I'm using libjpeg right now to save JPEG images. If there is an error, libjpeg's default behavior is to call exit(), which I want to avoid since it's not a fatal error for my program. libjpeg allows you to use your own error manager, and mandates that if you use your own error_exit() function (which calls exit() by default) you must not return control to the caller. libjpeg suggests using setjmp.h to meet this requirement and not exit() the program.
However, I am writing a C++ program, and I have access to exceptions. This question's answer states it's safe (as in well-defined behavior) to throw an exception from the callback. But it doesn't mention dynamic libraries, and there's a general rule of thumb that you don't throw exceptions across dynamic library boundaries.
Here's an example:
#include <iostream>
#include <jpeglib.h>
#include <cstdio>
#include <stdexcept>
static void handleLibJpegFatalError(j_common_ptr cinfo)
{
(*cinfo->err->output_message)(cinfo);
throw std::runtime_error("error in libjpeg, check stderr");
}
int main()
{
struct jpeg_compress_struct cinfo;
struct jpeg_error_mgr jerr;
FILE* file = std::fopen("out.jpeg", "wb"); // assume this doesn't fail for this example
try
{
cinfo.err = jpeg_std_error(&jerr);
jerr.error_exit = handleLibJpegFatalError;
// let's say this triggers a fatal error in libjpeg and handleLibJpegFatalError() is called
// by libjpeg
jpeg_create_compress(&cinfo);
}
catch (...)
{
std::cerr &l