from ietf.submit.models import IdSubmissionStatus class ErrorManager(object): ERROR_CODES = { 'DEFAULT': 'Unknow error', 'INVALID_FILENAME': 111, 'EXCEEDED_SIZE': 102, } def get_error_str(self, key): error_code = self.ERROR_CODES.get(key, self.ERROR_CODES['DEFAULT']) if isinstance(error_code, basestring): return '%s (%s)' % (key, error_code) try: return IdSubmissionStatus.objects.get(status_id=error_code).status_value except IdSubmissionStatus.DoesNotExist: return '%s (%s)' % (self.ERROR_CODES['DEFAULT'], key) MainErrorManager=ErrorManager()