Clearer error message for case when specified module-dir is not a directory.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/qpid/trunk/qpid@720177 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cpp/src/qpid/Modules.cpp b/cpp/src/qpid/Modules.cpp
index 9ad328e07d..1b802f0019 100644
--- a/cpp/src/qpid/Modules.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/qpid/Modules.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ void loadModuleDir (std::string dirname, bool isDefault)
             return;
         throw Exception ("Directory not found: " + dirname);
     }
+    if (!fs::is_directory(dirPath)) 
+    {
+        throw Exception ("Invalid value for module-dir: " + dirname + " is not a directory");
+    }
 
     fs::directory_iterator endItr;
     for (fs::directory_iterator itr (dirPath); itr != endItr; ++itr)