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+/*
+ * Copyright 2006-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+package org.springframework.batch.support.transaction;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriterException;
+
+/**
+ * Unchecked exception indicating that an error has occurred while trying to flush a buffer.
+ * 
+ * @author Lucas Ward
+ * @author Ben Hale
+ */
+public class FlushFailedException extends ItemWriterException {
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@link FlushFailedException} based on a message and another exception.
+	 * 
+	 * @param message the message for this exception
+	 * @param cause the other exception
+	 */
+	public FlushFailedException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super(message, cause);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@link FlushFailedException} based on a message.
+	 * 
+	 * @param message the message for this exception
+	 */
+	public FlushFailedException(String message) {
+		super(message);
+	}
+
+}