diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VirtualFileListenerBase.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VirtualFileListenerBase.java
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--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VirtualFileListenerBase.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2009 JetBrains s.r.o.
- *
- * 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 com.intellij.openapi.vfs;
-
-@Deprecated
-/**
- * use {@link com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFileAdapter} instead
- */
-public class VirtualFileListenerBase implements VirtualFileListener{
-  public void propertyChanged(VirtualFilePropertyEvent event) {}
-  public void contentsChanged(VirtualFileEvent event) {}
-  public void fileCreated(VirtualFileEvent event) {}
-  public void fileDeleted(VirtualFileEvent event) {}
-  public void fileMoved(VirtualFileMoveEvent event) {}
-  public void beforePropertyChange(VirtualFilePropertyEvent event) {}
-  public void beforeContentsChange(VirtualFileEvent event) {}
-  public void beforeFileDeletion(VirtualFileEvent event) {}
-  public void fileCopied(final VirtualFileCopyEvent event) {
-    fileCreated(event);
-  }
-
-  public void beforeFileMovement(VirtualFileMoveEvent event) {}
-}