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+// Copyright 2017 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum 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, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum 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 the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package accounts
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// ErrUnknownAccount is returned for any requested operation for which no backend
+// provides the specified account.
+var ErrUnknownAccount = errors.New("unknown account")
+
+// ErrUnknownWallet is returned for any requested operation for which no backend
+// provides the specified wallet.
+var ErrUnknownWallet = errors.New("unknown wallet")
+
+// ErrNotSupported is returned when an operation is requested from an account
+// backend that it does not support.
+var ErrNotSupported = errors.New("not supported")
+
+// ErrInvalidPassphrase is returned when a decryption operation receives a bad
+// passphrase.
+var ErrInvalidPassphrase = errors.New("invalid password")
+
+// ErrWalletAlreadyOpen is returned if a wallet is attempted to be opened the
+// second time.
+var ErrWalletAlreadyOpen = errors.New("wallet already open")
+
+// ErrWalletClosed is returned if a wallet is attempted to be opened the
+// secodn time.
+var ErrWalletClosed = errors.New("wallet closed")
+
+// AuthNeededError is returned by backends for signing requests where the user
+// is required to provide further authentication before signing can succeed.
+//
+// This usually means either that a password needs to be supplied, or perhaps a
+// one time PIN code displayed by some hardware device.
+type AuthNeededError struct {
+	Needed string // Extra authentication the user needs to provide
+}
+
+// NewAuthNeededError creates a new authentication error with the extra details
+// about the needed fields set.
+func NewAuthNeededError(needed string) error {
+	return &AuthNeededError{
+		Needed: needed,
+	}
+}
+
+// Error implements the standard error interface.
+func (err *AuthNeededError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("authentication needed: %s", err.Needed)
+}