diff --git a/pulsar-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/common/exception/PulsarExceptionBase.java b/pulsar-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/common/exception/PulsarExceptionBase.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.apache.pulsar.common.exception;
+
+import org.slf4j.helpers.MessageFormatter;
+
+public abstract class PulsarExceptionBase extends Exception {
+
+    protected static String format(String message, Object... os) {
+        return MessageFormatter.arrayFormat(message, os).getMessage();
+    }
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2343132778619884518L;
+
+    protected PulsarExceptionBase() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    protected PulsarExceptionBase(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    protected PulsarExceptionBase(String message, Object... os) {
+        super(format(message, os));
+    }
+
+    protected PulsarExceptionBase(Throwable cause) {
+        super(cause);
+    }
+
+    protected PulsarExceptionBase(Throwable cause, String message) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+    protected PulsarExceptionBase(Throwable cause, String message, Object... os) {
+        super(format(message, os), cause);
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/pulsar-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/common/exception/package-info.java b/pulsar-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/common/exception/package-info.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+/**
+ * Exception classes
+ */
+package org.apache.pulsar.common.exception;
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