diff --git a/utils/yangutils/src/main/java/org/onosproject/yangutils/linker/exceptions/LinkerException.java b/utils/yangutils/src/main/java/org/onosproject/yangutils/linker/exceptions/LinkerException.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.yangutils.linker.exceptions;
+
+/**
+ * Represents base class for exceptions in linker operations.
+ */
+public class LinkerException extends RuntimeException {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20160211L;
+    private int lineNumber;
+    private int charPositionInLine;
+    private String fileName;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new linker exception.
+     */
+    public LinkerException() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new linker exception with given message.
+     *
+     * @param message the detail of exception in string
+     */
+    public LinkerException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new linker exception from given message and cause.
+     *
+     * @param message the detail of exception in string
+     * @param cause   underlying cause of the error
+     */
+    public LinkerException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new linker exception from cause.
+     *
+     * @param cause underlying cause of the error
+     */
+    public LinkerException(final Throwable cause) {
+        super(cause);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns line number of the exception.
+     *
+     * @return line number of the exception
+     */
+    public int getLineNumber() {
+        return this.lineNumber;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns YANG file name of the exception.
+     *
+     * @return YANG file name of the exception
+     */
+    public String getFileName() {
+        return this.fileName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns position of the exception.
+     *
+     * @return position of the exception
+     */
+    public int getCharPositionInLine() {
+        return this.charPositionInLine;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets line number of YANG file.
+     *
+     * @param line line number of YANG file
+     */
+    public void setLine(int line) {
+        this.lineNumber = line;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets position of exception.
+     *
+     * @param charPosition position of exception
+     */
+    public void setCharPosition(int charPosition) {
+        this.charPositionInLine = charPosition;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets file name in parser exception.
+     *
+     * @param fileName YANG file name
+     */
+    public void setFileName(String fileName) {
+        this.fileName = fileName;
+    }
+}