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+/**
+ * @brief zLib exception.
+ *
+ * This file is part of HostLogger project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 YADRO
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <zlib.h>
+
+#include <exception>
+#include <string>
+
+/** @class ZlibException
+ *  @brief zLib exception.
+ */
+class ZlibException : public std::exception
+{
+  public:
+    /** @brief File operation types. */
+    enum Operation
+    {
+        Create,
+        Write,
+        Close
+    };
+
+    /** @brief Constructor.
+     *
+     *  @param[in] op - type of operation
+     *  @param[in] code - zLib status code
+     *  @param[in] fd - zLib file descriptor
+     *  @param[in] fileName - file name
+     */
+    ZlibException(Operation op, int code, gzFile fd,
+                  const std::string& fileName);
+
+    // From std::exception
+    const char* what() const noexcept override;
+
+  private:
+    /** @brief Error description buffer. */
+    std::string what_;
+};