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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _THRIFT_TAPPLICATIONEXCEPTION_H_
+#define _THRIFT_TAPPLICATIONEXCEPTION_H_ 1
+
+#include <Thrift.h>
+
+
+namespace apache { namespace thrift {
+
+namespace protocol {
+  class TProtocol;
+}
+
+class TApplicationException : public TException {
+ public:
+
+  /**
+   * Error codes for the various types of exceptions.
+   */
+  enum TApplicationExceptionType {
+    UNKNOWN = 0,
+    UNKNOWN_METHOD = 1,
+    INVALID_MESSAGE_TYPE = 2,
+    WRONG_METHOD_NAME = 3,
+    BAD_SEQUENCE_ID = 4,
+    MISSING_RESULT = 5
+  };
+
+  TApplicationException() :
+    TException(),
+    type_(UNKNOWN) {}
+
+  TApplicationException(TApplicationExceptionType type) :
+    TException(),
+    type_(type) {}
+
+  TApplicationException(const std::string& message) :
+    TException(message),
+    type_(UNKNOWN) {}
+
+  TApplicationException(TApplicationExceptionType type,
+                        const std::string& message) :
+    TException(message),
+    type_(type) {}
+
+  virtual ~TApplicationException() throw() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an error code that provides information about the type of error
+   * that has occurred.
+   *
+   * @return Error code
+   */
+  TApplicationExceptionType getType() {
+    return type_;
+  }
+
+  virtual const char* what() const throw() {
+    if (message_.empty()) {
+      switch (type_) {
+        case UNKNOWN              : return "TApplicationException: Unknown application exception";
+        case UNKNOWN_METHOD       : return "TApplicationException: Unknown method";
+        case INVALID_MESSAGE_TYPE : return "TApplicationException: Invalid message type";
+        case WRONG_METHOD_NAME    : return "TApplicationException: Wrong method name";
+        case BAD_SEQUENCE_ID      : return "TApplicationException: Bad sequence identifier";
+        case MISSING_RESULT       : return "TApplicationException: Missing result";
+        default                   : return "TApplicationException: (Invalid exception type)";
+      };
+    } else {
+      return message_.c_str();
+    }
+  }
+
+  uint32_t read(protocol::TProtocol* iprot);
+  uint32_t write(protocol::TProtocol* oprot) const;
+
+ protected:
+  /**
+   * Error code
+   */
+  TApplicationExceptionType type_;
+
+};
+
+}} // apache::thrift
+
+#endif // #ifndef _THRIFT_TAPPLICATIONEXCEPTION_H_