Object-oriented Software in Ada 95

Exceptions 185
Note:
The object Event is declared as:
Event : Exception_Ocurrence;
and is defined in the package Ada.Exceptions.
In the above exception handler the exception is known by the name event. Information about the exception is
obtained by using the following functions:
Function
(Defined in Ada.Exceptions)
Exception_Name(event)
Exception_Information(event)
Exception_Message(event)
Returns as a string:
In upper case the exception name starting
with the root library unit.
Detailed information about the exception.
A short explanation of the exception.
Other functions and procedures in Ada.Exceptions are:
Function / procedure
Reraise_Occurrence(event)
Raise_Exception(e,"Mess")
Action
A procedure which re-raises the exception
event.
A procedure which raises exception e with
the message "Mess".
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