--- trunk/src/utils/OpenMDException.hpp	2009/11/25 20:02:06	1390
+++ trunk/src/utils/OpenMDException.hpp	2014/11/28 20:10:17	2045
@@ -35,24 +35,33 @@
  *                                                                      
  * [1]  Meineke, et al., J. Comp. Chem. 26, 252-271 (2005).             
  * [2]  Fennell & Gezelter, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 234104 (2006).          
- * [3]  Sun, Lin & Gezelter, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 24107 (2008).          
- * [4]  Vardeman & Gezelter, in progress (2009).                        
+ * [3]  Sun, Lin & Gezelter, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 234107 (2008).          
+ * [4]  Kuang & Gezelter,  J. Chem. Phys. 133, 164101 (2010).
+ * [5]  Vardeman, Stocker & Gezelter, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 7, 834 (2011).
  */
 
 #ifndef UTILS_OPENMDEXCEPTION_HPP
 #define UTILS_OPENMDEXCEPTION_HPP
-namespace OpenMD {
 
-class OpenMDException {
-    public:
-        OpenMDException() : msg_("") {}
-        OpenMDException(const std::string msg) : msg_(msg) {}
-        const std::string getMessage() {return msg_;}
-    private:
+#include <exception>
 
-        std::string msg_;
+namespace OpenMD {
 
-};
+  class OpenMDException : public std::exception {
+  public:
+    OpenMDException() : msg_("") {}
+    explicit OpenMDException(const std::string &msg) : msg_(msg) {};
 
+    ~OpenMDException() throw() {}
+
+    const char * what () const throw ()
+    {
+      return msg_.c_str();
+    }
+  private:    
+    std::string msg_;
+    
+  };
+  
 }
 #endif