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+package envoy.event;
+
+/**
+ * This event creates a group with the given name.
+ *
+ * Project: envoy-common
+ * File: GroupCreationEvent.java
+ * Created: 25 Mar 2020
+ *
+ * @author Leon Hofmeister
+ * @since Envoy Common v0.1-beta
+ */
+public class GroupCreationEvent extends Event {
+
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 0L;
+
+ /**
+ * @param value the name of this group at creation time
+ * @since Envoy Common v0.1-beta
+ */
+ public GroupCreationEvent(String value) { super(value); }
+
+}