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+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Fission Authors.
+
+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 fission
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func (e Error) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("(Error %v) %v", e.Code, e.Message)
+}
+
+func MakeError(code int, msg string) Error {
+	return Error{Code: errorCode(code), Message: msg}
+}