diff --git a/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/io/clara/EvioToEvioSource.java b/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/io/clara/EvioToEvioSource.java
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-package org.jlab.io.clara;
-
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.nio.ByteOrder;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-
-import org.jlab.clara.engine.EngineDataType;
-import org.jlab.clara.std.services.AbstractEventReaderService;
-import org.jlab.clara.std.services.EventReaderException;
-import org.jlab.coda.jevio.EvioException;
-import org.jlab.io.evio.EvioDataEvent;
-import org.jlab.io.evio.EvioSource;
-import org.json.JSONObject;
-
-/**
- * Converter service that converts EvIO persistent data to EvIO transient data
- * (i.e. Reads EvIO events from an input file)
- */
-public class EvioToEvioSource extends AbstractEventReaderService<EvioSource> {
-
-    private ByteOrder byteOrder;
-    private long maxEvents;
-
-    @Override
-    protected EvioSource createReader(Path file, JSONObject opts) throws EventReaderException {
-        EvioSource s = new EvioSource();
-        s.open(file.toString());
-        byteOrder = s.getFileByteOrder();
-        maxEvents = s.getEventCount();
-        return s;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void closeReader() {
-        reader.close();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int readEventCount() throws EventReaderException {
-        return reader.getEventCount();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public ByteOrder readByteOrder() throws EventReaderException {
-        return reader.getFileByteOrder();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Object readEvent(int eventNumber) throws EventReaderException {
-        if (eventNumber >= maxEvents) return null;
-        try {
-            ByteBuffer bb = reader.getEventBuffer(++eventNumber, true);
-            EvioDataEvent event = new EvioDataEvent(bb.array(), byteOrder);
-            return event;
-        } catch (EvioException e) {
-            throw new EventReaderException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected EngineDataType getDataType() {
-        return Clas12Types.EVIO;
-    }
-}