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+package org.onap.sdc.dcae.checker;
+
+
+/**
+ * A target error represents an error in target the resource being checked.
+ * We only represent it as a Throwable because the libraries that perform parsing and syntax validation
+ * represent their errors as such ..
+ */
+public class TargetError extends Throwable {
+
+	/*
+	public static enum Level {
+		error,
+		warning	
+	}
+	*/
+
+  private String		location; //we might need an more detailed representation
+															//here: it could be a YAML document jpath or
+															//document location (line).
+  private String		target;
+
+  public TargetError(String theTarget, String theLocation, String theMessage, Throwable theCause) {
+		super(theMessage, theCause);
+    this.target = theTarget;
+		this.location = theLocation;
+  }
+
+  public TargetError(String theTarget, String theLocation, String theMessage) {
+    this(theTarget, theLocation, theMessage, null);
+  }
+
+	public String getTarget() {
+		return this.target;
+	}
+
+	public String getLocation() {
+		return this.location;
+	}
+
+
+}
+