diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/ItemSet.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/ItemSet.java
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-/*
- * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
- *
- * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
- * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in
- * the LICENSE file.
- */
-package org.apache.myrmidon.framework;
-
-/**
- * Interface for ItemSet.
- * An item set contains a number of items. Example item sets include
- * PatternSets, FileSets, FilterSets etc.
- *
- * @author <a href="mailto:donaldp@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
- */
-public interface ItemSet
-    extends DataType
-{
-    /**
-     * Returns an array containing the items(s) contained within set.
-     *
-     * Question: should ItemSet be context sensitive????
-     */
-    Object[] getItems( /* Context context??? */ );
-}
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/Mapper.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/Mapper.java
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-/*
- * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
- *
- * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
- * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in
- * the LICENSE file.
- */
-package org.apache.myrmidon.framework;
-
-/**
- * Interface for Mappers.
- * Mappers are responsible for mapping source items to targets items.
- * Example mappers will map source files to destination files
- * (ie A.java to A.class).
- *
- * @author <a href="mailto:donaldp@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
- * @author <a href="mailto:stefan.bodewig@epost.de">Stefan Bodewig</a>
- */
-public interface Mapper
-    extends DataType
-{
-    /**
-     * Returns an array containing the target items(s) for the
-     * given source file.
-     *
-     * <p>if the given rule doesn't apply to the input item,
-     * implementation must return null. Scanner will then
-     * omit the item in question.</p>
-     *
-     * @param item the item to be mapped
-     */
-    Object[] mapItem( Object item );
-}
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/Scanner.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/Scanner.java
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-/*
- * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
- *
- * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
- * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in
- * the LICENSE file.
- */
-package org.apache.myrmidon.framework;
-
-import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component;
-
-/**
- * Interface for Scanners.
- *
- * @author <a href="mailto:donaldp@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
- */
-public interface Scanner
-    extends Component
-{
-}