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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Roland Haeder<roland@mxchange.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.mxchange.jcontacts.exceptions;
+
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+
+/**
+ * An exception thrown when a contact (entity) has not found.
+ * <p>
+ * @author Roland Haeder<roland@mxchange.org>
+ */
+public class ContactNotFoundException extends Exception {
+
+ /**
+ * Serial number
+ */
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 23_759_801_876_416_568L;
+
+ /**
+ * Constructor with contact id and causing exception
+ * <p>
+ * @param contactId Contact id
+ * @param cause Causing exception
+ */
+ public ContactNotFoundException (final Long contactId, final Throwable cause) {
+ // Call super constructor with message and cause
+ super(MessageFormat.format("Contact with id {0} was not found.", contactId), cause); //NOI18N
+ }
+
+}