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-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2011, Robin Rosenberg
- * and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
- *
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made available
- * under the terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v1.0 which
- * accompanies this distribution, is reproduced below, and is
- * available at http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php
- *
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
- * without modification, are permitted provided that the following
- * conditions are met:
- *
- * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- *   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *
- * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
- *   copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
- *   disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
- *   with the distribution.
- *
- * - Neither the name of the Eclipse Foundation, Inc. nor the
- *   names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote
- *   products derived from this software without specific prior
- *   written permission.
- *
- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
- * CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
- * INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
- * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
- * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
- * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
- * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
- * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
- * CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
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- * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
- * ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- */
-package org.eclipse.jgit.util.io;
-
-import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-
-/**
- * <p>SafeBufferedOutputStream class.</p>
- *
- * @deprecated use BufferedOutputStream in Java 8 and later.
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class SafeBufferedOutputStream extends BufferedOutputStream {
-	/**
-	 * <p>Constructor for SafeBufferedOutputStream.</p>
-	 *
-	 * @see BufferedOutputStream#BufferedOutputStream(OutputStream)
-	 * @param out
-	 *            underlying output stream
-	 */
-	public SafeBufferedOutputStream(OutputStream out) {
-		super(out);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * <p>Constructor for SafeBufferedOutputStream.</p>
-	 *
-	 * @see BufferedOutputStream#BufferedOutputStream(OutputStream, int)
-	 * @param out
-	 *            underlying output stream
-	 * @param size
-	 *            buffer size
-	 */
-	public SafeBufferedOutputStream(OutputStream out, int size) {
-		super(out, size);
-	}
-}