception and implement two helper functions:

 class MyException : public QtConcurrent::Exception
 {
 public:
     void raise() const { throw *this; }
     Exception *clone() const { return new MyException(*this); }
 };

QtConcurrent::Exception subclasses must be thrown by value and caught by reference:

 try  {
     QtConcurrent::blockingMap(list, throwFunction); // throwFunction throws MyException
 } catch (MyException &e) {
     // handle exception
 }

If you throw an exception that is not a subclass of QtConcurrent::Exception, the Qt Concurrent functions will throw a QtConcurrent::UnhandledException in the receiver thread.

When using QFuture, transferred exceptions willl be thrown when calling the following functions:

• QFuture::waitForFinished()
• QFuture::result()
• QFuture::resultAt()
• QFuture::results()

Member Function Documentation

Exception * Exception::clone () const   [virtual]

In your QtConcurrent::Exception subclass, reimplement clone() like this:

 MyException *MyException::clone() const { return new MyException(*this); }

void Exception::raise () const   [virtual]

In your QtConcurrent::Exception subclass, reimplement raise() like this:

 void MyException::raise() const { throw *this; }