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+// Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// 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 com.google.gerrit.server.api;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestApiException;
+
+/** Static utilities for API implementations. */
+public class ApiUtil {
+  /**
+   * Convert an exception encountered during API execution to a {@link RestApiException}.
+   *
+   * @param msg message to be used in the case where a new {@code RestApiException} is wrapped
+   *     around {@code e}.
+   * @param e exception being handled.
+   * @return {@code e} if it is already a {@code RestApiException}, otherwise a new {@code
+   *     RestApiException} wrapped around {@code e}.
+   * @throws RuntimeException if {@code e} is a runtime exception, it is rethrown as-is.
+   */
+  public static RestApiException asRestApiException(String msg, Exception e)
+      throws RuntimeException {
+    Throwables.throwIfUnchecked(e);
+    return e instanceof RestApiException ? (RestApiException) e : new RestApiException(msg, e);
+  }
+
+  private ApiUtil() {}
+}