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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+
+package org.opendaylight.controller.northbound.commons.exception;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+/**
+ * Status Code 403 (Forbidden)
+ *
+ * The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.
+ * Authorization will not help and the request SHOULD NOT be repeated.
+ * If the request method was not HEAD and the server wishes to make public
+ * why the request has not been fulfilled, it SHOULD describe the reason
+ * for the refusal in the entity.
+ * If the server does not wish to make this information available to
+ * the client, the status code 404 (Not Found) can be used instead.
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ */
+public class ResourceForbiddenException extends WebApplicationException {
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+ public ResourceForbiddenException(String string) {
+ super(Response.status(Response.Status.FORBIDDEN).entity(string).type(
+ MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN).build());
+ }
+}