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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Mink package.
+ * (c) Konstantin Kudryashov <ever.zet@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Behat\Mink\Exception;
+
+@trigger_error('The class '.__NAMESPACE__.'\ElementException is deprecated as of Mink 1.6 and will be removed in 2.0', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+
+use Behat\Mink\Element\Element;
+
+/**
+ * A standard way for elements to re-throw exceptions.
+ *
+ * @deprecated This exception class is not used anymore in Mink 1.6 and will be removed in 2.0
+ *
+ * @author Chris Worfolk <xmeltrut@gmail.com>
+ */
+class ElementException extends Exception
+{
+ private $element;
+
+ /**
+ * Initialises exception.
+ *
+ * @param Element $element optional message
+ * @param \Exception $exception exception
+ */
+ public function __construct(Element $element, \Exception $exception)
+ {
+ $this->element = $element;
+
+ parent::__construct(sprintf("Exception thrown by %s\n%s", $element->getXpath(), $exception->getMessage()));
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Override default toString so we don't send a full backtrace in verbose mode.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+ public function __toString()
+ {
+ return $this->getMessage();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Get the element that caused the exception.
+ *
+ * @return Element
+ */
+ public function getElement()
+ {
+ return $this->element;
+ }
+}