diff --git a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/container/Container.java b/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/container/Container.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0db93992aff0bf8e9e8edaf1ecdfab9a8fb52d2d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/container/Container.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2007 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.bds.container;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.AbstractDataStructure;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.DataStructureFactory;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.IStorage;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.Version;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.fs.FileStorage;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.hdf5.HDF5Storage;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.UserFailureException;
-
-/**
- * 
- *
- * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
- */
-public class Container
-{
-    private final File baseDir;
-
-    public Container(File baseDir)
-    {
-        assert baseDir != null : "Unspecified base directory.";
-        assert baseDir.isDirectory() : "Is not a directory : " + baseDir.getAbsolutePath();
-        this.baseDir = baseDir;
-    }
-    
-    public AbstractDataStructure load(String name)
-    {
-        IStorage storage = createStorage(name);
-        storage.load();
-        Version version = Version.loadFrom(storage.getRoot());
-        return DataStructureFactory.createDataStructure(storage, version);
-    }
-    
-    private IStorage createStorage(String name)
-    {
-        File file = new File(baseDir, name);
-        if (file.exists() == false)
-        {
-            throw new UserFailureException("No container name '" + name + "' exists in " + baseDir.getAbsolutePath());
-        }
-        if (file.isDirectory())
-        {
-            return new FileStorage(file);
-        }
-        File hdf5File = new File(baseDir, name + ".hdf5");
-        if (hdf5File.exists())
-        {
-            return new HDF5Storage(hdf5File);
-        }
-        throw new UserFailureException("Couldn't found appropriate container named '" + name + "' in "
-                + baseDir.getAbsolutePath());
-        
-    }
-}
diff --git a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/AbstractNode.java b/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/AbstractNode.java
deleted file mode 100644
index befbaa1da9af312a99f584eda60ba33d391129b0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/AbstractNode.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2007 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.bds.fs;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.IDirectory;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.INode;
-
-/**
- * 
- *
- * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
- */
-abstract class AbstractNode implements INode
-{
-    protected final File fileNode;
-
-    AbstractNode(File file)
-    {
-        assert file != null : "Unspecified file";
-        this.fileNode = file;
-    }
-    
-    public String getName()
-    {
-        return fileNode.getName();
-    }
-
-    public IDirectory tryToGetParent()
-    {
-        File dir = fileNode.getParentFile();
-        return dir == null ? null : new Directory(dir);
-    }
-    
-}
diff --git a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/Directory.java b/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/Directory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b7ecbc8c26268d3934424751f36a5bca0c8f6cbd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/Directory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2007 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.bds.fs;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.IDirectory;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.INode;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.EnvironmentFailureException;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.UserFailureException;
-
-/**
- * 
- *
- * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
- */
-class Directory extends AbstractNode implements IDirectory
-{
-    public Directory(File directory)
-    {
-        super(directory);
-        assert directory.isDirectory() : "Not a directory: " + directory.getAbsolutePath();
-    }
-    
-    public INode getNode(String name)
-    {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    public IDirectory appendDirectory(String name)
-    {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    public void appendKeyValuePair(String key, String value)
-    {
-        File file = new File(fileNode, key);
-        try
-        {
-            FileWriter fileWriter = new FileWriter(file);
-            fileWriter.write(value);
-            fileWriter.close();
-        } catch (IOException ex)
-        {
-            file.delete();
-            throw new EnvironmentFailureException("Can not create " + file.getAbsolutePath() + ": " + ex);
-        }
-    }
-
-    public void appendNode(INode node)
-    {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-
-    }
-
-    public void appendRealFile(File file)
-    {
-        File newFile = new File(fileNode, file.getName());
-        if (file.renameTo(newFile) == false)
-        {
-            throw new EnvironmentFailureException("Couldn't move file " + file.getAbsolutePath() + " to "
-                    + fileNode.getAbsolutePath());
-        }
-    }
-
-    public void appendLink(String name, INode node)
-    {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        
-    }
-
-    public Iterator<INode> iterator()
-    {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    public void extractTo(File directory) throws UserFailureException, EnvironmentFailureException
-    {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/FileStorage.java b/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/FileStorage.java
