=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/utils/InputUtils.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/utils/InputUtils.java	2015-03-16 13:49:22 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/utils/InputUtils.java	2015-03-16 13:56:13 +0000
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import org.hisp.dhis.common.IdentifiableObjectManager;
-import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.CategoryOptionGroup;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElementCategoryCombo;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElementCategoryOption;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElementCategoryOptionCombo;
@@ -130,98 +129,4 @@
         
         return attributeOptionCombo;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Validates and retrieves a single category option group. 409 conflict as
-     * status code along with a textual message will be set on the response in
-     * case of invalid input.
-     *
-     * @param response the servlet response.
-     * @param cog the category option group query string.
-     * @return the set of category option groups, null if the input was
-     *         missing or an empty set if the input was invalid.
-     */
-    public Set<CategoryOptionGroup> getAttributeOptionGroup( HttpServletResponse response, String cog )
-    {
-        Set<String> groups = new HashSet<>();
-
-        groups.add(cog);
-
-        return getAttributeOptionGroups( response, groups );
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Validates and retrieves a set of category option groups. 409 conflict as
-     * status code along with a textual message will be set on the response in
-     * case of invalid input.
-     *
-     * @param response the servlet response.
-     * @param cog the category option group query string set.
-     * @return the set of category option groups, null if the input was
-     *         missing or an empty set if the input was invalid.
-     */
-    public Set<CategoryOptionGroup> getAttributeOptionGroups( HttpServletResponse response, Set<String> cog )
-    {
-        Set<CategoryOptionGroup> groups = null;
-
-        if ( cog != null )
-        {
-            groups = new HashSet<>();
-
-            for ( String id : cog )
-            {
-                if ( "undefined".compareTo( id ) != 0 )
-                {
-                    CategoryOptionGroup categoryOptionGroup = categoryService.getCategoryOptionGroup( id );
-
-                    if ( categoryOptionGroup == null )
-                    {
-                        ContextUtils.conflictResponse( response, "Illegal category option group identifier: " + cog );
-                        return null;
-                    }
-
-                    groups.add( categoryOptionGroup );
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        return groups;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Validates and retrieves a set of category options. 409 conflict as
-     * status code along with a textual message will be set on the response in
-     * case of invalid input.
-     *
-     * @param response the servlet response.
-     * @param cp the category option query string.
-     * @return the set of category option groups, null if the input was
-     *         missing or an empty set if the input was invalid.
-     */
-    public Set<DataElementCategoryOption> getAttributeOptions( HttpServletResponse response, String cp )
-    {
-        Set<DataElementCategoryOption> options = null;
-
-        if ( cp != null )
-        {
-            Set<String> opts = ContextUtils.getQueryParamValues( cp );
-
-            options = new HashSet<>();
-
-            for ( String id : opts )
-            {
-                DataElementCategoryOption categoryOption = categoryService.getDataElementCategoryOption( id );
-
-                if ( categoryOption == null )
-                {
-                    ContextUtils.conflictResponse( response, "Illegal category option identifier: " + id );
-                    return null;
-                }
-
-                options.add( categoryOption );
-            }
-        }
-
-        return options;
-    }
 }