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-// Copyright (c) 1997  INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France).
-// All rights reserved.
-//
-// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org).
-//
-// $URL$
-// $Id$
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Commercial
-//
-//
-// Author(s)     : Tran Kai Frank DA <Frank.Da@sophia.inria.fr>
-//                 Andreas Fabri <Andreas.Fabri@geometryfactory.com>
-
-#ifndef CGAL_ALPHA_SHAPE_EUCLIDEAN_TRAITS_H
-#define CGAL_ALPHA_SHAPE_EUCLIDEAN_TRAITS_H
-
-#include <CGAL/license/Alpha_shapes_2.h>
-
-
-
-namespace CGAL {
-
-template < class R >
-class Alpha_shape_euclidean_traits_2 : public R
-{};
-
-} //namespace CGAL
-
-#endif