diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/comparators/NumericStringComparator.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/comparators/NumericStringComparator.java
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--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/comparators/NumericStringComparator.java
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-package org.apache.commons.collections.comparators;
-
-/* ====================================================================
- * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2001 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
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *
- * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- *    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 "Apache" and "Apache Software Foundation" and
- *    "Apache Commons" 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",
- *    "Apache Turbine", 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
- * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
- * DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION OR
- * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
- * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
- * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
- * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
- * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
- * SUCH DAMAGE.
- * ====================================================================
- *
- * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
- * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
- * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
- * <http://www.apache.org/>.
- */
-
-import java.util.Comparator;
-
-/**
- * A Comparator which deals with alphabet characters 'naturally', but 
- * deals with numerics numerically. Leading 0's are ignored numerically,
- * but do come into play if the number is equal. Thus aaa119yyyy comes before 
- * aaa0119xxxx regardless of x or y.
- *
- * The comparison should be very performant as it only ever deals with 
- * issues at a character level and never tries to consider the 
- * numerics as numbers.
- *
- * @author bayard@generationjava.com
- * @version $Id: NumericStringComparator.java,v 1.1 2002/02/26 22:42:31 morgand Exp $
- */
-public class NumericStringComparator implements Comparator {
-
-    public NumericStringComparator() {
-    }
-
-    public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
-        if(o1 == null) {
-            return 1;
-        } else
-        if(o2 == null) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-
-        String s1 = o1.toString();
-        String s2 = o2.toString();
-
-        // find the first digit.
-        int idx1 = getFirstDigitIndex(s1);
-        int idx2 = getFirstDigitIndex(s2);
-
-        if( ( idx1 == -1 )   || 
-            ( idx2 == -1 ) ||
-            ( !s1.substring(0,idx1).equals(s2.substring(0,idx2)) )
-          )
-        {
-            return s1.compareTo(s2);
-        }
-
-        // find the last digit
-        int edx1 = getLastDigitIndex(s1, idx1);
-        int edx2 = getLastDigitIndex(s2, idx2);
-
-        String sub1 = null;
-        String sub2 = null;
-
-        if(edx1 == -1) {
-            sub1 = s1.substring(idx1);
-        } else {
-            sub1 = s1.substring(idx1, edx1);
-        }
-
-        if(edx2 == -1) {
-            sub2 = s2.substring(idx2);
-        } else {
-            sub2 = s2.substring(idx2, edx2);
-        }
-
-        // deal with zeros at start of each number
-        int zero1 = countZeroes(sub1);
-        int zero2 = countZeroes(sub2);
-
-        sub1 = sub1.substring(zero1);
-        sub2 = sub2.substring(zero2);
-
-        // if equal, then recurse with the rest of the string
-        // need to deal with zeroes so that 00119 appears after 119
-        if(sub1.equals(sub2)) {
-            int ret = 0;
-            if(zero1 > zero2) {
-                ret = 1;
-            } else
-            if(zero1 < zero2) {
-                ret = -1;
-            }
-            if(edx1 != -1) {
-                int comp = compare(s1.substring(edx1), s2.substring(edx2));
-                if(comp != 0) {
-                    ret = comp;
-                }
-            }
-            return ret;
-        } else {
-            // if a numerical string is smaller in length than another
-            // then it must be less. 
-            if(sub1.length() != sub2.length()) {
-                return ( sub1.length() < sub2.length() ) ? -1 : 1;
-            }
-        }
-
-
-        // now we get to do the string based numerical thing :)
-        // going to assume that the individual character for the 
-        // number has the right order. ie) '9' > '0'
-        // possibly bad in i18n.
-        char[] chr1 = sub1.toCharArray();
-        char[] chr2 = sub2.toCharArray();
-
-        int sz = chr1.length;
-        for(int i=0; i<sz; i++) {
-            // this should give better speed
-            if(chr1[i] != chr2[i]) {
-                return (chr1[i] < chr2[i]) ? -1 : 1;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    /// TODO: Consider moving these to a lang helper class.
-    private int getFirstDigitIndex(String str) {
-        return getFirstDigitIndex(str, 0);
-    }
-    private int getFirstDigitIndex(String str, int start) {
-        return getFirstDigitIndex(str.toCharArray(), start);
-    }
-    // Get the index of the first digit (number) in the array 
-    // of characters, starting at the specified digit.
-    private int getFirstDigitIndex(char[] chrs, int start) {
-        int sz = chrs.length;
-
-        for(int i=start; i<sz; i++) {
-            if(Character.isDigit(chrs[i])) {
-                return i;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    private int getLastDigitIndex(String str, int start) {
-        return getLastDigitIndex(str.toCharArray(), start);
-    }
-    // Get the index of the digit at the end of a collection 
-    // of digit characters in a character array, starting 
-    // at the provided start index.
-    private int getLastDigitIndex(char[] chrs, int start) {
-        int sz = chrs.length;
-
-        for(int i=start; i<sz; i++) {
-            if(!Character.isDigit(chrs[i])) {
-                return i;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    public int countZeroes(String str) {
-        int count = 0;
-
-        // assuming str is small...
-        for(int i=0; i<str.length(); i++) {
-            if(str.charAt(i) == '0') {
-                count++;
-            } else {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return count;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/comparators/UrlComparator.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/comparators/UrlComparator.java
deleted file mode 100644
index dc546792b..000000000
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/comparators/UrlComparator.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.commons.collections.comparators;
-
-/* ====================================================================
- * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2001 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
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *
- * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- *    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 "Apache" and "Apache Software Foundation" and
- *    "Apache Commons" 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",
- *    "Apache Turbine", 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
- * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
- * DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION OR
- * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
- * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
- * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
- * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
- * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
- * SUCH DAMAGE.
- * ====================================================================
- *
- * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
- * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
- * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
- * <http://www.apache.org/>.
- */
-
-import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.net.URL;
-
-/**
- * Compares URLs. Initially ignores protocol, so 
- * ftp://sun.com and * http://sun.com will compare 
- * near each other. Also pays attention to ports last, so 
- * http://www:8080/index.html and http://www/index.html 
- * will sort near each other.
- *
- * @author bayard@generationjava.com
- * @version $Id: UrlComparator.java,v 1.1 2002/02/26 22:42:31 morgand Exp $
- */
-public class UrlComparator implements Comparator {
-
-    public UrlComparator() {
-    }
-
-    public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
-        if( (o1 instanceof URL) && (o2 instanceof URL)) {
-            URL u1 = (URL)o1;
-            URL u2 = (URL)o2;
-            int ret = 0;
-
-            ret = u1.getHost().compareTo(u2.getHost());
-            if(ret != 0) {
-                return ret;
-            }
-
-            ret = u1.getPath().compareTo(u2.getPath());
-            if(ret != 0) {
-                return ret;
-            }
-
-            ret = u1.getProtocol().compareTo(u2.getProtocol());
-            if(ret != 0) {
-                return ret;
-            }
-
-            if(u1.getPort() < u2.getPort()) {
-                return -1;
-            } else
-            if(u1.getPort() < u2.getPort()) {
-                return 1;
-            }
-
-        }
-
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-}