Add an exception class to cover backend creation and opening

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/alexcpt.h b/common/alexcpt.h
index 3e31667e..b4f6f55e 100644
--- a/common/alexcpt.h
+++ b/common/alexcpt.h
@@ -2,7 +2,25 @@
 #define ALEXCPT_H
 
 #include <exception>
+#include <string>
 
+#include "AL/alc.h"
+
+
+namespace al {
+
+class backend_exception final : public std::exception {
+    std::string mMessage;
+    ALCenum mErrorCode;
+
+public:
+    backend_exception(ALCenum code, const char *msg, ...);
+
+    const char *what() const noexcept override { return mMessage.c_str(); }
+    ALCenum errorCode() const noexcept { return mErrorCode; }
+};
+
+} // namespace al
 
 #define START_API_FUNC try