absl/status/status_payload_printer.h

// Copyright 2019 The Abseil Authors.
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#ifndef ABSL_STATUS_STATUS_PAYLOAD_PRINTER_H_
#define ABSL_STATUS_STATUS_PAYLOAD_PRINTER_H_

#include <string>

#include "absl/base/nullability.h"
#include "absl/strings/cord.h"
#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
#include "absl/types/optional.h"

namespace absl {
ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
namespace status_internal {

// By default, `Status::ToString` and `operator<<(Status)` print a payload by
// dumping the type URL and the raw bytes. To help debugging, we provide an
// extension point, which is a global printer function that can be set by users
// to specify how to print payloads. The function takes the type URL and the
// payload as input, and should return a valid human-readable string on success
// or `absl::nullopt` on failure (in which case it falls back to the default
// approach of printing the raw bytes).
// NOTE: This is an internal API and the design is subject to change in the
// future in a non-backward-compatible way. Since it's only meant for debugging
// purpose, you should not rely on it in any critical logic.
using StatusPayloadPrinter = absl::Nullable<absl::optional<std::string> (*)(
    absl::string_view, const absl::Cord&)>;

// Sets the global payload printer. Only one printer should be set per process.
// If multiple printers are set, it's undefined which one will be used.
void SetStatusPayloadPrinter(StatusPayloadPrinter);

// Returns the global payload printer if previously set, otherwise `nullptr`.
StatusPayloadPrinter GetStatusPayloadPrinter();

}  // namespace status_internal
ABSL_NAMESPACE_END
}  // namespace absl

#endif  // ABSL_STATUS_STATUS_PAYLOAD_PRINTER_H_