diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/Fallible.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/Fallible.java
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-/**
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you 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 org.apache.hadoop.util;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
-import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
-
-/**
- * Contains either a value of type T, or an IOException.
- *
- * This can be useful as a return value for batch APIs that need granular
- * error reporting.
- */
-@InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate({"HDFS"})
-@InterfaceStability.Unstable
-public class Fallible<T> {
-  private final T val;
-  private final IOException ioe;
-
-  public Fallible(T val) {
-    this.val = val;
-    this.ioe = null;
-  }
-
-  public Fallible(IOException ioe) {
-    this.val = null;
-    this.ioe = ioe;
-  }
-
-  public T get() throws IOException {
-    if (ioe != null) {
-      throw new IOException(ioe);
-    }
-    return this.val;
-  }
-}