diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/common/ClassAndMethodContainer.java b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/common/ClassAndMethodContainer.java
index f448859ec638925e845b4bf13491ba6fe48fb091..d21277b37fed2338da6f7ffd45433bf643d2a5dd 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/common/ClassAndMethodContainer.java
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/common/ClassAndMethodContainer.java
@@ -79,32 +79,17 @@ public class ClassAndMethodContainer {
 	private Class<?> imageClass;
 	private Class<?> plainTextClass;
 	private Class<?> htmlTextClass;
-
-	private Method pluginDescriptionMethod;
-	private Method repositoryDescriptionMethod;
-	private Method pluginConfigurationMethod;
 	private Method repositoryConfigurationMethod;
-	private Method pluginOutputPortsMethod;
-	private Method pluginRepositoryPortsMethod;
-	private Method displayNameMethod;
-	private Method inputPortNameMethod;
-	private Method outputPortNameMethod;
-	private Method repositoryPortNameMethod;
-	private Method propertyNameMethod;
-	private Method propertyDefaultValueMethod;
 	private Method plainTextgetTextMethod;
 	private Method analysisControllerWithMappingGetController;
 	private Method analysisControllerWithMappingGetMapping;
 	private Method analysisControllerCreateAnalysisController;
-	private Method analysisControllerThreadStart;
-	private Method analysisControllerThreadTerminate;
+
 	private Method analysisControllerThreadJoin;
 	private Method analysisControllerGetState;
-	private Method propertyDescriptionMethod;
+
 	private Method analysisControllerLoadFromFile;
-	private Method displayDescriptionMethod;
-	private Method pluginDependenciesMethod;
-	private Method repositoryDependenciesMethod;
+
 	private Method pluginProgrammaticOnlyMethod;
 	private Method repositoryProgrammaticOnlyMethod;
 	private Method logImplWebguiLoggingClassGetEntriesMethod;
@@ -171,28 +156,11 @@ public class ClassAndMethodContainer {
 
 	private void loadMethods() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
 		// The following part has to be done carefully: The methods will be loaded via the name
-		this.pluginDescriptionMethod = this.pluginAnnotationClass.getMethod("description", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.repositoryDescriptionMethod = this.repositoryAnnotationClass.getMethod("description", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.pluginConfigurationMethod = this.pluginAnnotationClass.getMethod("configuration", new Class<?>[0]);
 		this.repositoryConfigurationMethod = this.repositoryAnnotationClass.getMethod("configuration", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.pluginOutputPortsMethod = this.pluginAnnotationClass.getMethod("outputPorts", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.pluginRepositoryPortsMethod = this.pluginAnnotationClass.getMethod("repositoryPorts", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.displayNameMethod = this.displayAnnotationClass.getMethod("name", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.inputPortNameMethod = this.inputPortAnnotationClass.getMethod("name", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.outputPortNameMethod = this.outputPortAnnotationClass.getMethod("name", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.repositoryPortNameMethod = this.repositoryPortAnnotationClass.getMethod("name", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.propertyNameMethod = this.propertyAnnotationClass.getMethod("name", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.propertyDefaultValueMethod = this.propertyAnnotationClass.getMethod("defaultValue", new Class<?>[0]);
 		this.plainTextgetTextMethod = this.plainTextClass.getMethod("getText", new Class<?>[0]);
 		this.analysisControllerWithMappingGetController = this.analysisControllerWithMappingClass.getMethod("getController", new Class<?>[0]);
 		this.analysisControllerWithMappingGetMapping = this.analysisControllerWithMappingClass.getMethod("getPluginMap", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.analysisControllerThreadStart = this.analysisControllerThreadClass.getMethod("start", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.analysisControllerThreadTerminate = this.analysisControllerThreadClass.getMethod("terminate", new Class<?>[0]);
 		this.analysisControllerGetState = this.analysisControllerClass.getMethod("getState", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.propertyDescriptionMethod = this.propertyAnnotationClass.getMethod("description", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.displayDescriptionMethod = this.displayAnnotationClass.getMethod("description", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.pluginDependenciesMethod = this.pluginAnnotationClass.getMethod("dependencies", new Class<?>[0]);
-		this.repositoryDependenciesMethod = this.repositoryAnnotationClass.getMethod("dependencies", new Class<?>[0]);
 		this.pluginProgrammaticOnlyMethod = this.pluginAnnotationClass.getMethod("programmaticOnly", new Class<?>[0]);
 		this.repositoryProgrammaticOnlyMethod = this.repositoryAnnotationClass.getMethod("programmaticOnly", new Class<?>[0]);
 		this.logImplWebguiLoggingClassGetEntriesMethod = this.logImplWebguiLoggingClass.getMethod("getEntries", String.class);
@@ -261,34 +229,10 @@ public class ClassAndMethodContainer {
 		return this.displayAnnotationClass;
 	}
 
