Severity
Level Usage in Level 3
This is a list of the
available severity levels and their usage in the Level 3 filter programming.
-
ELzeroSeverity:
Don't
use this one.
-
ELincidental
-
ELsuccess
-
ELinfo
-
ELwarning, ELwarning2:
These
are errors that only affect the tool that runs into them, they are flagged
but have no further consequence on processing of the event.
-
ELerror, ELerror2:
These
errors indicate an error which does not compromise the event, but may affect
more than just the tool flagging it. Errors of this type will be
sent to the error buffer so other tools can check for them.
-
ELnextEvent,
ELunspecified: Do
not use.
-
ELsevere, ELsevere2:
To
flag a major problem with the event being processed, ask to move to next
event (should be sent using ZMthrow (L3ZMxel ( xxx ) );)
-
ELabort, ELfatal:
To
indicate a problem that affects correct continued running of the program,
suggest full stop (should be sent using ZMthrow (L3ZMxel ( xxx ) );)
-
ELhighestSeverity:
Don't use this one
GB/Feb. 11 1999