2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/profiles/RulesProfile.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/profiles/RulesProfile.java
index d0abfb4bf92..8d9bacef6f5 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/profiles/RulesProfile.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/profiles/RulesProfile.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
 import org.sonar.api.rules.ActiveRule;
 import org.sonar.api.rules.Rule;
 import org.sonar.api.rules.RulePriority;
+import org.sonar.api.utils.MessageException;
 
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
 import javax.persistence.*;
@@ -377,7 +378,7 @@ public class RulesProfile implements Cloneable {
         return input.getRule().equals(rule);
       }
     })) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException(String.format(
+      throw MessageException.of(String.format(
         "The definition of the profile '%s' (language '%s') contains multiple occurrences of the '%s:%s' rule. The plugin which declares this profile should fix this.",
         getName(), getLanguage(), rule.getRepositoryKey(), rule.getKey()));
     }
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/profiles/RulesProfileTest.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/profiles/RulesProfileTest.java
index 79275aa2422..b13a38226da 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/profiles/RulesProfileTest.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/profiles/RulesProfileTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package org.sonar.api.profiles;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.sonar.api.rules.Rule;
 import org.sonar.api.rules.RulePriority;
+import org.sonar.api.utils.MessageException;
 
 import static org.fest.assertions.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.fest.assertions.Fail.fail;
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public class RulesProfileTest {
       profile.activateRule(rule, null);
       fail();
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      assertThat(e).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class)
+      assertThat(e).isInstanceOf(MessageException.class)
         .hasMessage("The definition of the profile 'Default' (language 'java') contains multiple occurrences of the 'repo:key1' rule. The plugin which declares this profile should fix this.");
     }
   }