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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one   *
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file *
- * distributed with this work for additional information        *
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file   *
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the            *
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance   *
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at   *
- *                                                              *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                 *
- *                                                              *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,   *
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an  *
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY       *
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the    *
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations      *
- * under the License.                                           *
- */
-package org.apache.rat.report;
-
-import org.apache.rat.api.Document;
-
-/**
- * Abstract base class for deriving implementations of {@link RatReport}.
- * @deprecated use {@link RatReport} directly.
- */
-@Deprecated
-public abstract class AbstractReport implements RatReport {
-    /**
-     * Empty default implementation.
-     */
-    public void startReport() {
-        // Does nothing
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Empty default implementation.
-     * @param document the actual document
-     */
-    public void report(final Document document) {
-        // Does nothing
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Empty default implementation.
-     */
-    public void endReport() {
-        // Does nothing
-    }
-}