@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@
  * file.
  */
 
 #import "OFObject.h"
 
-@class OFString;
-@class OFXMLElement;
+#define OF_SERIALIZATION_NS @"https://webkeks.org/objfw/serialization"
 
-#define OF_SERIALIZATION_NS @"https://webkeks.org/objfw/serialization"
+@class OFXMLElement;
 
 /**
  * \brief A protocol for serializing objects.
  */
 @protocol OFSerialization <OFObject>
@@ -38,35 +37,5 @@
  *
  * \return The object serialized into an XML element
  */
 - (OFXMLElement*)XMLElementBySerializing;
 @end
-
-/**
- * \brief A class that provides class methods for serializing and deserializing
- *	  objects.
- */
-@interface OFSerialization: OFObject
-/**
- * \brief Creates a string by serializing the specified object.
- *
- * \param object The object to serialize
- * \return The object serialized as a string
- */
-+ (OFString*)stringBySerializingObject: (id <OFSerialization>)object;
-
-/**
- * \brief Deserializes the specified string into an object.
- *
- * \param string The string describing the serialized object
- * \return The deserialized object
- */
-+ (id)objectByDeserializingString: (OFString*)string;
-
-/**
- * \brief Deserializes the specified XML element into an object.
- *
- * \param string The XML element describing the serialized object
- * \return The deserialized object
- */
-+ (id)objectByDeserializingXMLElement: (OFXMLElement*)element;
-@end