client/bin/error.py

"""
Internal global error types
"""

import sys
from traceback import format_exception

class JobContinue(SystemExit):
	"""Allow us to bail out requesting continuance."""
	pass

class AutotestError(Exception):
	"""The parent of all errors deliberatly thrown within the client code."""
	pass

class JobError(AutotestError):
	"""Indicates an error which terminates and fails the whole job."""
	pass

class TestError(AutotestError):
	"""Indicates an error which terminates and fails the test."""
	pass

class CmdError(TestError):
	"""Indicates that a command failed, is fatal to the test unless caught."""
	def __str__(self):
		return "Command <" + self.args[0] + "> failed, rc=%d" % (self.args[1])

class UnhandledError(TestError):
	"""Indicates an unhandled exception in a test."""
	def __init__(self, prefix):
		t, o, tb = sys.exc_info()
		trace = format_exception(t, o, tb)
		# Clear the backtrace to prevent a circular reference
		# in the heap -- as per tutorial
		tb = ''

		msg = prefix
		for line in trace:
			msg = msg + line

		self.args = msg