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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Composer.
+ *
+ * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
+ *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Composer\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ */
+class IrrecoverableDownloadException extends \RuntimeException
+{
+}