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std::bad_cast

Defined in header <typeinfo> 
class bad_cast : public std::exception;

An exception of this type is thrown when a dynamic_cast to a reference type fails the run-time check (e.g. because the types are not related by inheritance), and also from std::use_facet if the requested facet does not exist in the locale.

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Inheritance diagram.

Member functions

constructs a new bad_cast object
(public member function)

Inherited from std::exception

Member functions

[virtual]
 destructs the exception object
(virtual public member function of std::exception)
[virtual]
 returns an explanatory string
(virtual public member function of std::exception)

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <typeinfo>
 
struct Foo { virtual ~Foo() {} };
struct Bar { virtual ~Bar() {} };
 
int main()
{
    Bar b;
    try {
        Foo& f = dynamic_cast<Foo&>(b);
    } catch(const std::bad_cast& e)
    {
        std::cout << e.what() << '\n';
    }
}

Possible output:

Bad dynamic cast

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