diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/soleil/archiving/snap/api/manager/SnapManagerApi.java b/src/main/java/fr/soleil/archiving/snap/api/manager/SnapManagerApi.java
index d01f901537fc0c861f60757d9a8c3919083f7da5..955b6c01303a08e79bcf8c0176cecfb71ef7c9e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/soleil/archiving/snap/api/manager/SnapManagerApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/soleil/archiving/snap/api/manager/SnapManagerApi.java
@@ -743,6 +743,9 @@ public class SnapManagerApi {
 
     public static SnapAttributeExtract[] getSnapValues(final int idSnap, final String... attributeNames)
             throws SnapshotingException {
+		if (snapDataBase == null) {
+			throw new SnapshotingException(DATA_BASE_API_NOT_INIT);
+		}
         final SnapAttributeExtract[] conf = snapDataBase.getAttributeConfig(attributeNames);
         snapDataBase.getSnapResults(Arrays.asList(conf), idSnap);
         return conf;
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/soleil/archiving/snap/api/tools/StringFormater.java b/src/main/java/fr/soleil/archiving/snap/api/tools/StringFormater.java
deleted file mode 100644
index cd4b6efd90a27be5b20683bf297da64ca72c7944..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/main/java/fr/soleil/archiving/snap/api/tools/StringFormater.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Synchrotron Soleil
- * 
- * File : StringFormater.java
- * 
- * Project : apiDev
- * 
- * Description :
- * 
- * Author : SOLEIL
- * 
- * Original : 28 févr. 2006
- * 
- * Revision: Author:
- * Date: State:
- * 
- * Log: StringFormater.java,v
- */
-package fr.soleil.archiving.snap.api.tools;
-
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-public class StringFormater {
-	final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StringFormater.class);
-	 
-    // Special characters
-    private final static String[] protect = { "[", "]", ",", ";", "'", "\"", "~", "\n" };
-
-    // Associated code : in fact, the corresponding xml code number (ISO 8859/1)
-    private final static String[] code = { "91", "93", "44", "59", "39", "34", "126", "10" };
-
-    // transforms #code# -> corresponding character
-    public static String formatStringToRead(String toFormat) {
-        String result;
-        if (toFormat != null) {
-            result = toFormat;
-            for (int i = 0; i < code.length; i++) {
-                result = result.replaceAll("#" + code[i] + "#", protect[i]);
-            }
-        } else {
-            result = "";
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    // transforms character -> corresponding #code#
-    public static String formatStringToWrite(String toFormat) {
-        String result;
-        if (toFormat != null) {
-            result = toFormat;
-            for (int i = 0; i < protect.length; i++) {
-                result = result.replaceAll("\\" + protect[i], "#" + code[i] + "#");
-            }
-        } else {
-            result = "";
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
-        String toto1 = "toto \n toto";
-        String toto2 = formatStringToWrite(toto1);
-        String toto3 = formatStringToRead(toto2);
-        logger.debug("toto1 = |" + toto1 + "|");
-        logger.debug("toto2 = |" + toto2 + "|");
-        logger.debug("toto3 = |" + toto3 + "|");
-    }
-
-}