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+package org.apache.maven.reporting;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * An exception occurring during the execution of a Maven report.
+ *
+ * @author Brett Porter
+ * @author <a href="evenisse@apache.org">Emmanuel Venisse</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class MavenReportException extends Exception
+{
+    public MavenReportException( String msg )
+    {
+        super( msg );
+    }
+
+    public MavenReportException( String msg, Exception e )
+    {
+        super( msg, e );
+    }
+}