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+/*
+ Copyright (c) 2018-2019 Nokia.
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+#ifndef SHAREDDATALAYER_ABORT_HPP_
+#define SHAREDDATALAYER_ABORT_HPP_
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace shareddatalayer
+{
+ [[noreturn]] void logAndAbort(const std::string& file, int line, const std::string& message) noexcept;
+}
+
+#define SHAREDDATALAYER_ABORT(_message) ::shareddatalayer::logAndAbort(__FILE__, __LINE__, _message)
+
+#endif