diff --git a/examples/format/app.js b/examples/format/app.js
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-
-/**
- * Module dependencies.
- */
-
-var express = require('../../');
-
-var app = module.exports = express();
-
-// Fake items
-
-var items = [
-    { name: 'foo' }
-  , { name: 'bar' }
-  , { name: 'baz' }
-];
-
-// Routes
-
-app.get('/', function(req, res, next){
-  res.statusCode = 200;
-  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
-  res.write('<p>Visit /item/2</p>');
-  res.write('<p>Visit /item/2.json</p>');
-  res.write('<p>Visit /item/2.xml</p>');
-  res.end();
-});
-
-app.get('/item/:id.:format?', function(req, res, next){
-  var id = req.params.id
-    , format = req.params.format
-    , item = items[id];
-  // Ensure item exists
-  if (item) {
-    // Serve the format
-    switch (format) {
-      case 'json':
-        // Detects json
-        res.send(item);
-        break;
-      case 'xml':
-        // Set contentType as xml then sends
-        // the string
-        var xml = ''
-          + '<items>'
-          + '<item>' + item.name + '</item>'
-          + '</items>';
-        res.type('xml').send(xml);
-        break;
-      case 'html':
-      default:
-        // By default send some hmtl
-        res.send('<h1>' + item.name + '</h1>');
-    }
-  } else {
-    // We could simply pass route control and potentially 404
-    // by calling next(), or pass an exception like below.
-    next(new Error('Item ' + id + ' does not exist'));
-  }
-});
-
-// Middleware
-
-app.use(express.errorHandler());
-
-if (!module.parent) {
-  app.listen(3000);
-  silent || console.log('Express started on port 3000');
-}
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