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+#ifndef DISTRIO_COMMON_IDL
+#define DISTRIO_COMMON_IDL
+
+/**
+ * @brief shared between different modules
+ *
+ * - definitions for error handling
+ *
+ * @author Manuel Traut <manut@mecka.net>
+ * @copyright GPLv2
+ *
+ */
+module Distrio {
+
+/**
+ * @brief kind of error
+ */
+	enum Error_code {
+		SUCCESS,
+		E_INVAL,
+		E_NOTSUPPORTED
+	};
+
+/**
+ * @brief used for filtering and classification
+ */
+	enum Error_level {
+		L_DEBUG,
+		L_INFO,
+		L_WARNING,
+		L_NORMAL,
+		L_CRITICAL
+	};
+
+/**
+ * @brief describes when the error was detected
+ *  (it's helpful to sync all boards with ntp)
+ */
+	struct Error_timestamp {
+		long seconds;
+		long nanoseconds;
+	};
+
+/**
+ * @brief description of an error
+ */
+	struct Error {
+		Error_code code;
+		Error_level level;
+		Error_timestamp time;
+		/** id of the digital/analog IO or the IO device */
+		long module_id;
+		/** a human readable description which can be displayed in GUIs */
+		string description;
+	};
+
+};
+
+#endif