deleted file mode 100644
index aefe534501bb6dc334b11d82e8bfeda9aa480175..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/FileStorage.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2007 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.bds.fs;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.IDirectory;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.IStorage;
-
-/**
- * 
- *
- * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
- */
-public class FileStorage implements IStorage
-{
-    private Directory root;
-
-    public FileStorage(File folder)
-    {
-        root = new Directory(folder);
-    }
-    
-    public IDirectory getRoot()
-    {
-        return root;
-    }
-
-    public void load()
-    {
-    }
-
-    public void save()
-    {
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/Link.java b/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/Link.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 09dc58b4e50ad35385a01b5cedca166ef44e63d0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/Link.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2007 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.bds.fs;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.IDirectory;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.ILink;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.INode;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.EnvironmentFailureException;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.UserFailureException;
-
-/**
- * 
- *
- * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
- */
-class Link implements ILink
-{
-
-    private final String name;
-    private IDirectory parent;
-    private final INode reference;
-
-    Link(String name, INode reference)
-    {
-        this.name = name;
-        this.reference = reference;
-    }
-
-    public String getName()
-    {
-        return name;
-    }
-
-    void setParent(IDirectory parentOrNull)
-    {
-        parent = parentOrNull;
-    }
-    
-    public IDirectory tryToGetParent()
-    {
-        return parent;
-    }
-
-    public INode getReference()
-    {
-        return reference;
-    }
-
-    public void extractTo(File directory) throws UserFailureException, EnvironmentFailureException
-    {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/NodeFactory.java b/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/NodeFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b23c7aa6b4a3c1767e7d8e4b4dbaeacb26198dbf..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/NodeFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2007 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.bds.fs;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.INode;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.EnvironmentFailureException;
-
-/**
- * 
- *
- * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
- */
-class NodeFactory
-{
-    static INode createNode(File file)
-    {
-        assert file != null : "Unspecified node";
-        String absolutePath = file.getAbsolutePath();
-        try
-        {
-            String canonicalPath = file.getCanonicalPath();
-            if (absolutePath.equals(canonicalPath) == false)
-            {
-                return new Link(file.getName(), createNode(new File(canonicalPath)));
-            }
-            if (file.isDirectory())
-            {
-                return new Directory(file);
-            }
-            return new StringFile(file);
-        } catch (IOException ex)
-        {
-            throw new EnvironmentFailureException("Couldn't get canonical path of file " + absolutePath);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/StringFile.java b/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/StringFile.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1061b43852b58a8946c25744fc16f4cbeccb02d1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/fs/StringFile.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2007 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.bds.fs;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.IFile;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.EnvironmentFailureException;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.UserFailureException;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.utilities.FileUtilities;
-
-/**
- * 
- *
- * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
- */
-class StringFile extends AbstractNode implements IFile<String>
-{
-    StringFile(File file)
-    {
-        super(file);
-        assert file.isFile() : "Not a file " + file.getAbsolutePath();
-    }
-    
-    public String getValue()
-    {
-        return FileUtilities.loadToString(fileNode);
-    }
-
-    public void extractTo(File directory) throws UserFailureException, EnvironmentFailureException
-    {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/hdf5/HDF5Storage.java b/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/hdf5/HDF5Storage.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 04c04c6c3bcf508c693cd6dbc398f85837ca57ce..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/hdf5/HDF5Storage.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2007 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.bds.hdf5;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.IDirectory;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.bds.IStorage;
-
-/**
- * 
- *
- * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
- */
-public class HDF5Storage implements IStorage
-{
-    public HDF5Storage(File hdf5File)
-    {
-        assert hdf5File != null : "Unspecified HDF5 file.";
-    }
-    
-    public IDirectory getRoot()
-    {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    public void load()
-    {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-
-    }
-
-    public void save()
-    {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-
-    }
-
-}