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+# GNU MediaGoblin -- federated, autonomous media hosting
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from mediagoblin.util import lazy_pass_to_ugettext as _
+
+class BaseProcessingFail(Exception):
+    """
+    Base exception that all other processing failure messages should
+    subclass from.
+  
+    You shouldn't call this itself; instead you should subclass it
+    and provid the exception_path and general_message applicable to
+    this error.
+    """
+    general_message = u''
+  
+    @property
+    def exception_path(self):
+        return u"%s.%s" % (
+            self.__class__.__module__, self.__class__.__name__)
+
+    def __init__(self, **metadata):
+        self.metadata = metadata or {}
+  
+    def generate_error_message(self):
+        """
+        Generate an error to display to users in the panel.
+  
+        Uses this class's general_message, possibly interpolated
+        with any metadata in self.metadata['error_message_vars'],
+        if appropriate.
+        """
+        return self.general_message % self.metadata.get('error_message_vars', {})
+  
+  
+class BadMediaFail(BaseProcessingFail):
+    """
+    Error that should be raised when an inappropriate file was given
+    for the media type specified.
+    """
+    general_message = _(u'Invalid file given for media type.')