--- a/src/java.xml.crypto/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xml/internal/security/utils/ElementChecker.java	Mon Jun 18 15:24:48 2018 -0700
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * reserved comment block
- * DO NOT REMOVE OR ALTER!
- */
-/**
- * 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
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- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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-package com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.security.utils;
-
-import com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.security.exceptions.XMLSecurityException;
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-import org.w3c.dom.Node;
-
-/**@deprecated*/
-@Deprecated
-public interface ElementChecker {
-    /**
-     * Check that the element is the one expect
-     *
-     * @throws XMLSecurityException
-     */
-    void guaranteeThatElementInCorrectSpace(ElementProxy expected, Element actual)
-        throws XMLSecurityException;
-
-    boolean isNamespaceElement(Node el, String type, String ns);
-}