diff -r 9f0b95aafaa3 -r ed84c8bdd87b org/sonews/config/AbstractConfig.java
--- a/org/sonews/config/AbstractConfig.java	Sun Aug 29 17:04:25 2010 +0200
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,57 +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.config;
-
-/**
- * Base class for Config and BootstrapConfig.
- * @author Christian Lins
- * @since sonews/0.5.0
- */
-public abstract class AbstractConfig 
-{
-  
-  public abstract String get(String key, String defVal);
-  
-  public int get(final String key, final int defVal)
-  {
-    return Integer.parseInt(
-      get(key, Integer.toString(defVal)));
-  }
-  
-  public boolean get(String key, boolean defVal)
-  {
-    String val = get(key, Boolean.toString(defVal));
-    return Boolean.parseBoolean(val);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns a long config value specified via the given key.
-   * @param key
-   * @param defVal
-   * @return
-   */
-  public long get(String key, long defVal)
-  {
-    String val = get(key, Long.toString(defVal));
-    return Long.parseLong(val);
-  }
-
-  protected abstract void set(String key, String val);
-  
-}