diff --git a/proposal/sandbox/input/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/input/SwingInputHandler.java b/proposal/sandbox/input/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/input/SwingInputHandler.java
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-/*
- * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
- *
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- *    Alternately, this acknowlegement may appear in the software itself,
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- * 4. The names "The Jakarta Project", "Ant", and "Apache Software
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- */
-
-package org.apache.tools.ant.input;
-
-import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
-
-import javax.swing.*;
-import java.awt.*;
-import java.awt.event.*;
-import java.util.Vector;
-
-/**
- * Very, very, very simplistic GUI input handler, nothing more than a
- * proof of concept.
- *
- * <p>I don't intend to commit this to the main branch if my proposal
- * should get accepted.</p>
- *
- * <p>I guess I can use this code to demonstrate why nobody should
- * hire me to do GUI stuff 8-)</p>
- *
- * @author <a href="mailto:stefan.bodewig@epost.de">Stefan Bodewig</a>
- * @version $Revision$
- */
-public class SwingInputHandler implements InputHandler {
-
-    private Component inputComponent;
-    private boolean done = false;
-
-    public SwingInputHandler() {
-    }
-
-    public synchronized void handleInput(final InputRequest request) 
-        throws BuildException {
-        final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
-        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
-        Container cp = frame.getContentPane();
-        cp.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
-        
-        JPanel p = new JPanel();
-        p.setLayout(new BoxLayout(p, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
-        p.add(new JLabel(request.getPrompt()));
-        if (request instanceof MultipleChoiceInputRequest) {
-            JComboBox c = new JComboBox(((MultipleChoiceInputRequest) request).getChoices());
-            c.setEditable(false);
-            p.add(c);
-            inputComponent = c;
-        } else {
-            p.add((inputComponent = new JTextField(20)));
-        }
-        
-        cp.add(p, BorderLayout.CENTER);
-        JButton button = new JButton("OK");
-        button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
-                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-                    request.setInput(getInput());
-                    frame.dispose();
-                    synchronized (SwingInputHandler.this) {
-                        SwingInputHandler.this.done = true;
-                        SwingInputHandler.this.notifyAll();
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-        cp.add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
-        frame.pack();
-        frame.show();
-
-        while (!done) {
-            try {
-                wait();
-            } catch (InterruptedException e) {}
-        }
-        done = false;
-    }
-
-    private String getInput() {
-        if (inputComponent instanceof JTextField) {
-            return ((JTextField) inputComponent).getText();
-        } else {
-            return ((JComboBox) inputComponent).getSelectedItem().toString();
-        }
-    }
-}