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diff --git a/src/uk/org/ury/server/protocol/ProtocolUtils.java b/src/uk/org/ury/server/protocol/ProtocolUtils.java
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-/**
- * 
- */
-package uk.org.ury.server.protocol;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
-import org.json.simple.JSONValue;
-
-
-/**
- * Utilities for converting between strings encoded in the response 
- * protocol and collections of items.
- * 
- * @author  Matt Windsor
- *
- */
-
-public class ProtocolUtils
-{
-  /**
-   * Encode a key-value map into a protocol string.
-   * 
-   * The map can contain strings, lists and other maps.  Other 
-   * types may be accepted by the underlying encoding engine, 
-   * but the above types are the only ones explicitly accepted.
-   * 
-   * @param items  The key-value map of items, which should contain 
-   *               strings, lists and maps.  The keys of any map 
-   *               should be protocol directives.
-   *               
-   * @return       A string containing the encoded representation of 
-   *               the map.
-   */
-  
-  public static String
-  encode (Map<String, Object> items)
-  {
-    return JSONValue.toJSONString (items);
-  }
-  
-  
-  /**
-   * Decode a protocol string into a key-value map.
-   * 
-   * @param string  The string to decode.
-   * 
-   * @return        A key-value map mapping directives to strings,
-   *                lists and maps.
-   *                
-   * @throws        DecodeFailureException if the decoding engine 
-   *                returns something other than a map.
-   */
-  
-  public static Map<?, ?>
-  decode (String string) throws DecodeFailureException
-  {
-    Object result = JSONValue.parse (string);
-    
-    if (result instanceof JSONObject)
-      return (JSONObject) result;
-    else
-      throw new DecodeFailureException ("Result not a map.");
-  }
-  
-}