Class P4::Message

Description

P4::Message objects contain error or other diagnostic messages from the Helix Core Server; retrieve them by using the P4#messages() method.

Script writers can test the severity of the messages in order to determine if the server message consisted of command output (E_INFO), warnings, (E_WARN), or errors (E_FAILED/E_FATAL).

Class methods

None.

Instance methods

message.severity() -> anInteger

Severity of the message, which is one of the following values:

Value	Meaning
E_EMPTY	No error
E_INFO	Informational message only
E_WARN	Warning message only
E_FAILED	Command failed
E_FATAL	Severe error; cannot continue.

message.generic() -> anInteger

Returns the generic class of the error.

message.msgid() -> anInteger

Returns the unique ID of the message.

message.to_s() -> aString

Converts the message into a string.

message.inspect() -> aString

To facilitate debugging, returns a string that holds a formatted representation of the entire P4::Message object.