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{$SCOPEDENUMS ON}

unit Thrift.Exception;

interface

uses
  Classes, SysUtils;

type
  // base class for all Thrift exceptions
  TException = class( SysUtils.Exception)
  strict private
    function GetMessageText : string;
  public
    function Message : string;        // hide inherited property: allow read, but prevent accidental writes
    procedure UpdateMessageProperty;  // update inherited message property with toString()
  end;


implementation

{ TException }

function TException.Message;
// allow read (exception summary), but prevent accidental writes
// read will return the exception summary
begin
  result := Self.GetMessageText;
end;


procedure TException.UpdateMessageProperty;
// Update the inherited Message property to better conform to standard behaviour.
// Nice benefit: The IDE is now able to show the exception message again.
begin
  inherited Message := Self.GetMessageText;
end;


function TException.GetMessageText : string;
// produces a summary text
begin
  result := Self.ToString;
  if (result <> '') and (result[1] = '(')
  then result := Copy(result,2,Length(result)-2);
end;


end.