--- a/src/java.sql/share/classes/java/sql2/SqlRef.java	Thu Mar 29 15:59:58 2018 -0400
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c)  2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- * 
- * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
- * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
- * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
- * 
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- * 
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- */
-package java.sql2;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
-
-/**
- *
- * @param <T>
- */
-public interface SqlRef<T> {
-  
-  /**
-   * Return the name of SQL type of the referent of this SQL REF.
-   * 
-   * ISSUE: Oracle Database JDBC driver may do a round trip for this. Is this
-   * that heavy in other databases?
-   * 
-   * @return
-   */
-  public String getReferentTypeName();
-  
-  /**
-   * Create and return an Operation that will fetch the value of the REF from
-   * the database. The value of the Operation is the value of the REF.
-   *
-   * @return an Operation that will fetch the referent of this SqlRef
-   */
-  public Operation<T> fetchOperation();
-  
-  /**
-   * Submit an Operation that will fetch the value of the REF in the database.
-   *
-   * @return a Future that will complete when the submitted Operation completes.
-   * The value of the Future is the value of the REF.
-   */
-  public default CompletionStage<T> fetch() {
-    return fetchOperation().submit().getCompletionStage();
-  }
-  
-  /**
-   * Create and return an Operation that will set the value of the REF in the
-   * database.
-   *
-   * @param value
-   * @return an Operation that will store the new referent into the REF
-   */
-  public Operation<Void> storeOperation(T value);
-  
-  /**
-   * Submit an Operation that will store the new value of the referent into
-   * the REF in the database.
-   *
-   * @param value
-   * @return a Future that will complete when the submitted Operation completes.
-   */
-  public default CompletionStage<Void> store(T value) {
-    return storeOperation(value).submit().getCompletionStage();
-  }
-}