diff -r 04db6ccd6c48 -r 9335cf31c0f2 java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/configuration/FormatterDefinition.java
--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/configuration/FormatterDefinition.java	Sun Dec 22 22:02:44 2013 +0100
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/configuration/FormatterDefinition.java	Sun Dec 22 23:31:55 2013 +0100
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import info.globalcode.sql.dk.DKException;
 import info.globalcode.sql.dk.formatting.Formatter;
 import info.globalcode.sql.dk.formatting.FormatterContext;
+import info.globalcode.sql.dk.formatting.FormatterException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@
 	 * @return
 	 * @throws DKException
 	 */
-	public Formatter getInstance(FormatterContext context) throws DKException {
+	public Formatter getInstance(FormatterContext context) throws FormatterException {
 		try {
 			Constructor constructor = Class.forName(className).getConstructor(context.getClass());
 
@@ -84,14 +85,14 @@
 			if (instance instanceof Formatter) {
 				return (Formatter) instance;
 			} else {
-				throw new DKException("Formatter " + instance + " does not implement the " + Formatter.class.getName() + " interface");
+				throw new FormatterException("Formatter " + instance + " does not implement the " + Formatter.class.getName() + " interface");
 			}
 		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-			throw new DKException("No formatter class with name: " + className, e);
+			throw new FormatterException("No formatter class with name: " + className, e);
 		} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
-			throw new DKException("Formatter class with no valid constructor: " + className, e);
+			throw new FormatterException("Formatter class with no valid constructor: " + className, e);
 		} catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
-			throw new DKException("Formatter's constructor caused an error: " + className, e);
+			throw new FormatterException("Formatter's constructor caused an error: " + className, e);
 		}
 	}
 }