Modern C++ Programming Cookbook

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As mentioned in the preceding section, when you need to create your own exception types, derive them from one of the standard exceptions that are available, unless you are using a library or framework with its own exception hierarchy. The C++ standard defines several categories of exceptions that need to be considered for this purpose:

• The std::logic_error represents an exception that indicates an error in the program logic, such as an invalid argument, an index beyond the bounds of a range, and so on. There are various standard derived classes, such as std::invalid_argument, std::out_of_range, and std::length_error.
• The std::runtime_error represents an exception that indicates an error beyond the scope of the program or ...