diff --git a/src/helma/xmlrpc/Benchmark.java b/src/helma/xmlrpc/Benchmark.java
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--- a/src/helma/xmlrpc/Benchmark.java
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@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-/** 
- * Copyright 1999 Hannes Wallnoefer
- */
- 
-package helma.xmlrpc;
-
-import java.util.*;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-public class Benchmark implements Runnable {
-
-    XmlRpcClient client;
-    static String url;
-    static int clients = 16;
-    static int loops = 100;
-
-    int gCalls = 0, gErrors = 0;
-
-    Date date;
-    
-    public Benchmark () throws Exception {
-	client = new XmlRpcClientLite (url);
-	
-	Vector args = new Vector ();
-	// Some JITs (Symantec, IBM) have problems with several Threads
-	// starting all at the same time.
-	// This initial XML-RPC call seems to pacify them.
-    	args.addElement (new Integer (123));
-	client.execute ("math.abs", args);
-	date = new Date ();
-	date = new Date ((date.getTime()/1000)*1000);
-	
-    	for (int i=0; i<clients; i++) 
-	    new Thread (this).start ();
-    }
-    
-    public void run () {
-	int errors = 0;
-	int calls = 0;
-	long start = System.currentTimeMillis ();
-	try {
-	    int val = (int) (-100 * Math.random ());
-	    Vector args = new Vector ();
-
-	    // ECHO STRING
-	    // args.addElement (Integer.toString (val));
-	    // ABS INT
-	    args.addElement (new Integer (val));
-	    // ECHO DATE
-	    // args.addElement (date);
-
-	    for (int i=0; i<loops; i++) {
-
-	        // ABS INT
-	        Integer ret = (Integer) client.execute ("math.abs", args);
-	        // ECHO
-	        // Vector v = (Vector) client.execute ("echo", args);
-	        // ECHO DATE
-	        // Date d = (Date) v.elementAt (0);
-
-	        // ABS INT
-	        if (ret.intValue () != Math.abs (val)) {
-	        // ECHO DATE
-	        // if (date.getTime() !=  d.getTime()) {
-	        // ECHO STRING
-	        // if (!Integer.toString(val).equals (v.elementAt (0))) {
-	            errors += 1;
-	        }
-	        calls += 1;
-	    }
-	} catch (IOException x) {
-	    System.err.println ("Exception in client: "+x);
-	    x.printStackTrace ();
-	} catch (XmlRpcException x) {
-	    System.err.println ("Server reported error: "+x);
-	} catch (Exception other) {
-	    System.err.println ("Exception in Benchmark client: "+other);
-	}
-	int millis = (int) (System.currentTimeMillis () - start);
-	checkout (calls, errors, millis);
-    }
-
-    private synchronized void checkout (int calls, int errors, int millis) {
-	clients--;	
-	gCalls += calls;
-	gErrors += errors;
-	System.err.println ("Benchmark thread finished: "+calls+" calls, "+errors+" errors in "+millis+" milliseconds.");
-	if (clients == 0) {
-	    System.err.println ("");
-	    System.err.println ("Benchmark result: "+(1000*gCalls/millis)+" calls per second.");
-	}
-    }
-    
-    public static void main (String args[]) throws Exception {
-    	if (args.length > 0 && args.length < 3) {
-    	    url = args[0];
-	    XmlRpc.setKeepAlive (true);
-    	    if (args.length == 2)
-    	        XmlRpc.setDriver (args[1]);
-    	    new Benchmark ();
-    	} else {
-	    System.err.println ("Usage: java helma.xmlrpc.Benchmark URL [SAXDriver]");
-	}
-    }
-    
-}