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017    
018    package org.apache.commons.configuration;
019    
020    /**
021     * A specialized hierarchical configuration class that is able to parse XML
022     * documents.
023     *
024     * <p>The parsed document will be stored keeping its structure. The contained
025     * properties can be accessed using all methods supported by the base class
026     * <code>HierarchicalConfiguration</code>.
027     *
028     * @since commons-configuration 1.0
029     *
030     * @author J&ouml;rg Schaible
031     * @author Oliver Heger
032     * @version $Revision: 439648 $, $Date: 2006-09-02 22:42:10 +0200 (Sa, 02. Sep 2006) $
033     * @deprecated This class is deprecated. Use <code>XMLConfiguration</code>
034     * instead, which supports all features this class had offered before.
035     */
036    public class HierarchicalXMLConfiguration extends XMLConfiguration
037    {
038        /**
039         * The serial version UID.
040         */
041        private static final long serialVersionUID = 5597530014798917521L;
042    }