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+#ifndef _Exception_
+#define _Exception_
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <exception>
+#include <string>
+
+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() : whatStr(str) {}
+        Exception(const char* str) throw() : whatStr(str) {}
+        virtual ~Exception() throw();
+
+        const char* what() const throw() { return whatStr.c_str(); }
+        virtual std::string toString() const throw() { return whatStr; }
+    };
+}
+
+#endif  /*!_Exception_*/