more robust type cast in I/O functions

2025-06-20 16:26:54 +01:00 · 2016-04-15 18:23:17 +01:00
parent 64936d551c
commit 0bd347d010
3 changed files with 8 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/lib/File.hpp
+++ b/lib/File.hpp
@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ const IoT& File::getData(const std::string &name) const
        LATAN_ERROR(Definition, "no data with name '" + name + "' in file "
                    + name_);
    }
+    catch(std::bad_cast)
+    {
+        LATAN_ERROR(Definition, "data with name '" + name + "' in file "
+                    + name_ + " does not have type '" + typeid(IoT).name()
+                    + "'");
+    }
 }

 END_LATAN_NAMESPACE