Function-try Blocks

// NVC_Function_Try.cpp
// Compile by using /EHsc
#include <iostream>
#include <ostream>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

class Name 
{
public:
	Name(const string& strFirstName, const string& strLastName)
	{
		if(strFirstName == "")
		{
			throw runtime_error("Error in Name::Name(): first name parameter must not be blank.");
		}
		
		if(strLastName == "")
		{
			throw runtime_error("Error in Name::Name(): last name parameter must not be blank.");
		}

		m_firstName = strFirstName;
		m_lastName = strLastName;

		cout << "Inside Name::Name(): My name is " << GetName() << "." << endl;
	}

	~Name() 
	{
		cout << "Inside Name::~Name(): Destroying " << GetName() << "." << endl;
	}

	string GetName()
	{
		return m_firstName + " " + m_lastName;
	}

private:
	string m_firstName;
	string m_lastName;
};

class Person
{
public:
	Person(const string& strFirstName, const string& strLastName)
	// begin function-try block
	try : m_name(strFirstName, strLastName){}
	catch (const runtime_error& err)
	{
		cout << "Caught exception inside Person::Person()." << endl;
		cout << err.what() << endl;
		// The exception will be automatically rethrown.
	}

	~Person()
	{
		cout << "Inside Person::~Person(): Destroying " << m_name.GetName() << "." << endl;
	}

private:
	Name m_name;
};

int main()
{
	try
	{
		// Test 1 - Valid Parameters 
		{
			cout << "Attempting to construct an object of class Person." << endl;
			cout << "Passing parameters: \"John\", \"Smith\"" << endl;
			Person person1("John", "Smith");
		}

		cout << "Test 1 completed." << endl;

		// Test 2 - Invalid first name parameter
		{
			// Note that an exception will be thrown in Name's constructor,
			//  as the first name parameter must not be blank.
			//  Because this exception is thrown, person2's destructor
			//  is never called.
			cout << "Attempting to construct an object of class Person." << endl;
			cout << "Passing parameters: \"\", \"Jones\"" << endl;
			Person person2("", "Jones");
		}
	}
	catch (const runtime_error&)
	{
		cout << "Exception caught within main()." << endl;
	}
}

// Output:
// --------------------------
// Attempting to construct an object of class Person.
// Passing parameters: "John", "Smith"
// Inside Name::Name(): My name is John Smith.
// Inside Person::~Person(): Destroying John Smith.
// Inside Name::~Name(): Destroying John Smith.
// Test 1 completed.
// Attempting to construct an object of class Person.
// Passing parameters: "", "Jones"
// Caught exception inside Person::Person().
// Error in Name::Name(): first name parameter must not be blank.
// Exception caught within main().