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package org.opends.server.admin;



/**
 * Exceptions thrown as a result of errors that occurred when decoding and
 * modifying property values.
 */
public abstract class PropertyException extends AdminRuntimeException {

  /**
   * Version ID required by serializable classes.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = -8465109598081914482L;

  // The property definition associated with the property that caused the
  // exception.
  private final PropertyDefinition<?> definition;



  /**
   * Create an operations exception with a cause.
   *
   * @param definition
   *          The property definition associated with the property that caused
   *          the exception.
   */
  protected PropertyException(PropertyDefinition<?> definition) {
    this.definition = definition;
  }



  /**
   * Get the property definition associated with the property that caused the
   * exception.
   *
   * @return Returns the property definition associated with the property that
   *         caused the exception.
   */
  public final PropertyDefinition<?> getPropertyDefinition() {
    return definition;
  }



  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  @Override
  public abstract String getMessage();

}