diff -r 9f0b95aafaa3 -r ed84c8bdd87b org/sonews/daemon/AbstractDaemon.java
--- a/org/sonews/daemon/AbstractDaemon.java	Sun Aug 29 17:04:25 2010 +0200
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *   SONEWS News Server
- *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
- *
- *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- *   (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *   GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package org.sonews.daemon;
-
-import java.sql.SQLException;
-import org.sonews.storage.StorageManager;
-import org.sonews.util.Log;
-
-/**
- * Base class of all sonews threads.
- * Instances of this class will be automatically registered at the ShutdownHook
- * to be cleanly exited when the server is forced to exit.
- * @author Christian Lins
- * @since sonews/0.5.0
- */
-public abstract class AbstractDaemon extends Thread
-{
-
-  /** This variable is write synchronized through setRunning */
-  private boolean isRunning = false;
-
-  /**
-   * Protected constructor. Will be called by derived classes.
-   */
-  protected AbstractDaemon()
-  {
-    setDaemon(true); // VM will exit when all threads are daemons
-    setName(getClass().getSimpleName());
-  }
-  
-  /**
-   * @return true if shutdown() was not yet called.
-   */
-  public boolean isRunning()
-  {
-    synchronized(this)
-    {
-      return this.isRunning;
-    }
-  }
-  
-  /**
-   * Marks this thread to exit soon. Closes the associated JDBCDatabase connection
-   * if available.
-   * @throws java.sql.SQLException
-   */
-  public void shutdownNow()
-    throws SQLException
-  {
-    synchronized(this)
-    {
-      this.isRunning = false;
-      StorageManager.disableProvider();
-    }
-  }
-  
-  /**
-   * Calls shutdownNow() but catches SQLExceptions if occurring.
-   */
-  public void shutdown()
-  {
-    try
-    {
-      shutdownNow();
-    }
-    catch(SQLException ex)
-    {
-      Log.get().warning(ex.toString());
-    }
-  }
-  
-  /**
-   * Starts this daemon.
-   */
-  @Override
-  public void start()
-  {
-    synchronized(this)
-    {
-      this.isRunning = true;
-    }
-    super.start();
-  }
-  
-}