diff --git a/library/log4php/LoggerReflectionUtils.php b/library/log4php/LoggerReflectionUtils.php
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-<?php
-/**
- * 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 log4php
- */
-
-/**
- * Provides methods for reflective use on php objects
- * @package log4php
- */
-class LoggerReflectionUtils {
-    /** the target object */
-    private $obj;
-
-    /**
-     * Create a new LoggerReflectionUtils for the specified Object.
-     * This is done in prepartion for invoking {@link setProperty()}
-     * one or more times.
-     * @param object &$obj the object for which to set properties
-     */
-    public function __construct($obj) {
-        $this->obj = $obj;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Set the properties of an object passed as a parameter in one
-     * go. The <code>properties</code> are parsed relative to a
-     * <code>prefix</code>.
-     *
-     * @param object $obj The object to configure.
-     * @param array $properties An array containing keys and values.
-     * @param string $prefix Only keys having the specified prefix will be set.
-     */
-    // TODO: check, if this is really useful
-    public static function setPropertiesByObject($obj, $properties, $prefix) {
-        $pSetter = new LoggerReflectionUtils($obj);
-        return $pSetter->setProperties($properties, $prefix);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Set the properites for the object that match the
-     * <code>prefix</code> passed as parameter.
-     *
-     * Example:
-     *
-     * $arr['xxxname'] = 'Joe';
-     * $arr['xxxmale'] = true;
-     * and prefix xxx causes setName and setMale.
-     *
-     * @param array $properties An array containing keys and values.
-     * @param string $prefix Only keys having the specified prefix will be set.
-     */
-    public function setProperties($properties, $prefix) {
-        $len = strlen($prefix);
-        reset($properties);
-        while (list($key,) = each($properties)) {
-            if (strpos($key, $prefix) === 0) {
-                if (strpos($key, '.', ($len + 1)) > 0) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                $value = $properties[$key];
-                $key = substr($key, $len);
-                if ($key == 'layout' and ($this->obj instanceof LoggerAppender)) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                $this->setProperty($key, $value);
-            }
-        }
-        $this->activate();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Set a property on this PropertySetter's Object. If successful, this
-     * method will invoke a setter method on the underlying Object. The
-     * setter is the one for the specified property name and the value is
-     * determined partly from the setter argument type and partly from the
-     * value specified in the call to this method.
-     *
-     * <p>If the setter expects a String no conversion is necessary.
-     * If it expects an int, then an attempt is made to convert 'value'
-     * to an int using new Integer(value). If the setter expects a boolean,
-     * the conversion is by new Boolean(value).
-     *
-     * @param string $name name of the property
-     * @param string $value String value of the property
-     */
-    public function setProperty($name, $value) {
-        if ($value === null) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        $method = "set" . ucfirst($name);
-
-        if (!method_exists($this->obj, $method)) {
-            throw new Exception("Error setting log4php property $name to $value: no method $method in class " . get_class($this->obj) . "!");
-        } else {
-            return call_user_func(array($this->obj, $method), $value);
-        }
-    }
-
-    public function activate() {
-        if (method_exists($this->obj, 'activateoptions')) {
-            return call_user_func(array($this->obj, 'activateoptions'));
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates an instances from the given class name.
-     *
-     * @param string $classname
-     * @return an object from the class with the given classname
-     */
-    public static function createObject($class) {
-        if (!empty($class)) {
-            return new $class();
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param object $object
-     * @param string $name
-     * @param mixed $value
-     */
-    public static function setter($object, $name, $value) {
-        if (empty($name)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        $methodName = 'set' . ucfirst($name);
-        if (method_exists($object, $methodName)) {
-            return call_user_func(array($object, $methodName), $value);
-        } else {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-}