diff --git a/pipelines/fabric/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pipelines/fabric/pipeliner/FabricPipelinerException.java b/pipelines/fabric/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pipelines/fabric/pipeliner/FabricPipelinerException.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.pipelines.fabric.pipeliner;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.ObjectiveError;
+
+/**
+ * Signals an exception when translating a flow objective.
+ */
+class FabricPipelinerException extends Exception {
+
+    private final ObjectiveError error;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new exception for the given message. Sets ObjectiveError to
+     * UNSUPPORTED.
+     *
+     * @param message message
+     */
+    FabricPipelinerException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+        this.error = ObjectiveError.UNSUPPORTED;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new exception for the given message and ObjectiveError.
+     *
+     * @param message message
+     * @param error objective error
+     */
+    FabricPipelinerException(String message, ObjectiveError error) {
+        super(message);
+        this.error = error;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the ObjectiveError of this exception.
+     *
+     * @return objective error
+     */
+    ObjectiveError objectiveError() {
+        return error;
+    }
+}