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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.net.intent.impl;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.intent.IntentData;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.onosproject.net.intent.IntentState.FAILED;
+
+/**
+ * A common parent class of a class representing failure
+ * as IntentUpdate subclass.
+ */
+abstract class AbstractFailed extends CompletedIntentUpdate {
+
+    private final IntentData intentData;
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance with the specified data.
+     *
+     * @param intentData intentData
+     */
+    AbstractFailed(IntentData intentData) {
+        this.intentData = checkNotNull(intentData);
+        this.intentData.setState(FAILED);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IntentData data() {
+        return intentData;
+    }
+}