2 files changed, 48 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpidity/transport/TransportException.java b/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpidity/transport/TransportException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..593209df82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpidity/transport/TransportException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.qpidity.transport;
+
+
+/**
+ * TransportException
+ */
+
+public class TransportException extends RuntimeException
+{
+
+    public TransportException(String msg)
+    {
+        super(msg);
+    }
+
+    public TransportException(String msg, Throwable cause)
+    {
+        super(msg, cause);
+    }
+
+    public TransportException(Throwable cause)
+    {
+        super(cause);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpidity/transport/network/mina/MinaSender.java b/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpidity/transport/network/mina/MinaSender.java
index 75af9cfe20..17ae7ea0f7 100644
--- a/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpidity/transport/network/mina/MinaSender.java
+++ b/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpidity/transport/network/mina/MinaSender.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.mina.common.IoSession;
 import org.apache.mina.common.WriteFuture;
 
 import org.apache.qpidity.transport.Sender;
+import org.apache.qpidity.transport.TransportException;
 
 
 /**
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ public class MinaSender implements Sender<java.nio.ByteBuffer>
     {
         if (session.isClosing())
         {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Trying to write on a closed socket");
+            throw new TransportException("attempted to write to a closed socket");
         }
         lastWrite = session.write(ByteBuffer.wrap(buf));
     }