diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/util/BoundedHashMap.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/util/BoundedHashMap.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 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.integration.util;
-
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
-
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-
-/**
- * A Map implementation that enforces the specified capacity.
- *  
- * @author Mark Fisher
- */
-public class BoundedHashMap<K, V> extends LinkedHashMap<K, V> {
-
-	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(BoundedHashMap.class);
-
-	private final int capacity;
-
-
-	public BoundedHashMap(int capacity) {
-		Assert.isTrue(capacity > 0, "capacity must be a positive value");
-		this.capacity = capacity;
-	}
-
-
-	@Override
-	protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Entry<K, V> eldest) {
-		boolean shouldRemove = this.size() > this.capacity;
-		if (shouldRemove && logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-			logger.debug("removing eldest entry from BoundedHashMap with capacity of " + this.capacity);
-		}
-		return shouldRemove;
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/util/BoundedHashMapTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/util/BoundedHashMapTests.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 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.integration.util;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-/**
- * @author Mark Fisher
- */
-public class BoundedHashMapTests {
-
-	@Test
-	public void testCapacityEnforced() {
-		BoundedHashMap<String, Integer> map = new BoundedHashMap<String, Integer>(3);
-		map.put("A", 1);
-		map.put("B", 2);
-		map.put("C", 3);
-		assertEquals(3, map.size());
-		assertTrue(map.containsKey("A"));
-		assertTrue(map.containsKey("B"));
-		assertTrue(map.containsKey("C"));
-		map.put("D", 4);
-		assertEquals(3, map.size());
-		assertFalse(map.containsKey("A"));
-		assertTrue(map.containsKey("B"));
-		assertTrue(map.containsKey("C"));
-		assertTrue(map.containsKey("D"));
-	}
-
-}