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+//
+// imag - the personal information management suite for the commandline
+// Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> and contributors
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version
+// 2.1 of the License.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+//
+
+generate_error_module!(
+    generate_error_types!(AnnotationError, AnnotationErrorKind,
+        StoreReadError         => "Store read error",
+        StoreWriteError        => "Store write error",
+        StoreIdGenerationError => "Error generating StoreId object",
+
+        LinkError              => "Link error",
+        LinkingError           => "Error while linking"
+
+    );
+);
+
+pub use self::error::AnnotationError;
+pub use self::error::AnnotationErrorKind;
+pub use self::error::MapErrInto;
+
+