diff --git a/rosbag2_cpp/src/rosbag2_cpp/compression_options.cpp b/rosbag2_cpp/src/rosbag2_cpp/compression_options.cpp
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-// Copyright 2020 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <string>
-
-#include "rosbag2_cpp/compression_options.hpp"
-#include "rosbag2_cpp/logging.hpp"
-
-namespace rosbag2_cpp
-{
-
-namespace
-{
-
-constexpr const char kCompressionModeNoneStr[] = "NONE";
-constexpr const char kCompressionModeFileStr[] = "FILE";
-constexpr const char kCompressionModeMessageStr[] = "MESSAGE";
-
-std::string to_upper(const std::string & text)
-{
-  std::string uppercase_text = text;
-  std::transform(uppercase_text.begin(), uppercase_text.end(), uppercase_text.begin(), ::toupper);
-  return uppercase_text;
-}
-}  // namespace
-
-CompressionMode compression_mode_from_string(const std::string & compression_mode)
-{
-  const auto compression_mode_upper = to_upper(compression_mode);
-  if (compression_mode.empty() || compression_mode_upper == kCompressionModeNoneStr) {
-    return CompressionMode::NONE;
-  } else if (compression_mode_upper == kCompressionModeFileStr) {
-    return CompressionMode::FILE;
-  } else if (compression_mode_upper == kCompressionModeMessageStr) {
-    return CompressionMode::MESSAGE;
-  } else {
-    ROSBAG2_CPP_LOG_ERROR_STREAM(
-      "CompressionMode: \"" << compression_mode << "\" is not supported!");
-    return CompressionMode::NONE;
-  }
-}
-
-std::string compression_mode_to_string(const CompressionMode compression_mode)
-{
-  switch (compression_mode) {
-    case CompressionMode::NONE:
-      return kCompressionModeNoneStr;
-    case CompressionMode::FILE:
-      return kCompressionModeFileStr;
-    case CompressionMode::MESSAGE:
-      return kCompressionModeMessageStr;
-    default:
-      ROSBAG2_CPP_LOG_ERROR_STREAM("CompressionMode not supported!");
-      return kCompressionModeNoneStr;
-  }
-}
-}  // namespace rosbag2_cpp