From 96dae821fc47823d51ffdfef926f0e96a5806a5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Andr=C3=A9s=20Contreras=20Guill=C3=A9n?= <me@ancongui.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 01:35:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add unified exception hierarchy (kernel dependency)

- Add fireflyframework-kernel dependency for shared exceptions
---
 pom.xml                                                    | 7 +++++++
 .../web/error/exceptions/BusinessException.java            | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 310e6aa..cc2c791 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- Firefly Kernel (foundational: exceptions, shared abstractions) -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.fireflyframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>fireflyframework-kernel</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!-- Firefly Common Cache - Unified caching library -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.fireflyframework</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/fireflyframework/web/error/exceptions/BusinessException.java b/src/main/java/org/fireflyframework/web/error/exceptions/BusinessException.java
index 38af053..4f27176 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/fireflyframework/web/error/exceptions/BusinessException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/fireflyframework/web/error/exceptions/BusinessException.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.fireflyframework.web.error.exceptions;
 
 import lombok.Getter;
+import org.fireflyframework.kernel.exception.FireflyException;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
  * Supports additional metadata and nested errors.
  */
 @Getter
-public class BusinessException extends RuntimeException {
+public class BusinessException extends FireflyException {
     /**
      * The HTTP status code to be returned in the response.
      */