diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/util/XMLUtil.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/util/XMLUtil.java
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-//
-// $Id: XMLUtil.java,v 1.1 2001/07/20 08:08:59 shaper Exp $
-
-package com.threerings.miso.util;
-
-import org.xml.sax.*;
-import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
-import org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderFactory;
-
-import java.io.*;
-import javax.xml.parsers.*;
-
-/**
- * The XMLUtil class provides a simplified interface for XML parsing.
- *
- * <p> Classes wishing to parse XML data need only extend the
- * <code>org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler</code> class, override the
- * desired methods, and then call <code>XMLUtil.parse()</code>.
- */
-public class XMLUtil
-{
-    /**
-     * Parse the XML data in the given input stream, using the
-     * specified handler object as both the content and error handler.
-     */
-    public static void parse (DefaultHandler handler, InputStream in)
-	throws IOException, ParserConfigurationException, SAXException
-    {
-	XMLReader xr = _pfactory.newSAXParser().getXMLReader();
-
-	xr.setContentHandler(handler);
-	xr.setErrorHandler(handler);
-
-	xr.parse(new InputSource(in));
-    }
-
-    // the slithy tove from whence came the XMLReader object
-    protected static SAXParserFactory _pfactory;
-
-    static {
-	_pfactory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
-	_pfactory.setValidating(false);
-    }
-}