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CuttingEdge.Conditions

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A pre- and postcondition validation framework based on .NET 3.5 extension methods
#region Copyright (c) 2009 S. van Deursen
/* The CuttingEdge.Conditions library enables developers to validate pre- and postconditions in a fluent 
 * manner.
 * 
 * To contact me, please visit my blog at http://www.cuttingedge.it/blogs/steven/ 
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2009 S. van Deursen
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and
 * associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
 * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
 * following conditions:
 * 
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial
 * portions of the Software.
 * 
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 * LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO
 * EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
 * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
 * USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
#endregion

using System;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;

namespace CuttingEdge.Conditions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The exception that is thrown when a method's postcondition is not valid.
    /// </summary>
    [Serializable]
    public sealed class PostconditionException : Exception
    {
        /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PostconditionException"/> class.</summary>
        public PostconditionException() : this(SR.GetString(SR.PostconditionFailed))
        {
        }

        /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PostconditionException"/> class with a
        /// specified error message.</summary>
        /// <param name="message">The message that describes the error.</param>
        public PostconditionException(string message) : base(message)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PostconditionException"/> class.</summary>
        /// <param name="message">The message that describes the error.</param>
        /// <param name="inner">The exception that is the cause of the current exception, or a null reference
        /// (Nothing in Visual Basic) if no inner exception is specified.</param>
        public PostconditionException(string message, Exception inner) : base(message, inner)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the PostconditionException class with serialized data.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="info">The <see cref="SerializationInfo"/> that holds the serialized object data about
        /// the exception being thrown.</param>
        /// <param name="context">The <see cref="StreamingContext"/> that contains contextual information 
        /// about the source or destination.</param>
        private PostconditionException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) : base(info, context)
        {
        }
    }
}

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