--- a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/consumer/Parser.java	Wed Oct 30 16:14:56 2019 +0100
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
- * 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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- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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- * accompanied this code).
- *
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- *
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- */
-
-package jdk.jfr.consumer;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import jdk.jfr.internal.consumer.RecordingInput;
-
-/**
- * Base class for parsing data from a {@link RecordingInput}.
- */
-abstract class Parser {
-    /**
-     * Parses data from a {@link RecordingInput} and return an object.
-     *
-     * @param input input to read from
-     * @return an object
-     * @throws IOException if operation couldn't be completed due to I/O
-     *         problems
-     */
-    abstract Object parse(RecordingInput input) throws IOException;
-}