From 80c9d458b47ed5ce710326767830c26e25cc912b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Wirth <johannes@minres.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 18:33:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] improve exception handling

---
 toolflow/src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/Main.scala    | 6 +++++-
 .../scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/util/AssertException.scala  | 3 +++
 .../src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/util/Logging.scala | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 toolflow/src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/util/AssertException.scala

diff --git a/toolflow/src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/Main.scala b/toolflow/src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/Main.scala
index 4b40a99..373b4ec 100644
--- a/toolflow/src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/Main.scala
+++ b/toolflow/src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/Main.scala
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.minres.tgc.hammer
 
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.Level
 import com.minres.tgc.hammer.cli.{HammerConf, MySubcommand}
+import com.minres.tgc.hammer.util.AssertException
 import com.typesafe.scalalogging.Logger
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 
@@ -36,8 +37,11 @@ object Main {
         try {
           tasks.foreach(_.run())
         } catch {
-          case e: Exception =>
+          case e: AssertException =>
             logger.error(s"Error during task execution, see above!")
+          case e: Exception =>
+            logger.error(s"General exception ${e.getMessage}")
+            e.printStackTrace()
         }
       case _ =>
         logger.error(s"Found no subcommand, see help below")
diff --git a/toolflow/src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/util/AssertException.scala b/toolflow/src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/util/AssertException.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e22139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolflow/src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/util/AssertException.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package com.minres.tgc.hammer.util
+
+case class AssertException() extends Exception
diff --git a/toolflow/src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/util/Logging.scala b/toolflow/src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/util/Logging.scala
index 283fbb6..72d454e 100644
--- a/toolflow/src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/util/Logging.scala
+++ b/toolflow/src/main/scala/com/minres/tgc/hammer/util/Logging.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ trait Logging[T: ClassTag] {
   protected def assert(boolean: Boolean, msg: String): Unit = {
     if (!boolean) {
       log.error(msg)
-      throw new Exception()
+      throw AssertException()
     }
   }
 }