diff --git a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JobInstanceFilter.java b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JobInstanceFilter.java
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-package org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobInstance;
-import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.JobIdentifier;
-
-/**
- * Shared utility class for {@link JobDao} implementations to allow a
- * {@link JobInstance} to be identified from its {@link JobIdentifier}.
- * 
- * @author Dave Syer
- * 
- */
-class JobInstanceFilter {
-
-	/**
-	 * Filter the list and pull out a {@link JobInstance} with the supplied
-	 * identifier.
-	 * 
-	 * @param instances
-	 *            a collection of {@link JobInstance}
-	 * @param identifier
-	 *            the required {@link JobIdentifier}
-	 * @return another collection of {@link JobInstance}, all matching the the
-	 *         given {@link JobIdentifier}
-	 */
-	public List filter(List instances, JobIdentifier identifier) {
-		List result = new ArrayList();
-		for (Iterator iterator = instances.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
-			JobInstance job = (JobInstance) iterator.next();
-			if (job.getIdentifier().equals(identifier)) {
-				result.add(job);
-			}
-		}
-		return result;
-	}
-}