//
//  NSError+SimpleConstructor.h
//
//  Created by Karl Stenerud on 2013-02-09.
//
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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

/**
 * Simpler interface for constructing NSError objects.
 */
@interface NSError (SimpleConstructor)

/** Convenience constructor to make an error with the specified localized description.
 *
 * @param domain The domain
 * @param code The code
 * @param fmt Description of the error (gets placed into the user data with the key
 *                    NSLocalizedDescriptionKey).
 */
+ (NSError*) errorWithDomain:(NSString*) domain
                        code:(NSInteger) code
                 description:(NSString*) fmt, ...;

/** Fill an error pointer with an NSError object if it's not nil.
 *
 * @param error Error pointer to fill (ignored if nil).
 * @param domain The domain
 * @param code The code
 * @param fmt Description of the error (gets placed into the user data with the key
 *                    NSLocalizedDescriptionKey).
 * @return NO (to keep the analyzer happy).
 */
+ (BOOL) fillError:(NSError**) error
        withDomain:(NSString*) domain
              code:(NSInteger) code
       description:(NSString*) fmt, ...;

/** Clear a pointer-to-error to nil of its pointer is not nil.
 *
 * @param error Error pointer to fill (ignored if nil).
 * @return NO (to keep the analyzer happy).
 */
+ (BOOL) clearError:(NSError**) error;

@end