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+/** @file
+ * IPRT - C++ Base Exceptions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as
+ * available from https://www.virtualbox.org.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, in version 3 of the
+ * License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
+ * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
+ * (CDDL), a copy of it is provided in the "COPYING.CDDL" file included
+ * in the VirtualBox distribution, in which case the provisions of the
+ * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
+ *
+ * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
+ * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only OR CDDL-1.0
+ */
+
+#ifndef IPRT_INCLUDED_cpp_exception_h
+#define IPRT_INCLUDED_cpp_exception_h
+#ifndef RT_WITHOUT_PRAGMA_ONCE
+# pragma once
+#endif
+
+#include <iprt/cpp/ministring.h>
+#include <exception>
+
+#if RT_MSC_PREREQ(RT_MSC_VER_VC140)
+# pragma warning(push)
+# pragma warning(disable:4275) /* non dll-interface class 'std::exception' used as base for dll-interface class 'RTCError' */
+#endif
+
+
+/** @defgroup grp_rt_cpp_exceptions     C++ Exceptions
+ * @ingroup grp_rt_cpp
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Base exception class for IPRT, derived from std::exception.
+ * The XML exceptions are based on this.
+ */
+class RT_DECL_CLASS RTCError
+    : public std::exception
+{
+public:
+
+    RTCError(const char *pszMessage)
+        : m_strMsg(pszMessage)
+    {
+    }
+
+    RTCError(const RTCString &a_rstrMessage)
+        : m_strMsg(a_rstrMessage)
+    {
+    }
+
+    RTCError(const RTCError &a_rSrc)
+        : std::exception(a_rSrc),
+          m_strMsg(a_rSrc.what())
+    {
+    }
+
+    virtual ~RTCError() throw()
+    {
+    }
+
+    void operator=(const RTCError &a_rSrc)
+    {
+        m_strMsg = a_rSrc.what();
+    }
+
+    void setWhat(const char *a_pszMessage)
+    {
+        m_strMsg = a_pszMessage;
+    }
+
+    virtual const char *what() const throw()
+    {
+        return m_strMsg.c_str();
+    }
+
+private:
+    /**
+     * Hidden default constructor making sure that the extended one above is
+     * always used.
+     */
+    RTCError();
+
+protected:
+    /** The exception message. */
+    RTCString m_strMsg;
+};
+
+/** @} */
+
+#if RT_MSC_PREREQ(RT_MSC_VER_VC140)
+# pragma warning(pop)
+#endif
+#endif /* !IPRT_INCLUDED_cpp_exception_h */
+