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+package source.tuner;
+
+public class FrequencyLimitException extends Exception
+{
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private long mFrequencyLimit;
+    private long mRequestedFrequency;
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates that the requested frequency is outside of the tunable bounds
+     * of the tuner.  
+     * @param message
+     * @param frequency
+     */
+    public FrequencyLimitException( long requestedFrequency,
+    								long frequencyLimit )
+	{
+    	super( "Requested frequency [" + requestedFrequency + 
+    			"] exceeds the limit [" + frequencyLimit + "].  Tuned "
+    					+ "frequency was set to the limit value" );
+    	
+    	mRequestedFrequency = requestedFrequency;
+    	mFrequencyLimit = frequencyLimit;
+	}
+    
+    public long getRequestedFrequency()
+    {
+    	return mRequestedFrequency;
+    }
+    
+    public long getFrequencyLimit()
+    {
+    	return mFrequencyLimit;
+    }
+}