# PDFError Class

> The Adobe PDF Library reported a failure.

- Product: Adobe PDF Library 21
- Language: Modern C++
- Version: 21.5.0
- HTML page: https://docs.datalogics.com/apdfl21/ModernCPP/21.5.0/class/PDFError
- Version index: https://docs.datalogics.com/apdfl21/ModernCPP/21.5.0/llms.txt

```cpp
class PDFError : Error
```

**Namespace:** `datalogics_interface`

**Inherits from:** [`Error`](https://docs.datalogics.com/apdfl21/ModernCPP/21.5.0/class/Error.md)

## Description

The Adobe PDF Library reported a failure.

This covers a file that cannot be opened, a document that does not parse, a page that cannot be built, and every other error the engine raises. get_error_code() tells the kinds apart.

## Constructors

### PDFError

```cpp
datalogics_interface::PDFError::PDFError(const std::string &message)
```

*constructor*

**Parameters**

- `message` (`const std::string &`)

## Methods

### get_error_code

```cpp
DL_ERROR_MEMBER int datalogics_interface::Error::get_error_code() const noexcept
```

**Returns:** `DL_ERROR_MEMBER int`

The Adobe PDF Library error code, or 0 when the failure carries none.

Decode the value with the APDFL `ErrGetSeverity`, `ErrGetSystem` and `ErrGetCode` macros, or compare it against a whole code.