namespace PluggIt {

class Exception
{
     private string m_message;


     public Exception( string message ) {
          m_message = message;
     }

     public Exception( const char *format, ... ) D_FORMAT_PRINTF(2) {
          va_list  args;
          int      len;
          char     buf[200];
          char    *ptr = buf;

          va_start( args, format );
          len = vsnprintf( buf, sizeof(buf), format, args );
          va_end( args );

          if (len < 0)
               abort();

          if (len >= (int)sizeof(buf)) {
               ptr = (char*) malloc( len+1 );
               if (!ptr)
                    abort();

               va_start( args, format );
               len = vsnprintf( ptr, len+1, format, args );
               va_end( args );

               if (len < 0) {
                    free( ptr );
                    abort();
               }
          }

          m_message = string( ptr );

          if (ptr != buf)
               free( ptr );
     }

     public string getMessage() {
          return m_message;
     }


     friend std::ostream &operator << (std::ostream &stream, Exception *ex) {
          stream << ex->getMessage();

          return stream;
     }
};

}