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+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * Copyright 1997 - July 2008 CWI, August 2008 - 2016 MonetDB B.V.
+ */
+
+package nl.cwi.monetdb.util;
+
+public class OptionsException extends Exception {
+	static final long serialVersionUID = 42L;	// needed to prevent: warning: [serial] serializable class OptionsException has no definition of serialVersionUID
+
+	public OptionsException(String reason) {
+		super(reason);
+	}
+}