diff --git a/libraries/importers/component-importer/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/importer/ReleaseImporter.java b/libraries/importers/component-importer/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/importer/ReleaseImporter.java
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-/*
- * Copyright Siemens AG, 2013-2015. Part of the SW360 Portal Project.
- *
- * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
- * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
- * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
- */
-package org.eclipse.sw360.importer;
-
-import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
-import com.google.common.collect.FluentIterable;
-import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.common.ImportCSV;
-import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.ThriftClients;
-import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.attachments.AttachmentService;
-import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.components.ComponentService;
-import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.users.User;
-import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.vendors.VendorService;
-import org.apache.commons.csv.CSVRecord;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import org.apache.thrift.TException;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import static org.eclipse.sw360.importer.ComponentImportUtils.*;
-
-/**
- * Main class of the component importer
- *
- * @author daniele.fognini@tngtech.com
- * @author johannes.najjar@tngtech.com
- */
-public class ReleaseImporter {
-    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(ReleaseImporter.class);
-
-    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, TException {
-
-        List<CSVRecord> releaseRecords = ImportCSV.readAsCSVRecords(getURL("components3.csv").openStream());
-        FluentIterable<ComponentCSVRecord> compCSVRecords = convertCSVRecordsToCompCSVRecords(releaseRecords);
-        log.trace("read records <" + Joiner.on("\n").join(compCSVRecords) + ">");
-
-        final ComponentService.Iface componentClient;
-        final VendorService.Iface vendorClient;
-        final AttachmentService.Iface attachmentClient;
-        final User byEmail;
-
-        try {
-            ThriftClients thriftClients = new ThriftClients();
-            componentClient = thriftClients.makeComponentClient();
-            vendorClient = thriftClients.makeVendorClient();
-            attachmentClient = thriftClients.makeAttachmentClient();
-            byEmail = thriftClients.makeUserClient().getByEmail("admin@siemens.com");
-        } catch (TException e) {
-            log.error("cannot communicate with backend", e);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        writeToDatabase(compCSVRecords, componentClient, vendorClient, attachmentClient, byEmail);
-
-        log.debug("Import done.");
-    }
-
-
-}