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+/*
+ * Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code 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
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package java.util;
+
+/**
+ * Unchecked exception thrown when duplicate flags are provided in the format
+ * specifier.
+ *
+ * <p> Unless otherwise specified, passing a <tt>null</tt> argument to any
+ * method or constructor in this class will cause a {@link
+ * NullPointerException} to be thrown.
+ *
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public class DuplicateFormatFlagsException extends IllegalFormatException {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 18890531L;
+
+    private String flags;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs an instance of this class with the specified flags.
+     *
+     * @param  f
+     *         The set of format flags which contain a duplicate flag.
+     */
+    public DuplicateFormatFlagsException(String f) {
+        if (f == null)
+            throw new NullPointerException();
+        this.flags = f;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the set of flags which contains a duplicate flag.
+     *
+     * @return  The flags
+     */
+    public String getFlags() {
+        return flags;
+    }
+
+    public String getMessage() {
+        return String.format("Flags = '%s'", flags);
+    }
+}