diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/compression/tiff/AbstractTiffCompressionMethod.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/compression/tiff/AbstractTiffCompressionMethod.java
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index 40850d973324cff56b77b3713c1da34cfe56e717..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/compression/tiff/AbstractTiffCompressionMethod.java
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@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2008 ETH Zuerich, CISD
- *
- * 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 at
- *
- *      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 ch.systemsx.cisd.common.compression.tiff;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.compression.file.InPlaceCompressionMethod;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exception.ConfigurationFailureException;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exception.EnvironmentFailureException;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.fileconverter.TiffCompressionStrategy;
-
-/**
- * A compression method for TIFF files using an <code>executable</code> utility with an option to
- * specify compression type.
- * 
- * @deprecated Use {@link TiffCompressionStrategy} instead.
- * @author Piotr Buczek
- */
-@Deprecated
-public abstract class AbstractTiffCompressionMethod extends InPlaceCompressionMethod
-{
-
-    abstract protected String getExecutableName();
-
-    abstract protected File getExecutable();
-
-    private final String compressionType;
-
-    public AbstractTiffCompressionMethod(String compressionType)
-    {
-        assert compressionType != null;
-        this.compressionType = compressionType;
-    }
-
-    public String getCompressionType()
-    {
-        return compressionType;
-    }
-
-    public void setCompressionType(String compressionType)
-    {
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    final protected List<String> getAcceptedExtensions()
-    {
-        return Arrays.asList(".tif", ".tiff");
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void check() throws EnvironmentFailureException, ConfigurationFailureException
-    {
-        if (getExecutable() == null)
-        {
-            throw new ConfigurationFailureException("Cannot find executable of the "
-                    + getExecutableName() + " utility.");
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isRemote()
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/compression/tiff/TiffCompressor.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/compression/tiff/TiffCompressor.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 37242443c3382fcdc6f7d962935d72cb51f49f9d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/compression/tiff/TiffCompressor.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2008 ETH Zuerich, CISD
- *
- * 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 at
- *
- *      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 ch.systemsx.cisd.common.compression.tiff;
-
-import java.util.Collection;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.compression.file.Compressor;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.compression.file.FailureRecord;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.compression.file.ICompressionMethod;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exception.EnvironmentFailureException;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.fileconverter.FileConverter;
-
-/**
- * The main class for tiff file compression.
- * 
- * @deprecated Use {@link FileConverter} instead.
- * @author Bernd Rinn
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class TiffCompressor extends Compressor
-{
-    public static void main(String[] args)
-    {
-        if (args.length != 1)
-        {
-            System.err.println("Syntax: TiffCompressor <directory>");
-            System.exit(1);
-        }
-
-        String errorMsgOrNull = tryCompress(args[0]);
-        if (errorMsgOrNull != null)
-        {
-            System.err.print(errorMsgOrNull);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static String tryCompress(String path)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            return compress(path, 1, TiffConvertCompressionMethod.create(null));
-        } catch (InterruptedException ex)
-        {
-            return "Compression was interrupted:" + ex.getMessage();
-        } catch (EnvironmentFailureException ex)
-        {
-            return ex.getMessage();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Compresses files in directory with given <var>path</var> with given tiff
-     * <var>compressionMethod</var>.
