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-/*! @license
- * Shaka Player
- * Copyright 2016 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-/**
- * @fileoverview Externs for SVGElement which are missing from the Closure
- * compiler.
- *
- * @externs
- */
-
-// Right now, we only use SVGElement in an instanceof check, so we just declare
-// the type with nothing on it.
-
-/** @constructor */
-function SVGElement() {}