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+/////////1/////////2/////////3/////////4/////////5/////////6/////////7/////////8
+// xml_archive_exception.cpp:
+
+// (C) Copyright 2009 Robert Ramey - http://www.rrsd.com . 
+// Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
+// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+#if (defined _MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER == 1200)
+#  pragma warning (disable : 4786) // too long name, harmless warning
+#endif
+
+
+#include <exception>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <boost/assert.hpp>
+
+#define BOOST_ARCHIVE_SOURCE
+#include <boost/serialization/config.hpp>
+#include <boost/archive/xml_archive_exception.hpp>
+
+namespace boost {
+namespace archive {
+
+BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL
+xml_archive_exception::xml_archive_exception(
+        exception_code c, 
+        const char * e1,
+        const char * e2
+    ) : 
+        archive_exception(other_exception, e1, e2)
+    {
+        switch(c){
+        case xml_archive_parsing_error:
+            archive_exception::append(0, "unrecognized XML syntax");
+            break;
+        case xml_archive_tag_mismatch:{
+            unsigned int l;
+            l = archive_exception::append(0, "XML start/end tag mismatch");
+            if(NULL != e1){
+                l = archive_exception::append(l, " - ");
+                archive_exception::append(l, e1);
+            }    
+            break;
+        }
+        case xml_archive_tag_name_error:
+            archive_exception::append(0, "Invalid XML tag name");
+            break;
+        default:
+            BOOST_ASSERT(false);
+            archive_exception::append(0, "programming error");
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    
+BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL
+xml_archive_exception::xml_archive_exception(xml_archive_exception const & oth) :
+ 	archive_exception(oth)
+	{
+	}
+	
+BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL xml_archive_exception::~xml_archive_exception() BOOST_NOEXCEPT_OR_NOTHROW {}
+
+} // archive
+} // boost