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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * 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 GRPCPP_IMPL_CODEGEN_STATUS_H
+#define GRPCPP_IMPL_CODEGEN_STATUS_H
+
+#include <grpcpp/impl/codegen/config.h>
+#include <grpcpp/impl/codegen/status_code_enum.h>
+
+namespace grpc {
+
+/// Did it work? If it didn't, why?
+///
+/// See \a grpc::StatusCode for details on the available code and their meaning.
+class Status {
+ public:
+  /// Construct an OK instance.
+  Status() : code_(StatusCode::OK) {}
+
+  /// Construct an instance with associated \a code and \a error_message.
+  /// It is an error to construct an OK status with non-empty \a error_message.
+  Status(StatusCode code, const grpc::string& error_message)
+      : code_(code), error_message_(error_message) {}
+
+  /// Construct an instance with \a code,  \a error_message and
+  /// \a error_details. It is an error to construct an OK status with non-empty
+  /// \a error_message and/or \a error_details.
+  Status(StatusCode code, const grpc::string& error_message,
+         const grpc::string& error_details)
+      : code_(code),
+        error_message_(error_message),
+        binary_error_details_(error_details) {}
+
+  // Pre-defined special status objects.
+  /// An OK pre-defined instance.
+  static const Status& OK;
+  /// A CANCELLED pre-defined instance.
+  static const Status& CANCELLED;
+
+  /// Return the instance's error code.
+  StatusCode error_code() const { return code_; }
+  /// Return the instance's error message.
+  grpc::string error_message() const { return error_message_; }
+  /// Return the (binary) error details.
+  // Usually it contains a serialized google.rpc.Status proto.
+  grpc::string error_details() const { return binary_error_details_; }
+
+  /// Is the status OK?
+  bool ok() const { return code_ == StatusCode::OK; }
+
+  // Ignores any errors. This method does nothing except potentially suppress
+  // complaints from any tools that are checking that errors are not dropped on
+  // the floor.
+  void IgnoreError() const {}
+
+ private:
+  StatusCode code_;
+  grpc::string error_message_;
+  grpc::string binary_error_details_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace grpc
+
+#endif  // GRPCPP_IMPL_CODEGEN_STATUS_H