diff --git a/library/log4php/LoggerRoot.php b/library/log4php/LoggerRoot.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
- */
-
-/**
- * The root logger.
- *
- * @version $Revision: 1343190 $
- * @package log4php
- * @see Logger
- */
-class LoggerRoot extends Logger {
-    /**
-     * Constructor
-     *
-     * @param integer $level initial log level
-     */
-    public function __construct(LoggerLevel $level = null) {
-        parent::__construct('root');
-
-        if ($level == null) {
-            $level = LoggerLevel::getLevelAll();
-        }
-        $this->setLevel($level);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return LoggerLevel the level
-     */
-    public function getEffectiveLevel() {
-        return $this->getLevel();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Override level setter to prevent setting the root logger's level to
-     * null. Root logger must always have a level.
-     *
-     * @param LoggerLevel $level
-     */
-    public function setLevel(LoggerLevel $level = null) {
-        if (isset($level)) {
-            parent::setLevel($level);
-        } else {
-            trigger_error("log4php: Cannot set LoggerRoot level to null.", E_USER_WARNING);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Override parent setter. Root logger cannot have a parent.
-     * @param Logger $parent
-     */
-    public function setParent(Logger $parent) {
-        trigger_error("log4php: LoggerRoot cannot have a parent.", E_USER_WARNING);
-    }
-}