diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/utils/StringUtils.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/utils/StringUtils.java
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-/*
- * SIP Communicator, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
- *
- * Distributable under LGPL license.
- * See terms of license at gnu.org.
- */
-
-package net.java.sip.communicator.impl.gui.utils;
-
-import java.awt.*;
-import javax.swing.*;
-/**
- * The <tt>StringUtils</tt> class is used through this ui implementation for
- * some special operations with strings.
- * 
- * @author Yana Stamcheva
- */
-public class StringUtils {
-
-    /**
-     * Replaces some chars that are special in a regular expression.
-     * @param text The initial text.
-     * @return the formatted text
-     */
-    public static String replaceSpecialRegExpChars(String text) {
-        return text.replaceAll("([.()^&$*|])", "\\\\$1");
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the width in pixels of a text.
-     * @param c the component where the text is contained
-     * @param text the text to measure
-     * @return the width in pixels of a text.
-     */
-    public static int getStringWidth(Component c, String text) {
-        return SwingUtilities.computeStringWidth(c
-                .getFontMetrics(Constants.FONT), text);
-    }
-}