From c3297bcc5582116b219d2b688bfff8e7d90d0c87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Trulson <jtrulson@ics.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 10:58:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] groveemg: throw exception(s) on fatal errors

Signed-off-by: Jon Trulson <jtrulson@ics.com>
Signed-off-by: Mihai Tudor Panu <mihai.tudor.panu@intel.com>
---
 src/groveemg/groveemg.cxx | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/groveemg/groveemg.cxx b/src/groveemg/groveemg.cxx
index 7715efe0..17f3d251 100644
--- a/src/groveemg/groveemg.cxx
+++ b/src/groveemg/groveemg.cxx
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 #include "groveemg.h"
 
@@ -33,7 +35,8 @@ GroveEMG::GroveEMG(int pin)
 {
     if ( !(m_aio = mraa_aio_init(pin)) )
     {
-      cerr << __FUNCTION__ << ": mraa_aio_init() failed" << endl;
+      throw std::invalid_argument(std::string(__FUNCTION__) +
+                                  ": mraa_aio_init() failed, invalid pin?");
       return;
     }
 }