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+/*
+ * $HeadURL$
+ * $Revision$
+ * $Date$
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ *  Copyright 1999-2006 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.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
+ * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+ * <http://www.apache.org/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.http;
+
+import java.io.InterruptedIOException;
+
+/**
+ * A timeout while connecting to an HTTP server or waiting for an
+ * available connection from an HttpConnectionManager.
+ * 
+ * @author <a href="mailto:laura@lwerner.org">Laura Werner</a>
+ * 
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class ConnectTimeoutException extends InterruptedIOException {
+
+	static final long serialVersionUID = -4816682903149535989L;
+	
+    /**
+     * Creates a ConnectTimeoutException with a <tt>null</tt> detail message.
+     */
+    public ConnectTimeoutException() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a ConnectTimeoutException with the specified detail message.
+     * 
+     * @param message The exception detail message 
+     */
+    public ConnectTimeoutException(final String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+}