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+/*! ******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Pentaho Data Integration
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 by Hitachi Vantara : http://www.pentaho.com
+ *
+ *******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * 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 javax.ws.rs.core;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * An I/O exception thrown by {@link javax.ws.rs.ext.MessageBodyReader} implementations
+ * when reading a zero-length message content to indicate that the message body reader
+ * is not able to produce an instance representing an zero-length message content.
+ * <p>
+ * This exception, when thrown while reading a server request entity, is automatically
+ * translated by JAX-RS server runtime into a {@link javax.ws.rs.BadRequestException}
+ * wrapping the original {@code NoContentException} and rethrown for a standard processing by
+ * the registered {@link javax.ws.rs.ext.ExceptionMapper exception mappers}.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public class NoContentException extends IOException {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -3082577759787473245L;
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a new {@code NoContentException} instance.
+     *
+     * @param message the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval
+     *                by the {@link #getMessage()} method).
+     */
+    public NoContentException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a new {@code NoContentException} instance.
+     *
+     * @param message the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval
+     *                by the {@link #getMessage()} method).
+     * @param cause   the underlying cause of the exception.
+     */
+    public NoContentException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a new {@code NoContentException} instance.
+     *
+     * @param cause the underlying cause of the exception.
+     */
+    public NoContentException(Throwable cause) {
+        super(cause);
+    }
+}