diff --git a/genomix/genomix-hadoop/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/genomix/pathmergingh2/ENodeInitialReducer.java b/genomix/genomix-hadoop/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/genomix/pathmergingh2/ENodeInitialReducer.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2012 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- *
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.genomix.pathmergingh2;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import org.apache.hadoop.io.BytesWritable;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapReduceBase;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.OutputCollector;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Reducer;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Reporter;
-import edu.uci.ics.genomix.type.KmerUtil;
-
-@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-public class ENodeInitialReducer extends MapReduceBase implements
-        Reducer<BytesWritable, MergePathValueWritable, BytesWritable, MergePathValueWritable> {
-    public BytesWritable outputKmer = new BytesWritable();
-    public MergePathValueWritable outputAdjList = new MergePathValueWritable();
-    
-    @Override
-    public void reduce(BytesWritable key, Iterator<MergePathValueWritable> values,
-            OutputCollector<BytesWritable, MergePathValueWritable> output, Reporter reporter) throws IOException {
-        outputAdjList = values.next();
-        outputKmer.set(key);
-        if (values.hasNext() == true) {
-            byte bitFlag = outputAdjList.getFlag();
-            bitFlag = (byte) (bitFlag & 0xFE);
-            if (bitFlag == 2) {
-                bitFlag =  (byte) (0x80 | outputAdjList.getFlag());
-                outputAdjList.set(outputAdjList.getAdjBitMap(), bitFlag, null);
-                output.collect(outputKmer, outputAdjList);
-
-            } else {
-                boolean flag = false;
-                while (values.hasNext()) {
-                    outputAdjList = values.next();
-                    if (outputAdjList.getFlag() == 2) {
-                        flag = true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-                if (flag == true) {
-                    bitFlag =  (byte) (0x80 | outputAdjList.getFlag());
-                    outputAdjList.set(outputAdjList.getAdjBitMap(), bitFlag, null);
-                    output.collect(outputKmer, outputAdjList);
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            byte bitFlag = outputAdjList.getFlag();
-            bitFlag = (byte) (bitFlag & 0xFE);
-            if (bitFlag == 2) {
-                bitFlag = 0;
-                outputAdjList.set(outputAdjList.getAdjBitMap(), bitFlag, null);
-                output.collect(outputKmer, outputAdjList);
-            } 
-        }
-    }
-}
-