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-/*
- * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
- * reserved.
- *
- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- * are met:
- *
- * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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- *
- * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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- *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- *    distribution.
- *
- * 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution,
- *    if any, must include the following acknowledgment:
- *       "This product includes software developed by the
- *        Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/)."
- *    Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself,
- *    if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear.
- *
- * 4. The names "Xerces" and "Apache Software Foundation" must
- *    not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
- *    software without prior written permission. For written
- *    permission, please contact apache\@apache.org.
- *
- * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "Apache",
- *    nor may "Apache" appear in their name, without prior written
- *    permission of the Apache Software Foundation.
- *
- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
- * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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- * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
- * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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- * ====================================================================
- *
- * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
- * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation, and was
- * originally based on software copyright (c) 1999, International
- * Business Machines, Inc., http://www.ibm.com .  For more information
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- */
-
-/*
- * $Log$
- * Revision 1.1  2002/12/02 20:42:30  tng
- * [Bug 12490] Patches required to build Xerces-C++ on BeOS R5.  Patch from Andrew Bachmann.
- *
- *
- */
-
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//  BeOS runs in little endian mode
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#define ENDIANMODE_LITTLE
-typedef void* FileHandle;
-
-#ifndef BEOS
-#define BEOS
-#endif