C++ - Error Class

[Joeyotrevor]

Here's an error class I made for a game I was making, just thought it might to be useful to someone here. It's made for console programs but you can easily change what's in the ExitPrompt() function to make it suit your needs.

Error.h

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#ifndef ERRORCLASS_H
#define ERRORCLASS_H

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>

class Error
{
private:
	static const int RTN_EXITPROMPT = 1;
	static void ExitPrompt();
	static std::string ToLocalFile(std::string filename);
public:
	static void MakeError(std::string message, std::string file, int line);
};

#define MAKE_ERROR(x) Error::MakeError(x, __FILE__, __LINE__)

#endif

Error.cpp

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#include "Error.h"

void Error::ExitPrompt()
{
	std::cout << "Press any key to quit... ";
	//wait for user input
	getchar();
	exit(Error::RTN_EXITPROMPT);
}

std::string Error::ToLocalFile(std::string filename)
{
	//this will hold the new name
	std::string localname;

	//start at the end of the string, loop until a '/' or '\' is found
	for(int i = filename.length()-1; i >= 0; i--)
	{
		if(filename[i] == '/' || filename[i] == '\\')
		{
			//name is finished, but backwards
			//reverse it
			std::reverse(localname.begin(), localname.end());
			return localname;
		}
		//add the character to the local name
		localname += filename[i];
	}

	//found no \ or /
	return filename;
}

void Error::MakeError(std::string message, std::string file, int line)
{
	//display error message
	std::cout << std::endl
		<< "Error occured in file:" << Error::ToLocalFile(file) << " line:" << line <<  " \"" << message << "\"" << std::endl;
	//display exit prompt
	Error::ExitPrompt();
}

To use, simply write

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Error::MakeError("An error occurred!", __FILE__, __LINE__);

or:

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MAKE_ERROR("An error occurred!");

[MarauderIIC]

You might also seriously consider a singleton pattern for any kind of logging.