diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/EventReaderDeserializer.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/EventReaderDeserializer.java
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-package org.springframework.batch.item.xml;
-
-import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventReader;
-
-/**
- * Deserializes XML fragment to domain object. 
- * XML fragment is a standalone XML document corresponding to a single record.
- * 
- * @author Robert Kasanicky
- */
-public interface EventReaderDeserializer<T> {
-
-	T deserializeFragment(XMLEventReader eventReader);
-}
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/EventWriterSerializer.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/EventWriterSerializer.java
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-package org.springframework.batch.item.xml;
-
-import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventWriter;
-
-/**
- * Interface wrapping the serialization of an object
- * to xml.  Primarily useful for abstracting how an object
- * is serialized to an XMLEvent from a specific marshaller.
- *
- * @author Lucas Ward
- *
- */
-public interface EventWriterSerializer<T> {
-
-	/**
-	 * Serialize an Object.
-	 *
-	 * @param output
-	 */
-	void serializeObject(XMLEventWriter writer, T output);
-}