diff --git a/src/qgsdatamanager.cpp b/src/qgsdatamanager.cpp
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-/***************************************************************************
-                          qgsdatamanager.cpp
-                             -------------------
-    begin                : 24, August 2005
-    copyright            : (C) 2005 by Mark Coletti
-    email                : mcoletti -> gmail.com
- ***************************************************************************/
-
-/***************************************************************************
- *                                                                         *
- *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
- *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
- *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
- *                                                                         *
- ***************************************************************************/
-
-#include "qgsdatamanager.h"
-#include "qgsmaplayer.h"
-#include "qgsvectordataprovider.h"
-#include "qgsproviderregistry.h"
-
-
-
-static const char* const ident_ = "$Id$";
-
-
-
-QgsDataManager * QgsDataManager::instance_ = 0x0;
-
-
-QgsDataManager::QgsDataManager()
-{
-} // QgsDataManager ctor
-
-
-
-QgsDataManager::~QgsDataManager()
-{
-  if ( instance_ )
-  {
-    delete instance_;
-  }
-} // QgsDataManager dtor
-
-
-
-
-QgsDataManager &
-QgsDataManager::instance()
-{
-  if ( ! instance_ )
-  {
-    instance_ = new QgsDataManager;
-  }
-  
-  return *instance_;
-} // QgsDataManager::instance()
-
-
-
-bool QgsDataManager::openVector( QString const & name )
-{
-  // find the default provider that can handle the given name
-  
-  // note that we may already have the provider
-  
-  // create a QgsDataSourceLayer for the provider
-  return false;
-} // QgsDataManager::openVector
-
-
-
-bool QgsDataManager::openVector( QString const & name, QgsDataProvider & provider )
-{
-  return false;
-} // QgsDataManager::openVector
-
-
-
-bool QgsDataManager::openRaster( QString const & name )
-{
-  return false;
-} // QgsDataManager::openRaster
-
-
-
-bool QgsDataManager::openRaster( QString const & name, QgsDataProvider & provider )
-{
-  return false;
-} // QgsDataManager::openRaster
-
-