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-/*
- * Copyright 2014-present Open Networking Laboratory
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.onlab.util;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
-
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent.ConcurrentInitializer;
-
-/**
- * Creates an instance of new ConcurrentHashMap on each {@link #get()} call.
- * <p>
- * To be used with
- * {@link org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent.ConcurrentUtils#createIfAbsent}
- * </p>
- *
- * @param <K> ConcurrentHashMap key type
- * @param <V> ConcurrentHashMap value type
- *
- * @deprecated in Hummingbird (1.7.0)
- */
-@Deprecated
-public final class NewConcurrentHashMap<K, V>
-    implements ConcurrentInitializer<ConcurrentMap<K, V>> {
-
-    public static final NewConcurrentHashMap<?, ?> INSTANCE = new NewConcurrentHashMap<>();
-
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static <K, V> NewConcurrentHashMap<K, V> ifNeeded() {
-        return (NewConcurrentHashMap<K, V>) INSTANCE;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public ConcurrentMap<K, V> get() {
-        return new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-    }
-}