diff --git a/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkImageCaster.cpp b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkImageCaster.cpp
index 934c01e6e9..611e5e22e4 100644
--- a/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkImageCaster.cpp
+++ b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkImageCaster.cpp
@@ -1,59 +1,59 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date: 2010-06-18 20:12:43 +0200 (Fr, 18 Jun 2010) $
 Version:   $Revision: 23881 $
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
 
 =========================================================================*/
 
 
 #include "mitkImageCaster.h"
 #include "mitkImageAccessByItk.h"
 
 
 vtkRenderer* mitk::RendererAccess::m_3DRenderer = 0;
 
 void mitk::RendererAccess::Set3DRenderer(vtkRenderer* renwin4)
 {
   m_3DRenderer = renwin4;
 }
 
 vtkRenderer* mitk::RendererAccess::Get3DRenderer()
 {
   return m_3DRenderer;
 }
 
+void mitk::Caster::Cast(mitk::BaseData*, mitk::Surface*)
+{
+}
+
 void mitk::ImageCaster::CastBaseData(mitk::BaseData* const mitkBaseData, itk::SmartPointer<mitk::Image>& mitkoutputimage){
     try
     {
         mitkoutputimage = dynamic_cast<mitk::Image*>(mitkBaseData);
     }
     catch(...)
     {
         return;
     }
 }
 
-void mitk::Caster::Cast(mitk::BaseData* mitkBaseData, mitk::Surface* surface){
-        surface = dynamic_cast<mitk::Surface*>(mitkBaseData);
-}
-
 #define DefineMitkImageCasterMethods(r, data, type) \
   void mitk::ImageCaster::CastToItkImage(const mitk::Image* mitkImage, itk::SmartPointer<itk::Image<MITK_PP_TUPLE_REM(2)type> >& itkOutputImage) { \
     mitk::CastToItkImage<itk::Image<MITK_PP_TUPLE_REM(2)type> >(mitkImage, itkOutputImage); \
   } \
   void mitk::ImageCaster::CastToMitkImage(const itk::Image<MITK_PP_TUPLE_REM(2)type>* itkImage, itk::SmartPointer<mitk::Image>& mitkOutputImage) { \
     mitk::CastToMitkImage<itk::Image<MITK_PP_TUPLE_REM(2)type> >(itkImage, mitkOutputImage); \
   }
 
 MITK_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH(DefineMitkImageCasterMethods, _, MITK_ACCESSBYITK_TYPES_DIMN_SEQ(2))
 MITK_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH(DefineMitkImageCasterMethods, _, MITK_ACCESSBYITK_TYPES_DIMN_SEQ(3))