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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors;
+
+public enum ErrorCategory {
+  /**
+   * System-level problems caused by external factors, resources shortage and similar. For instance:
+   * <ul>
+   * <li>I/O problems (network connectivity, filesystem access etc)</li>
+   * <li>Java issues (missing or incompatible class definitions etc)</li>
+   * <li>Environment problems</li>
+   * </ul>
+   */
+  SYSTEM,
+
+  /**
+   * Application-level issues related to implementation of certain functionality (such as detected
+   * illegal states of a program or data inconsistency).
+   */
+  APPLICATION,
+
+  /**
+   * Problems related to violations of different rules set either by product metadata (catalog
+   * definitions or similar) or other types of constraints.
+   */
+  VALIDATION,
+
+  /**
+   * Problems caused by attempt of a user to perform certain operations which contradict the
+   * system rules. Mostly applicable to UI-driven flows in presentation tier.
+   */
+  USER,
+
+  /**
+   * Improper values set in the system configuration (negative numbers, missing or inconsistent
+   * definitions, mismatch with valid values list etc).
+   * */
+  CONFIGURATION,
+
+  /**
+   * Security constraint violations (failed login attempts, lack of permissions to perform
+   * operation and so on). Any problems related to authentication/authorization should use the
+   * special category for system auditing purposes.
+   */
+  SECURITY
+}