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package org.eclipse.jgit.errors;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.MessageFormat;

import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.JGitText;
import org.eclipse.jgit.merge.RecursiveMerger;

Exception thrown if a merge fails because no merge base could be determined.
Since:
3.0/**
 * Exception thrown if a merge fails because no merge base could be determined.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public class NoMergeBaseException extends IOException {
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	private MergeBaseFailureReason reason;

	
An enum listing the different reason why no merge base could be
determined.
/**
	 * An enum listing the different reason why no merge base could be
	 * determined.
	 */
	public static enum MergeBaseFailureReason {
		
Multiple merge bases have been found (e.g. the commits to be merged
have multiple common predecessors) but the merge strategy doesn't
support this (e.g. ResolveMerge)
/**
		 * Multiple merge bases have been found (e.g. the commits to be merged
		 * have multiple common predecessors) but the merge strategy doesn't
		 * support this (e.g. ResolveMerge)
		 */
		MULTIPLE_MERGE_BASES_NOT_SUPPORTED,

		
The number of merge bases exceeds RecursiveMerger.MAX_BASES /**
		 * The number of merge bases exceeds {@link RecursiveMerger#MAX_BASES}
		 */
		TOO_MANY_MERGE_BASES,

		
In order to find a single merge base it may required to merge
together multiple common predecessors. If during these merges
conflicts occur the merge fails with this reason
/**
		 * In order to find a single merge base it may required to merge
		 * together multiple common predecessors. If during these merges
		 * conflicts occur the merge fails with this reason
		 */
		CONFLICTS_DURING_MERGE_BASE_CALCULATION
	}


	
Construct a NoMergeBase exception
Params:
reason – 
           the reason why no merge base could be found
message – 
           a text describing the problem/**
	 * Construct a NoMergeBase exception
	 *
	 * @param reason
	 *            the reason why no merge base could be found
	 * @param message
	 *            a text describing the problem
	 */
	public NoMergeBaseException(MergeBaseFailureReason reason, String message) {
		super(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().noMergeBase,
				reason.toString(), message));
		this.reason = reason;
	}

	
Construct a NoMergeBase exception
Params:
reason – 
           the reason why no merge base could be found
message – 
           a text describing the problem
why – 
           an exception causing this error/**
	 * Construct a NoMergeBase exception
	 *
	 * @param reason
	 *            the reason why no merge base could be found
	 * @param message
	 *            a text describing the problem
	 * @param why
	 *            an exception causing this error
	 */
	public NoMergeBaseException(MergeBaseFailureReason reason, String message,
			Throwable why) {
		super(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().noMergeBase,
				reason.toString(), message));
		this.reason = reason;
		initCause(why);
	}

	
Get the reason why no merge base could be found
Returns:
the reason why no merge base could be found/**
	 * Get the reason why no merge base could be found
	 *
	 * @return the reason why no merge base could be found
	 */
	public MergeBaseFailureReason getReason() {
		return reason;
	}
}