-     * 
-     * @param threadsPerProcessor number of threads performing compression per processor (>0)
-     * @return error message or null if no error occurred
-     * @throws InterruptedException if compression was interrupted
-     * @throws EnvironmentFailureException if there is a problem with specified path
-     */
-    public static String compress(String path, int threadsPerProcessor,
-            ICompressionMethod compressionMethod) throws InterruptedException,
-            EnvironmentFailureException
-    {
-        assert path != null;
-        assert compressionMethod != null;
-        assert threadsPerProcessor > 0;
-
-        final StringBuilder errorMsgBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-        final Collection<FailureRecord> failed;
-        failed = start(path, compressionMethod, threadsPerProcessor);
-        if (failed.size() > 0)
-        {
-            errorMsgBuilder.append("The following files could not bee successfully compressed:\n");
-            for (FailureRecord r : failed)
-            {
-                errorMsgBuilder.append(String.format("%s (%s)\n", r.getFailedFile().getName(), r
-                        .getFailureStatus()));
-            }
-            return errorMsgBuilder.toString();
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/compression/tiff/TiffConvertCompressionMethod.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/compression/tiff/TiffConvertCompressionMethod.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 685908053adcd0c7ebaace08d9691a246737cc37..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/compression/tiff/TiffConvertCompressionMethod.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2008 ETH Zuerich, CISD
- *
- * 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 at
- *
- *      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 ch.systemsx.cisd.common.compression.tiff;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.base.utilities.OSUtilities;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.Constants;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exception.ConfigurationFailureException;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exception.EnvironmentFailureException;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.fileconverter.TiffCompressionStrategy;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogInitializer;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.process.ProcessExecutionHelper;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.process.ProcessIOStrategy;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.process.ProcessResult;
-
-/**
- * A compression method for TIFF files using the ImageMagick <code>convert</code> utility with
- * specified compression type parameter (by default: <code>LZW</code>).
- * 
- * @deprecated Use {@link TiffCompressionStrategy} instead.
- * @author Bernd Rinn
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class TiffConvertCompressionMethod extends AbstractTiffCompressionMethod
-{
-
-    private final static String executableName = "convert";
-
-    private final static File executable = OSUtilities.findExecutable(executableName);
-
-    private final static String DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_TYPE = "LZW";
-
-    private static String getImageMagickVersion(String convertExecutableToCheck)
-    {
-        final ProcessResult result =
-                ProcessExecutionHelper.run(Arrays.asList(convertExecutableToCheck, "--version"),
-                        operationLog, machineLog, Constants.MILLIS_TO_WAIT_BEFORE_TIMEOUT,
-                        ProcessIOStrategy.DEFAULT_IO_STRATEGY, true);
-        result.log();
-        final String versionString = extractImageMagickVersion(result.getOutput().get(0));
-        return versionString;
-    }
-
-    private static String extractImageMagickVersion(String imageMagickVersionLine)
-    {
-        if (imageMagickVersionLine.startsWith("Version: ImageMagick") == false)
-        {
-            return null;
-        } else
-        {
-            final String[] versionStringParts = imageMagickVersionLine.split("\\s+");
-            if (versionStringParts.length < 3)
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-            return versionStringParts[2];
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @returns compression method using specified compression type
-     * @param compressionTypeOrNull compression type to use (if <code>null</code> default
-     *            compression type will be used)
-     */
-    public static TiffConvertCompressionMethod create(String compressionTypeOrNull)
-    {
-        return compressionTypeOrNull == null ? new TiffConvertCompressionMethod()
-                : new TiffConvertCompressionMethod(compressionTypeOrNull);
-    }
-
-    /** Constructs compression method using default compression type. */
-    private TiffConvertCompressionMethod()
-    {
-        this(DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_TYPE);
-    }
-
-    /** Constructs compression method using specified <var>compressonType</var>. */
-    private TiffConvertCompressionMethod(String compressionType)
-    {
-        super(compressionType);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected List<String> createCommandLine(File fileToCompress, File inProgressFile)
-    {
-        assert executable != null;
-        assert fileToCompress != null;
-        assert fileToCompress.isFile();
-        assert inProgressFile != null;
