From db4d37cd7ca09ca3250f9efa683424e2124ceeb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mes5k <mes5k>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:03:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added failure to the interface

---
 include/tclap/CmdLineInterface.h | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/tclap/CmdLineInterface.h b/include/tclap/CmdLineInterface.h
index 05f1785..331f030 100644
--- a/include/tclap/CmdLineInterface.h
+++ b/include/tclap/CmdLineInterface.h
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ class CmdLineInterface
 		 */
 		virtual void version( int exitVal = 0 )=0;
 
+        /**
+		 * Prints (to stderr) an error message, short usage and exits with a 
+		 * value of 1. Can be overridden to produce alternative behavior.
+		 * \param e - The ArgException that caused the failure. 
+		 */
+		virtual void failure( const ArgException& e )=0;
+
 		/**
 		 * Parses the command line.
 		 * \param argc - Number of arguments.