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Re: New error events

From: Jim Barnett <Jim.Barnett@genesyslab.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 21:51:42 +0000
To: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
CC: "public-webrtc@w3.org" <public-webrtc@w3.org>
Message-ID: <9A32464A-EA90-429B-9299-53189EFD733D@genesyslab.com>
We need a similar set of error events for recording. It would be good to find a way to do this without creating a lot of new classes. Could we define a single that gUM, webRTC, recording and takePhoto could use?
Jim

On Mar 2, 2013, at 9:17 AM, "Eric Rescorla" <ekr@rtfm.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm starting to come to the conclusion that we need some ways
> to implement error notification as distinct from either setLocal/setRemote
> or state notification. Here are some examples of events that don't
> seem to me to have a logical way to report to the programmer:
> 
> - ICE allocation failed (e.g., couldn't actually allocate sockets for
> each component.) Obviously, you could report that allocation
> is *done* but it's not like a naive application is going to notice
> that candidates are missing.
> 
> - DTLS-SRTP handshake failed.
> 
> - The ever-famous "internal error".
> 
> I would suggest that we have some sort of "onerror" event, perhaps
> with a numeric error enum and a string that is explanatory.
> 
> Thoughts,
> -Ekr
>  
> 
> 
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