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Version: DocBook V4.5

errortype

errortype — The classification of an error message

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

errortype ::=
(#PCDATA|replaceable|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|indexterm|
beginpage)*

Attributes

Common attributes

Description

The ErrorType element identifies a class of error. The exact classifications are naturally going to vary by system, but “recoverable” and “fatal” are two possibilities.

DocBook provides four elements for identifying the parts of an error message: ErrorCode, for the alphanumeric error code (e.g., “-2”); ErrorName, for the symbolic name of the error (e.g., “ENOENT”); ErrorText, for the text of the error message (e.g., “file not found”); and ErrorType, for the error type (e.g., “recoverable”).

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Children

The following elements occur in errortype: beginpage, indexterm, inlinegraphic, inlinemediaobject, replaceable.

Examples

For examples, see errorcode.