C++ How to Program, 10/e

17 Exception Handling: A Deeper Look

Objectives

In this chapter you’ll:

• Understand the exception-handling flow of control with try, catch and throw.

• Define new exception classes.

• Understand how stack unwinding enables exceptions not caught in one scope to be caught in another.

• Handle new failures.

• Use unique_ptr (a Standard Library “smart pointer” class) to prevent memory leaks.

• Understand the standard exception hierarchy.

Outline

1. 17.1 Introduction

2. 17.2 Exception-Handling Flow of Control; Defining an Exception Class

   1. 17.2.1 Defining an Exception Class to Represent the Type of Problem That Might Occur

   2. 17.2.2 Demonstrating Exception Handling

   3. 17.2.3 Enclosing Code in a try Block

   4. 17.2.4 Defining a catch Handler to Process a DivideByZeroException ...