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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP - SO
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.onap.so.exceptions;
+
+
+public class ValidationException extends Exception {
+
+    /**
+     * This class simply extends Exception (without addition additional functionality)
+     * to provide an identifier for RequestsDB related exceptions on create, delete, query.
+     *
+     *
+     **/
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final String VALIDATION_FAIL = "No valid $ELEMENT is specified";
+    private static final String INVALID_ELEMENT = "$ELEMENT is not valid in the $VERSION version";
+    private static final String REPLACE_ELEMENT_KEY = "\\$ELEMENT";
+    private static final String REPLACE_VERSION_KEY = "\\$VERSION";
+
+    @Deprecated
+    public ValidationException (String msg) {
+        super (VALIDATION_FAIL.replaceAll (REPLACE_ELEMENT_KEY, msg));
+    }
+
+    public ValidationException(String msg, boolean overrideExistingMessage) {
+        super(overrideExistingMessage ? VALIDATION_FAIL.replaceAll(REPLACE_ELEMENT_KEY, msg) : msg);
+    }
+
+    public ValidationException (String msg, Exception cause) {
+        super (VALIDATION_FAIL.replaceAll (REPLACE_ELEMENT_KEY, msg), cause);
+    }
+    public ValidationException(String msg, String version) {
+        super(INVALID_ELEMENT.replaceAll(REPLACE_ELEMENT_KEY, msg).replaceAll(REPLACE_VERSION_KEY, version));
+    }
+}