diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/exception/EnvoyException.java b/src/main/java/envoy/exception/EnvoyException.java
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+package envoy.exception;
+
+/**
+ * Project: envoy-common
+ * File: EnvoyException.java
+ * Created: 27 Oct 2019
+ *
+ * @author Kai S. K. Engelbart
+ * @since Envoy v0.1-alpha
+ */
+public class EnvoyException extends Exception {
+
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 2096147309395387479L;
+
+ public EnvoyException(String message, Throwable cause) { super(message, cause); }
+
+ public EnvoyException(String message) { super(message); }
+
+ public EnvoyException(Throwable cause) { super(cause); }
+}