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+require 'rubygems'
+
+##
+# Base exception class for RubyGems.  All exception raised by RubyGems are a
+# subclass of this one.
+class Gem::Exception < RuntimeError; end
+
+class Gem::CommandLineError < Gem::Exception; end
+
+class Gem::DependencyError < Gem::Exception; end
+
+class Gem::DependencyRemovalException < Gem::Exception; end
+
+class Gem::DocumentError < Gem::Exception; end
+  
+##
+# Potentially raised when a specification is validated.
+class Gem::EndOfYAMLException < Gem::Exception; end
+
+##
+# Signals that a file permission error is preventing the user from
+# installing in the requested directories.
+class Gem::FilePermissionError < Gem::Exception
+  def initialize(path)
+    super("You don't have write permissions into the #{path} directory.")
+  end
+end
+
+##
+# Used to raise parsing and loading errors
+class Gem::FormatException < Gem::Exception
+  attr_accessor :file_path
+end
+
+class Gem::GemNotFoundException < Gem::Exception; end
+
+class Gem::InstallError < Gem::Exception; end
+
+##
+# Potentially raised when a specification is validated.
+class Gem::InvalidSpecificationException < Gem::Exception; end
+
+class Gem::OperationNotSupportedError < Gem::Exception; end
+
+##
+# Signals that a remote operation cannot be conducted, probably due to not
+# being connected (or just not finding host).
+#--
+# TODO: create a method that tests connection to the preferred gems server.
+# All code dealing with remote operations will want this.  Failure in that
+# method should raise this error.
+class Gem::RemoteError < Gem::Exception; end
+
+class Gem::RemoteInstallationCancelled < Gem::Exception; end
+
+class Gem::RemoteInstallationSkipped < Gem::Exception; end
+
+##
+# Represents an error communicating via HTTP.
+class Gem::RemoteSourceException < Gem::Exception; end
+
+class Gem::VerificationError < Gem::Exception; end
+