--- /home/cpdev/src/classpath/gnu/xml/dom/DomCharacterData.java	2006-01-23 17:32:53.000000000 +0000
+++ gnu/xml/dom/DomCharacterData.java	2005-09-14 21:51:27.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* DomCharacterData.java -- 
-   Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001,2004,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Classpath.
 
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 
 import org.w3c.dom.CharacterData;
 import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
-import org.w3c.dom.Node;
-import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 import org.w3c.dom.events.MutationEvent;
 
 
@@ -57,30 +55,6 @@
   implements CharacterData
 {
 
-  /**
-   * Empty node list representing the children of character data nodes.
-   */
-  static class EmptyNodeList
-    implements NodeList
-  {
-
-    public int getLength()
-    {
-      return 0;
-    }
-
-    public Node item(int index)
-    {
-      return null;
-    }
-    
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Singleton empty node list for character data nodes.
-   */
-  static final NodeList CHILD_NODES = new EmptyNodeList();
-
   private String text;
   
   // package private
@@ -306,15 +280,6 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns an empty node list.
-   * Character data nodes do not have children.
-   */
-  public NodeList getChildNodes()
-  {
-    return CHILD_NODES;
-  }
-
-  /**
    * The base URI for character data is <code>null</code>.
    * @since DOM Level 3 Core
    */