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#ifndef __STOUT_WINDOWS_ERROR_HPP__
#define __STOUT_WINDOWS_ERROR_HPP__

#include <stout/error.hpp>
#include <stout/windows.hpp>
#include <stout/stringify.hpp>


// A useful type that can be used to represent a Try that has failed. This is a
// lot like `ErrnoError`, except instead of wrapping an error coming from the C
// standard libraries, it wraps an error coming from the Windows APIs.
class WindowsErrorBase : public Error
{
public:
  const DWORD code;

protected:
  explicit WindowsErrorBase(DWORD _code)
    : Error(get_last_error_as_string(_code)), code(_code) {}

  WindowsErrorBase(DWORD _code, const std::string& message)
    : Error(message + ": " + get_last_error_as_string(_code)), code(_code) {}

private:
  static std::string get_last_error_as_string(DWORD errorCode)
  {
    // Default if no error.
    if (errorCode == 0) {
      return std::string();
    }

    DWORD allocate_message_buffer =
      FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
      FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
      FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS;

    DWORD default_language = MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT);

    // This following function `FormatMessage` is a lot like `strerror`, except
    // it pretty-prints errors from the Windows API instead of from the C
    // standard library. Basically, the semantics are: we pass in `errorCode`,
    // and it allocates room for a pretty-printed error message at
    // `message_buffer`, and then dumps said pretty-printed error message at
    // that address, in our `default_language`.
    //
    // The 5th actual parameter (namely `(LPWSTR)&message_buffer`), may look
    // strange to readers of this code. It is copied directly out of the
    // documentation[1], and is unfortunately required to get the
    // pretty-printed error message. The short story is:
    //
    //   * The flag `FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER` tells `FormatMessage` to
    //     point `message_buffer` (which is an `LPWSTR` a.k.a. `char*`) at a
    //     string error message. But, `message_buffer` to point a `char*` at a
    //     different place, `FormatMessage` would need the address
    //     `&message_buffer` so that it could change where it is pointing.
    //   * So, to solve this problem, the API writers decided that when you
    //     pass that flag in, `FormatMessage` will treat the 5th parameter not
    //     as `LPWSTR` (which is what the type is in the function signagure),
    //     but as `LPWSTR*` a.k.a. `char**`, which (assuming you've casted the
    //     parameter correctly) allows it to allocate the message on your
    //     behalf, and change `message_buffer` to point at this new error
    //     string.
    //   * This is why we need this strange cast that you see below.
    //
    // Finally, and this is important: it is up to the user to free the memory
    // with `LocalFree`! The line below where we do this comes directly from
    // the documentation as well.
    //
    // [1] https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms679351(v=vs.85).aspx
    wchar_t *message_buffer = nullptr;
    size_t size = ::FormatMessageW(
        allocate_message_buffer,
        nullptr,                 // Ignored.
        errorCode,
        default_language,
        (LPWSTR)&message_buffer, // See comment above about quirky cast.
        0,                       // Ignored.
        nullptr);                // Ignored.

    std::wstring message(message_buffer, size);

    // Required per documentation above.
    ::LocalFree(message_buffer);

    return stringify(message);
  }
};


class WindowsError : public WindowsErrorBase {
public:
  WindowsError() : WindowsErrorBase(::GetLastError()) {}

  explicit WindowsError(DWORD _code) : WindowsErrorBase(_code) {}

  WindowsError(const std::string& message)
    : WindowsErrorBase(::GetLastError(), message) {}

  WindowsError(DWORD _code, const std::string& message)
    : WindowsErrorBase(_code, message) {}
};


class WindowsSocketError : public WindowsErrorBase {
public:
  WindowsSocketError() : WindowsErrorBase(::WSAGetLastError()) {}

  explicit WindowsSocketError(DWORD _code) : WindowsErrorBase(_code) {}

  WindowsSocketError(const std::string& message)
    : WindowsErrorBase(::WSAGetLastError(), message) {}

  WindowsSocketError(DWORD _code, const std::string& message)
    : WindowsErrorBase(_code, message) {}
};

#endif // __STOUT_WINDOWS_ERROR_HPP__