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+#ifndef _Exception_
+#define _Exception_
+
+/*
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <exception>
+#include <string>
+#include <memory>
+#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+
+namespace qpid
+{
+/**
+ * Exception base class for all Qpid exceptions.
+ */
+class Exception : public std::exception
+{
+  protected:
+    std::string whatStr;
+
+  public:
+    Exception() throw();
+    Exception(const std::string& str) throw();
+    Exception(const char* str) throw();
+    Exception(const std::exception&) throw();
+
+    virtual ~Exception() throw();
+
+    virtual const char* what() const throw();
+    virtual std::string toString() const throw();
+
+    virtual Exception* clone() const throw();
+    virtual void throwSelf() const;
+
+    typedef boost::shared_ptr<Exception> shared_ptr;
+};
+
+
+
+}
+
+#endif  /*!_Exception_*/