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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-08-15 14:28:01 (GMT) |
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committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-08-15 14:28:01 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/email.errors.rst b/Doc/library/email.errors.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..916d2a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/library/email.errors.rst @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +:mod:`email`: Exception and Defect classes +------------------------------------------ + +.. module:: email.errors + :synopsis: The exception classes used by the email package. + + +The following exception classes are defined in the :mod:`email.errors` module: + + +.. exception:: MessageError() + + This is the base class for all exceptions that the :mod:`email` package can + raise. It is derived from the standard :exc:`Exception` class and defines no + additional methods. + + +.. exception:: MessageParseError() + + This is the base class for exceptions thrown by the :class:`Parser` class. It + is derived from :exc:`MessageError`. + + +.. exception:: HeaderParseError() + + Raised under some error conditions when parsing the :rfc:`2822` headers of a + message, this class is derived from :exc:`MessageParseError`. It can be raised + from the :meth:`Parser.parse` or :meth:`Parser.parsestr` methods. + + Situations where it can be raised include finding an envelope header after the + first :rfc:`2822` header of the message, finding a continuation line before the + first :rfc:`2822` header is found, or finding a line in the headers which is + neither a header or a continuation line. + + +.. exception:: BoundaryError() + + Raised under some error conditions when parsing the :rfc:`2822` headers of a + message, this class is derived from :exc:`MessageParseError`. It can be raised + from the :meth:`Parser.parse` or :meth:`Parser.parsestr` methods. + + Situations where it can be raised include not being able to find the starting or + terminating boundary in a :mimetype:`multipart/\*` message when strict parsing + is used. + + +.. exception:: MultipartConversionError() + + Raised when a payload is added to a :class:`Message` object using + :meth:`add_payload`, but the payload is already a scalar and the message's + :mailheader:`Content-Type` main type is not either :mimetype:`multipart` or + missing. :exc:`MultipartConversionError` multiply inherits from + :exc:`MessageError` and the built-in :exc:`TypeError`. + + Since :meth:`Message.add_payload` is deprecated, this exception is rarely raised + in practice. However the exception may also be raised if the :meth:`attach` + method is called on an instance of a class derived from + :class:`MIMENonMultipart` (e.g. :class:`MIMEImage`). + +Here's the list of the defects that the :class:`FeedParser` can find while +parsing messages. Note that the defects are added to the message where the +problem was found, so for example, if a message nested inside a +:mimetype:`multipart/alternative` had a malformed header, that nested message +object would have a defect, but the containing messages would not. + +All defect classes are subclassed from :class:`email.errors.MessageDefect`, but +this class is *not* an exception! + +.. versionadded:: 2.4 + All the defect classes were added. + +* :class:`NoBoundaryInMultipartDefect` -- A message claimed to be a multipart, + but had no :mimetype:`boundary` parameter. + +* :class:`StartBoundaryNotFoundDefect` -- The start boundary claimed in the + :mailheader:`Content-Type` header was never found. + +* :class:`FirstHeaderLineIsContinuationDefect` -- The message had a continuation + line as its first header line. + +* :class:`MisplacedEnvelopeHeaderDefect` - A "Unix From" header was found in the + middle of a header block. + +* :class:`MalformedHeaderDefect` -- A header was found that was missing a colon, + or was otherwise malformed. + +* :class:`MultipartInvariantViolationDefect` -- A message claimed to be a + :mimetype:`multipart`, but no subparts were found. Note that when a message has + this defect, its :meth:`is_multipart` method may return false even though its + content type claims to be :mimetype:`multipart`. + |