Add a second constructor to Decoding_Error which takes an exception string.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/utils/exceptn.cpp b/src/lib/utils/exceptn.cpp
index 3fa7dfd3e..a72e45ba4 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/exceptn.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/utils/exceptn.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ Decoding_Error::Decoding_Error(const std::string& name) :
    Invalid_Argument("Decoding error: " + name)
    {}
 
+Decoding_Error::Decoding_Error(const std::string& name, const char* exception_message) :
+   Invalid_Argument("Decoding error: " + name + " failed with exception " + exception_message) {}
+
 Integrity_Failure::Integrity_Failure(const std::string& msg) :
    Exception("Integrity failure: " + msg)
    {}
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/exceptn.h b/src/lib/utils/exceptn.h
index e82889b5a..2d242339d 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/exceptn.h
+++ b/src/lib/utils/exceptn.h
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ class BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2,0) Decoding_Error : public Invalid_Argument
    {
    public:
       explicit Decoding_Error(const std::string& name);
+
+      Decoding_Error(const std::string& name, const char* exception_message);
    };
 
 /**