diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/random/EmpiricalDistribution.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/random/EmpiricalDistribution.java
index 938a5b91c..ccec3a27b 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/random/EmpiricalDistribution.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/random/EmpiricalDistribution.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.math.stat.univariate.SummaryStatistics;
  * build grouped frequnecy histograms representing the input data or to
  * generate random values "like" those in the input file -- i.e., the values
  * generated will follow the distribution of the values in the file.
- * @version $Revision: 1.18 $ $Date: 2004/06/14 23:15:14 $
+ * @version $Revision: 1.19 $ $Date: 2004/06/14 23:34:46 $
  */
 public interface EmpiricalDistribution {
 
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@ public interface EmpiricalDistribution {
      */
     void load(double[] dataArray);
 
-    /**
-     * Computes the empirical distribution from the input file.
-     * @param filePath fully qualified name of a file in the local file system
-     * @throws IOException if an IO error occurs
-     */
-    void load(String filePath) throws IOException;
-
     /**
      * Computes the empirical distribution from the input file.
      * @param file the input file
@@ -101,25 +94,6 @@ public interface EmpiricalDistribution {
      */
     void loadDistribution(File file) throws IOException;
 
-    /**
-     * Loads a saved distribution from a file.
-     * @param filePath fully qualified file path for a file
-     * containing a digested distribution
-     * @throws IOException if an error occurs reading the file
-     */
-    void loadDistribution(String filePath) throws IOException;
-
-    /**
-     * Saves distribution to a file. Overwrites the file if it exists.
-     * <strong>Preconditions:</strong><ul>
-     * <li>the distribution must be loaded before invoking this method</li></ul>
-     * @param filePath fully qualified file path for the file to be written
-     * @throws IOException if an error occurs reading the file
-     * @throws IllegalStateException if the distribution has not been loaded
-     */
-    void saveDistribution(String filePath) throws
-        IOException,IllegalStateException;
-
     /**
      * Saves distribution to a file. Overwrites the file if it exists.
      * <strong>Preconditions:</strong><ul>
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/random/EmpiricalDistributionImpl.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/random/EmpiricalDistributionImpl.java
index 6fda10eb4..528a94025 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/random/EmpiricalDistributionImpl.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/random/EmpiricalDistributionImpl.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.math.stat.univariate.SummaryStatistics;
  *    entry per line.</li>
  * </ul></p>
  *
- * @version $Revision: 1.21 $ $Date: 2004/06/14 23:15:14 $
+ * @version $Revision: 1.22 $ $Date: 2004/06/14 23:34:46 $
  */
 public class EmpiricalDistributionImpl implements Serializable, EmpiricalDistribution {
 
@@ -351,19 +351,10 @@ public class EmpiricalDistributionImpl implements Serializable, EmpiricalDistrib
         throw new RuntimeException("No bin selected");
     }
 
-    public void loadDistribution(String filePath) throws IOException {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not Implemented yet :-(");
-    }
-
     public void loadDistribution(File file) throws IOException {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not Implemented yet :-(");
     }
 
-    public void saveDistribution(String filePath) throws
-        IOException,IllegalStateException {
-       throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not Implemented yet :-(");
-    }
-
     public void saveDistribution(File file) throws
         IOException,IllegalStateException {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not Implemented yet :-(");