diff --git a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkExceptionTranslator.java b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkExceptionTranslator.java
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index 6bfcf16983..0000000000
--- a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkExceptionTranslator.java
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@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
- *
- * 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 org.springframework.orm.eclipselink;
-
-import org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.EclipseLinkException;
-import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
-import org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslator;
-
-/**
- * {@link PersistenceExceptionTranslator} capable of translating {@link EclipseLinkException}
- * instances to Spring's {@link DataAccessException} hierarchy.
- *
- * @author Jan Stamer
- * @since 4.1
- * @see org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor
- */
-public class EclipseLinkExceptionTranslator implements PersistenceExceptionTranslator {
-
- public DataAccessException translateExceptionIfPossible(RuntimeException ex) {
- if (ex instanceof EclipseLinkException) {
- return convertEclipseLinkAccessException((EclipseLinkException) ex);
- }
- return null;
- }
-
- /**
- * Convert the given EclipseLinkException to an appropriate exception from
- * the {@code org.springframework.dao} hierarchy.
- * @param ex EclipseLinkException that occurred
- * @return a corresponding DataAccessException
- * @see EclipseLinkUtils#convertEclipseLinkAccessException
- */
- protected DataAccessException convertEclipseLinkAccessException(EclipseLinkException ex) {
- return EclipseLinkUtils.convertEclipseLinkAccessException(ex);
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkSystemException.java b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkSystemException.java
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index 4392b3de20..0000000000
--- a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkSystemException.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
- *
- * 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 org.springframework.orm.eclipselink;
-
-import org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.EclipseLinkException;
-import org.springframework.dao.UncategorizedDataAccessException;
-
-/**
- * EclipseLink-specific subclass of UncategorizedDataAccessException, for
- * EclipseLink system errors that do not match any concrete
- * org.springframework.dao exceptions.
- *
- * @author Jan Stamer
- * @since 4.1
- * @see EclipseLinkUtils#convertEclipseLinkAccessException(EclipseLinkException)
- */
-@SuppressWarnings("serial")
-public class EclipseLinkSystemException extends UncategorizedDataAccessException {
-
- /**
- * Create a new HibernateSystemException, wrapping an arbitrary
- * {@link EclipseLinkException}.
- * @param cause the HibernateException thrown
- */
- public EclipseLinkSystemException(EclipseLinkException cause) {
- super(cause != null ? cause.getMessage() : null, cause);
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkUtils.java b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d5e9cef05..0000000000
--- a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
- *
- * 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 org.springframework.orm.eclipselink;
-
-import org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.EclipseLinkException;
-import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
-
-/**
- * Helper class featuring methods for Eclipse Link. Also provides support for
- * exception translation.
- *
- * @author Jan Stamer
- * @since 3.2
- */
-public abstract class EclipseLinkUtils {
-
- /**
- * Convert the given EclipseLinkException to an appropriate exception from
- * the org.springframework.dao hierarchy.
- * @param ex EclipseLinkException that occurred
- * @return the corresponding DataAccessException instance
- * @see EclipseLinkExceptionTranslator#convertEclipseLinkAccessException(EclipseLinkException)
- */
- public static DataAccessException convertEclipseLinkAccessException(EclipseLinkException ex) {
- return new EclipseLinkSystemException(ex);
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-orm/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkExceptionTranslatorTests.java b/spring-orm/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkExceptionTranslatorTests.java
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index 397c456222..0000000000
--- a/spring-orm/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkExceptionTranslatorTests.java
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@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
- *
- * 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 org.springframework.orm.eclipselink;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
-import org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.DatabaseException;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-/**
- * @author Jan Stamer
- */
-public class EclipseLinkExceptionTranslatorTests {
-
- @Test
- public void wrongException() {
- EclipseLinkExceptionTranslator exceptionTranslator = new EclipseLinkExceptionTranslator();
- assertNull(exceptionTranslator.translateExceptionIfPossible(new IllegalArgumentException()));
- }
-
- @SuppressWarnings("ThrowableResultOfMethodCallIgnored")
- @Test
- public void eclipseLinkException() {
- EclipseLinkExceptionTranslator exceptionTranslator = new EclipseLinkExceptionTranslator();
- assertNotNull(exceptionTranslator.translateExceptionIfPossible(DatabaseException.databaseAccessorNotConnected()));
- assertNotNull(exceptionTranslator.translateExceptionIfPossible(
- DatabaseException.databaseAccessorNotConnected()));
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-orm/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkSystemExceptionTests.java b/spring-orm/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkSystemExceptionTests.java
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index 0774dac0fe..0000000000
--- a/spring-orm/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkSystemExceptionTests.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
- *
- * 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 org.springframework.orm.eclipselink;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
-import org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.DatabaseException;
-import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-/**
- * @author Jan Stamer
- */
-@SuppressWarnings("serial")
-public class EclipseLinkSystemExceptionTests {
-
- @Test
- public void withNull() {
- EclipseLinkSystemException exception = new EclipseLinkSystemException(null);
- assertNull(exception.getCause());
- assertNull(exception.getMessage());
- }
-
- @Test
- public void createWithCause() {
- DatabaseException dbExceptionWithCause = new DatabaseException("my custom exception cause") {
- };
- EclipseLinkSystemException elSystemException = new EclipseLinkSystemException(dbExceptionWithCause);
- assertEquals(dbExceptionWithCause, elSystemException.getCause());
- assertTrue(elSystemException.getMessage().contains("my custom exception cause"));
- }
-
- @Test
- public void createWithNullCause() throws HibernateException {
- DatabaseException dbExceptionWithCause = new DatabaseException((String) null) {
- };
- EclipseLinkSystemException elSystemException = new EclipseLinkSystemException(dbExceptionWithCause);
- assertEquals(dbExceptionWithCause, elSystemException.getCause());
- assertTrue(elSystemException.getMessage().contains("null"));
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-orm/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkUtilsTests.java b/spring-orm/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkUtilsTests.java
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index fa9d804efd..0000000000
--- a/spring-orm/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/eclipselink/EclipseLinkUtilsTests.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
- *
- * 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 org.springframework.orm.eclipselink;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
-import org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.DatabaseException;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-/**
- * @author Jan Stamer
- */
-public class EclipseLinkUtilsTests {
-
- @Test
- public void withNull() {
- assertNotNull(EclipseLinkUtils.convertEclipseLinkAccessException(null));
- }
-
- @Test
- public void testWithEclipseLinkException() {
- assertNotNull(EclipseLinkUtils.convertEclipseLinkAccessException(
- DatabaseException.databaseAccessorNotConnected()));
- }
-
-}