#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Out-of-band responses to render instead of the usual HTTP response.
"""

__authors__ = [
  '"Todd Larsen" <tlarsen@google.com>',
  ]


class OutOfBandResponse(Exception):
  """Base exception for out-of-band responses raised by controller logic.
  """

  pass


class ErrorResponse(OutOfBandResponse):
  """Out-of-band response when controller logic needs a special error page.
  """

  def __init__(self, message, **response_args):
    """Constructor used to set error message and HTTP response arguments.
  
    Args:
      message: error message to display on the error page
      **response_args: keyword arguments that are supplied directly to
        django.http.HttpResponse; the most commonly used is 'status' to
        set the HTTP status code for the response
    """

    self.message = message
    self.response_args = response_args