diff -r 9f0b95aafaa3 -r ed84c8bdd87b org/sonews/util/TimeoutMap.java
--- a/org/sonews/util/TimeoutMap.java	Sun Aug 29 17:04:25 2010 +0200
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,145 +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.util;
-
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-
-/**
- * Implementation of a Map that will loose its stored values after a 
- * configurable amount of time.
- * This class may be used to cache config values for example.
- * @author Christian Lins
- * @since sonews/0.5.0
- */
-public class TimeoutMap<K,V> extends ConcurrentHashMap<K, V>
-{
-  
-  private static final long serialVersionUID = 453453467700345L;
-
-  private int                    timeout     = 60000; // 60 sec
-  private transient Map<K, Long> timeoutMap  = new HashMap<K, Long>();
-  
-  /**
-   * Constructor.
-   * @param timeout Timeout in milliseconds
-   */
-  public TimeoutMap(final int timeout)
-  {
-    this.timeout = timeout;
-  }
-  
-  /**
-   * Uses default timeout (60 sec).
-   */
-  public TimeoutMap()
-  {
-  }
-  
-  /**
-   * 
-   * @param key
-   * @return true if key is still valid.
-   */
-  protected boolean checkTimeOut(Object key)
-  {
-    synchronized(this.timeoutMap)
-    {
-      if(this.timeoutMap.containsKey(key))
-      {
-        long keytime = this.timeoutMap.get(key);
-        if((System.currentTimeMillis() - keytime) < this.timeout)
-        {
-          return true;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-          remove(key);
-          return false;
-        }
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        return false;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  
-  @Override
-  public boolean containsKey(Object key)
-  {
-    return checkTimeOut(key);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public synchronized V get(Object key)
-  {
-    if(checkTimeOut(key))
-    {
-      return super.get(key);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      return null;
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public V put(K key, V value)
-  {
-    synchronized(this.timeoutMap)
-    {
-      removeStaleKeys();
-      this.timeoutMap.put(key, System.currentTimeMillis());
-      return super.put(key, value);
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @param arg0
-   * @return
-   */
-  @Override
-  public V remove(Object arg0)
-  {
-    synchronized(this.timeoutMap)
-    {
-      this.timeoutMap.remove(arg0);
-      V val = super.remove(arg0);
-      return val;
-    }
-  }
-
-  protected void removeStaleKeys()
-  {
-    synchronized(this.timeoutMap)
-    {
-      Set<Object> keySet = new HashSet<Object>(this.timeoutMap.keySet());
-      for(Object key : keySet)
-      {
-        // The key/value is removed by the checkTimeOut() method if true
-        checkTimeOut(key);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  
-}