gramps/src/gen/db/exceptions.py

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# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
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# $Id$

"""Exceptions generated by the Db package."""

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#
# Standard python modules
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from ..ggettext import gettext as _


class DbException(Exception):
    
    def __init__(self, value):
        Exception.__init__(self)
        self.value = value
        
    def __str__(self):
        return self.value

class DbWriteFailure(Exception):
    """
    Error used to indicate that a write to a database has failed.
    """
    def __init__(self, value, value2=""):
        Exception.__init__(self)
        self.value = value
        self.value2 = value2
        
    def __str__(self):
        return self.value
    
    def messages(self):
        return self.value, self.value2
    
class DbTransactionCancel(Exception):
    """
    Error used to indicate that a transaction needs to be canceled,
    for example becuase it is lengthy and the users requests so.
    """
    def __init__(self, value):
        Exception.__init__(self)
        self.value = value

    def __str__(self):
        return self.value

class DbVersionError(Exception):
    """
    Error used to report that a file could not be read because it is written 
    in an unsupported version of the file format.
    """
    def __init__(self):
        Exception.__init__(self)

    def __str__(self):
        return _("The database version is not supported by this version of "
                 "Gramps.\nPlease upgrade to the corresponding version or use "
                 "XML for porting data between different database versions.")
    
class BsddbDowngradeError(Exception):
    """
    Error used to report that the Berkeley database used to create the family
    tree is of a version that is too new to be supported by the current version.
    """
    def __init__(self, env_version, bdb_version):
        Exception.__init__(self)
        self.env_version = str(env_version)
        self.bdb_version = str(bdb_version)

    def __str__(self):
        return _('Gramps stores its data in a Berkeley Database. '
                 'The family tree you try to load was created with version '
                 '%(env_version)s of the Berkeley DB. However, the Gramps '
                 'version in use right now employs version %(bdb_version)s '
                 'of the Berkeley DB. So you are trying to load data created '
                 'in a newer format into an older program; this is bound to '
                 'fail. The right approach in this case is to use XML export '
                 'and import. So try to open the family tree on that computer '
                 'with that software that created the family tree, export it '
                 'to XML and load that XML into the version of Gramps you '
                 'intend to use.') % {'env_version': self.env_version,
                 'bdb_version': self.bdb_version}

class DbEnvironmentError(Exception):
    """
    Error used to report that the database 'environment' could not be opened.
    Most likely, the database was created by a different version of the underlying database engine.
    """
    def __init__(self, msg):
        Exception.__init__(self)
        self.msg = msg

    def __str__(self):
        return (_("Gramps has detected a problem in opening the 'environment' "
                  "of the underlying Berkeley database used to store this Family Tree. "
                  "The most likely cause "
                  "is that the database was created with an old version "
                  "of the Berkeley database program, and you are now using a new version. "
                  "It is quite likely that your database has not been "
                  "changed by Gramps.\nIf possible, you should revert to your "
                  "old version of Gramps and its support software; export "
                  "your database to XML; close the database; then upgrade again "
                  "to this version of Gramps and import the XML file "
                  "in an empty Family Tree. Alternatively, it may be possible "
                  "to use the Berkeley database recovery tools.")
                  + '\n\n' + str(self.msg))
    
class DbUpgradeRequiredError(Exception):
    """
    Error used to report that a database needs to be upgraded before it can be 
    used.
    """
    def __init__(self):
        Exception.__init__(self)

    def __str__(self):
        return _("You cannot open this database without upgrading it.\n"
                 "If you upgrade then you won't be able to use previous "
                 "versions of Gramps.\n"
                 "You might want to make a backup copy first.")