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+<?php
+/* Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2013-2015 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+ */
+
+namespace Icinga\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * Exception thrown if something to add already exists
+ */
+class AlreadyExistsException extends IcingaException
+{
+}