diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/validator/impl/URIValidator.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/validator/impl/URIValidator.java
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--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/validator/impl/URIValidator.java
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-/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
-
-package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.edit.validator.impl;
-
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.validator.ValidationObject;
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.WebappDaoFactory;
-
-public class URIValidator {
-
-	private WebappDaoFactory wadf = null;
-	
-	public URIValidator(WebappDaoFactory wadf) {
-		this.wadf = wadf;
-	}
-	
-	public ValidationObject validate (Object obj) throws IllegalArgumentException {
-		ValidationObject vo = new ValidationObject();
-		
-		if (obj != null && obj instanceof String) {
-			String errMsg = wadf.checkURI((String)obj);
-			if (errMsg != null) {
-				vo.setValid(false);
-				vo.setMessage(errMsg);
-			} else {
-				vo.setValid(true);
-			}
-		} else {
-			vo.setValid(false);
-			vo.setMessage("Please enter a URI");
-		}
-		
-		vo.setValidatedObject(obj);
-		
-		return vo;
-	}
-	
-}