-        assert inProgressFile.exists() == false;
-
-        final List<String> parameters =
-                Arrays.asList(executable.getAbsolutePath(), fileToCompress.getAbsolutePath(),
-                        "-compress", getCompressionType(), inProgressFile.getAbsolutePath());
-        return parameters;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void check() throws EnvironmentFailureException, ConfigurationFailureException
-    {
-        super.check();
-        final String imageMagickVersionOrNull = getImageMagickVersion(executable.getAbsolutePath());
-        if (imageMagickVersionOrNull == null)
-        {
-            throw new ConfigurationFailureException("Invalid convert utility");
-        }
-        String[] imageMagickVersionParts = imageMagickVersionOrNull.split("\\.");
-        if (imageMagickVersionParts.length != 3)
-        {
-            throw new ConfigurationFailureException("Invalid convert utility");
-        }
-        final int imageMagickMajorVersion = Integer.parseInt(imageMagickVersionParts[0]);
-        final int imageMagickMinorVersion = Integer.parseInt(imageMagickVersionParts[1]);
-        if (imageMagickMajorVersion < 6 || imageMagickMinorVersion < 2)
-        {
-            throw ConfigurationFailureException.fromTemplate(
-                    "Convert utility is too old (expected: v6.2 or newer, found: v%s)",
-                    imageMagickVersionOrNull);
-        }
-        if (machineLog.isInfoEnabled())
-        {
-            machineLog.info(String.format("Using convert executable '%s', ImageMagick version %s",
-                    executable, imageMagickVersionOrNull));
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static void main(String[] args)
-    {
-        LogInitializer.init();
-        final TiffConvertCompressionMethod compressor = new TiffConvertCompressionMethod();
-        compressor.check();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected File getExecutable()
-    {
-        return executable;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String getExecutableName()
-    {
-        return executableName;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/compression/tiff/TiffCpCompressionMethod.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/compression/tiff/TiffCpCompressionMethod.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c9ddf4163ec56ddc4888f48f8af99ac817405496..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/compression/tiff/TiffCpCompressionMethod.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2008 ETH Zuerich, CISD
- *
- * 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 at
- *
- *      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 ch.systemsx.cisd.common.compression.tiff;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.base.utilities.OSUtilities;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.fileconverter.TiffCompressionStrategy;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogInitializer;
-
-/**
- * A compression method for TIFF files using the <code>tiffcp</code> utility with specified
- * compression type parameter (by default: <code>lzw:2</code>).
- * 
- * @deprecated Use {@link TiffCompressionStrategy} instead.
- * @author Piotr Buczek
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class TiffCpCompressionMethod extends AbstractTiffCompressionMethod
-{
-
-    private final static String executableName = "tiffcp";
-
-    private final static File executable = OSUtilities.findExecutable(executableName);
-
-    private final static String DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_TYPE = "lzw:2";
-
-    /**
-     * @returns compression method using specified compression type
-     * @param compressionTypeOrNull compression type to use (if <code>null</code> default
-     *            compression type will be used)
-     */
-    public static TiffCpCompressionMethod create(String compressionTypeOrNull)
-    {
-        return compressionTypeOrNull == null ? new TiffCpCompressionMethod()
-                : new TiffCpCompressionMethod(compressionTypeOrNull);
-    }
-
-    /** Constructs compression method using default compression type. */
-    private TiffCpCompressionMethod()
-    {
-        this(DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_TYPE);
-    }
-
-    /** Constructs compression method using specified <var>compressonType</var>. */
-    private TiffCpCompressionMethod(String compressionType)
-    {
-        super(compressionType);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected List<String> createCommandLine(File fileToCompress, File inProgressFile)
-    {
-        assert executable != null;
-        assert fileToCompress != null;
-        assert fileToCompress.isFile();
-        assert inProgressFile != null;
-        assert inProgressFile.exists() == false;
-
-        final List<String> parameters =
-                Arrays.asList(executable.getAbsolutePath(), "-c", getCompressionType(),
-                        fileToCompress.getAbsolutePath(), inProgressFile.getAbsolutePath());
-        return parameters;
-    }
-
-    public static void main(String[] args)
-    {
-        LogInitializer.init();
-        final TiffCpCompressionMethod compressor = new TiffCpCompressionMethod();
-        compressor.check();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected File getExecutable()
-    {
-        return executable;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String getExecutableName()
-    {
-        return executableName;
-    }
-
-}