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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 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.cluster.access.concepts;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+
+/**
+ * General error raised when the recipient of a {@link Request} determines that the request contains
+ * a {@link ClientIdentifier} which corresponds to an outdated generation.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Varga
+ */
+@Beta
+public final class RetiredGenerationException extends RequestException {
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+ public RetiredGenerationException(final long newGeneration) {
+ super("Originating generation was superseded by " + Long.toUnsignedString(newGeneration));
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public boolean isRetriable() {
+ return false;
+ }
+}