--- a/jaxws/src/java.xml.soap/share/classes/javax/xml/soap/SOAPElementFactory.java	Thu Jan 15 11:30:13 2015 +0100
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
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- * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
- * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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- *
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- *
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- */
-
-package javax.xml.soap;
-
-/**
- * <code>SOAPElementFactory</code> is a factory for XML fragments that
- * will eventually end up in the SOAP part. These fragments
- * can be inserted as children of the <code>SOAPHeader</code> or
- * <code>SOAPBody</code> or <code>SOAPEnvelope</code>.
- *
- * <p>Elements created using this factory do not have the properties
- * of an element that lives inside a SOAP header document. These
- * elements are copied into the XML document tree when they are
- * inserted.
- * @deprecated - Use <code>javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory</code> for creating SOAPElements.
- * @see javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory
- * @since 1.6
- */
-public class SOAPElementFactory {
-
-    private SOAPFactory soapFactory;
-
-    private SOAPElementFactory(SOAPFactory soapFactory) {
-        this.soapFactory = soapFactory;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Create a <code>SOAPElement</code> object initialized with the
-     * given <code>Name</code> object.
-     *
-     * @param name a <code>Name</code> object with the XML name for
-     *             the new element
-     *
-     * @return the new <code>SOAPElement</code> object that was
-     *         created
-     *
-     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
-     *            <code>SOAPElement</code> object
-     *
-     * @deprecated Use
-     * javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory.createElement(javax.xml.soap.Name)
-     * instead
-     *
-     * @see javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory#createElement(javax.xml.soap.Name)
-     * @see javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory#createElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
-     */
-    public SOAPElement create(Name name) throws SOAPException {
-        return soapFactory.createElement(name);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Create a <code>SOAPElement</code> object initialized with the
-     * given local name.
-     *
-     * @param localName a <code>String</code> giving the local name for
-     *             the new element
-     *
-     * @return the new <code>SOAPElement</code> object that was
-     *         created
-     *
-     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
-     *            <code>SOAPElement</code> object
-     *
-     * @deprecated Use
-     * javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory.createElement(String localName) instead
-     *
-     * @see javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory#createElement(java.lang.String)
-     */
-    public SOAPElement create(String localName) throws SOAPException {
-        return soapFactory.createElement(localName);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Create a new <code>SOAPElement</code> object with the given
-     * local name, prefix and uri.
-     *
-     * @param localName a <code>String</code> giving the local name
-     *                  for the new element
-     * @param prefix the prefix for this <code>SOAPElement</code>
-     * @param uri a <code>String</code> giving the URI of the
-     *            namespace to which the new element belongs
-     *
-     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
-     *            <code>SOAPElement</code> object
-     *
-     * @deprecated Use
-     * javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory.createElement(String localName,
-     *                      String prefix,
-     *                      String uri)
-     * instead
-     *
-     * @see javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory#createElement(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
-     */
-    public SOAPElement create(String localName, String prefix, String uri)
-        throws SOAPException {
-        return soapFactory.createElement(localName, prefix, uri);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new instance of <code>SOAPElementFactory</code>.
-     *
-     * @return a new instance of a <code>SOAPElementFactory</code>
-     *
-     * @exception SOAPException if there was an error creating the
-     *            default <code>SOAPElementFactory</code>
-     */
-    public static SOAPElementFactory newInstance() throws SOAPException {
-        try {
-            return new SOAPElementFactory(SOAPFactory.newInstance());
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
-            throw new SOAPException(
-                "Unable to create SOAP Element Factory: " + ex.getMessage());
-        }
-    }
-}