-	public Method getPluginDescriptionMethod() {
-		return this.pluginDescriptionMethod;
-	}
-
-	public Method getRepositoryDescriptionMethod() {
-		return this.repositoryDescriptionMethod;
-	}
-
-	public Method getPluginConfigurationMethod() {
-		return this.pluginConfigurationMethod;
-	}
-
 	public Method getRepositoryConfigurationMethod() {
 		return this.repositoryConfigurationMethod;
 	}
 
-	public Method getPluginOutputPortsMethod() {
-		return this.pluginOutputPortsMethod;
-	}
-
-	public Method getPluginRepositoryPortsMethod() {
-		return this.pluginRepositoryPortsMethod;
-	}
-
-	public Method getDisplayNameMethod() {
-		return this.displayNameMethod;
-	}
-
 	public Class<?> getAbstractRepositoryClass() {
 		return this.abstractRepositoryClass;
 	}
@@ -297,26 +241,6 @@ public class ClassAndMethodContainer {
 		return this.abstractPluginClass;
 	}
 
-	public Method getInputPortNameMethod() {
-		return this.inputPortNameMethod;
-	}
-
-	public Method getOutputPortNameMethod() {
-		return this.outputPortNameMethod;
-	}
-
-	public Method getRepositoryPortNameMethod() {
-		return this.repositoryPortNameMethod;
-	}
-
-	public Method getPropertyNameMethod() {
-		return this.propertyNameMethod;
-	}
-
-	public Method getPropertyDefaultValueMethod() {
-		return this.propertyDefaultValueMethod;
-	}
-
 	public Class<?> getImageClass() {
 		return this.imageClass;
 	}
@@ -357,14 +281,6 @@ public class ClassAndMethodContainer {
 		return this.analysisControllerWithMappingGetController;
 	}
 
-	public Method getAnalysisControllerThreadStart() {
-		return this.analysisControllerThreadStart;
-	}
-
-	public Method getAnalysisControllerThreadTerminate() {
-		return this.analysisControllerThreadTerminate;
-	}
-
 	public Method getAnalysisControllerThreadJoin() {
 		return this.analysisControllerThreadJoin;
 	}
@@ -373,10 +289,6 @@ public class ClassAndMethodContainer {
 		return this.analysisControllerGetState;
 	}
 
-	public Method getPropertyDescriptionMethod() {
-		return this.propertyDescriptionMethod;
-	}
-
 	public Constructor<?> getAnalysisControllerThreadConstructor() {
 		return this.analysisControllerThreadConstructor;
 	}
@@ -385,18 +297,6 @@ public class ClassAndMethodContainer {
 		return this.analysisControllerLoadFromFile;
 	}
 
-	public Method getPluginDependenciesMethod() {
-		return this.pluginDependenciesMethod;
-	}
-
-	public Method getDisplayDescriptionMethod() {
-		return this.displayDescriptionMethod;
-	}
-
-	public Method getRepositoryDependenciesMethod() {
-		return this.repositoryDependenciesMethod;
-	}
-
 	public Method getPluginProgrammaticOnlyMethod() {
 		return this.pluginProgrammaticOnlyMethod;
 	}
@@ -465,23 +365,6 @@ public class ClassAndMethodContainer {
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * This method can be used to invoke a given method with no parameters, without having to mind about the exceptions. If an exception occurs, the given default
-	 * value will be returned. A call to this method is the same as {@link ClassAndMethodContainer#invokeMethod(Method, Object, Object, Object...)} with
-	 * {@code new Object[0]} as parameters.
-	 * 
-	 * @param method
-	 *            The method to be invoked.
-	 * @param obj
-	 *            The object on which the method will be invoked.
-	 * @param defaultReturn
-	 *            The default return value in case of an exception.
-	 * @return The result of the invoked method if everything went well, the default value otherwise.
-	 */
-	public static Object invokeMethod(final Method method, final Object obj, final Object defaultReturn) {
-		return ClassAndMethodContainer.invokeMethod(method, obj, defaultReturn, new Object[0]);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * This method can be used to invoke a given <b>class</b>-method with no parameters, without having to mind about the exceptions. If an exception occurs, the
 	 * given default value will be returned. A call to this method is the same as {@link ClassAndMethodContainer#invokeMethod(Method, Object, Object, Object...)}