diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/csv/CsvRelation.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/csv/CsvRelation.scala
index 6392a74..c2a71c1 100755
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/csv/CsvRelation.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/csv/CsvRelation.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.sql._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.sources.{PrunedScan, BaseRelation, InsertableRelation, TableScan}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
-import com.databricks.spark.csv.readers.{BulkCsvReader, LineCsvReader}
+import com.databricks.spark.csv.readers.{BulkCsvReader, LineCsvReader, BulkReader, LineReader}
 import com.databricks.spark.csv.util._
 
 case class CsvRelation protected[spark] (
@@ -208,19 +208,24 @@ case class CsvRelation protected[spark] (
     }
   }
 
+  protected def getLineReader(): LineReader = {
+    val escapeVal = if (escape == null) '\\' else escape.charValue()
+    val commentChar: Char = if (comment == null) '\0' else comment
+    val quoteChar: Char = if (quote == null) '\0' else quote
+
+    new LineCsvReader(
+      fieldSep = delimiter,
+      quote = quoteChar,
+      escape = escapeVal,
+      commentMarker = commentChar)
+  }
+
   private def inferSchema(): StructType = {
     if (this.userSchema != null) {
       userSchema
     } else {
       val firstRow = if (ParserLibs.isUnivocityLib(parserLib)) {
-        val escapeVal = if (escape == null) '\\' else escape.charValue()
-        val commentChar: Char = if (comment == null) '\0' else comment
-        val quoteChar: Char = if (quote == null) '\0' else quote
-        new LineCsvReader(
-          fieldSep = delimiter,
-          quote = quoteChar,
-          escape = escapeVal,
-          commentMarker = commentChar).parseLine(firstLine)
+        getLineReader().parseLine(firstLine)
       } else {
         val csvFormat = defaultCsvFormat
           .withDelimiter(delimiter)
@@ -261,6 +266,18 @@ case class CsvRelation protected[spark] (
     }
   }
 
+  protected def getBulkReader(
+     header: Seq[String],
+     iter: Iterator[String], split: Int): BulkReader = {
+    val escapeVal = if (escape == null) '\\' else escape.charValue()
+    val commentChar: Char = if (comment == null) '\0' else comment
+    val quoteChar: Char = if (quote == null) '\0' else quote
+
+    new BulkCsvReader(iter, split,
+      headers = header, fieldSep = delimiter,
+      quote = quoteChar, escape = escapeVal, commentMarker = commentChar)
+  }
+
   private def univocityParseCSV(
      file: RDD[String],
      header: Seq[String]): RDD[Array[String]] = {
@@ -269,13 +286,7 @@ case class CsvRelation protected[spark] (
     val dataLines = if (useHeader) file.filter(_ != filterLine) else file
     val rows = dataLines.mapPartitionsWithIndex({
       case (split, iter) => {
-        val escapeVal = if (escape == null) '\\' else escape.charValue()
-        val commentChar: Char = if (comment == null) '\0' else comment
-        val quoteChar: Char = if (quote == null) '\0' else quote
-
-        new BulkCsvReader(iter, split,
-          headers = header, fieldSep = delimiter,
-          quote = quoteChar, escape = escapeVal, commentMarker = commentChar)
+        getBulkReader(header, iter, split)
       }
     }, true)
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/csv/readers/readers.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/csv/readers/readers.scala
index 9fb1212..1c81815 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/csv/readers/readers.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/csv/readers/readers.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ import java.io.StringReader
 
 import com.univocity.parsers.csv._
 
+trait BulkReader extends Iterator[Array[String]] {
+  protected def reader(iter: Iterator[String]) = new StringIteratorReader(iter)
+}
+
+trait LineReader {
+  protected def reader(line: String) = new StringReader(line)
+  def parseLine(line: String): Array[String]
+}
+
 /**
  * Read and parse CSV-like input
  * @param fieldSep the delimiter used to separate fields in a line
@@ -97,14 +106,15 @@ private[csv] class LineCsvReader(
     ignoreTrailingSpace,
     null,
     inputBufSize,
-    maxCols) {
+    maxCols)
+  with LineReader{
   /**
    * parse a line
    * @param line a String with no newline at the end
    * @return array of strings where each string is a field in the CSV record
    */
   def parseLine(line: String): Array[String] = {
-    parser.beginParsing(new StringReader(line))
+    parser.beginParsing(reader(line))
     val parsed = parser.parseNext()
     parser.stopParsing()
     parsed
@@ -148,10 +158,9 @@ private[csv] class BulkCsvReader(
     headers,
     inputBufSize,
     maxCols)
-  with Iterator[Array[String]] {
+  with BulkReader {
 
-  private val reader = new StringIteratorReader(iter)
-  parser.beginParsing(reader)
+  parser.beginParsing(reader(iter))
   private var nextRecord = parser.parseNext()
 
   /**
@@ -178,7 +187,7 @@ private[csv] class BulkCsvReader(
  * parsed and needs the newlines to be present
  * @param iter iterator over RDD[String]
  */
-private class StringIteratorReader(val iter: Iterator[String]) extends java.io.Reader {
+private[readers] class StringIteratorReader(val iter: Iterator[String]) extends java.io.Reader {
 
   private var next: Long = 0
   private var length: Long = 0  // length of input so far
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/csv/util/TextFile.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/csv/util/TextFile.scala
index 3b8d6c6..2dde4d3 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/csv/util/TextFile.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/csv/util/TextFile.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TextInputFormat
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 
-private[csv] object TextFile {
+object TextFile {
   val DEFAULT_CHARSET = Charset.forName("UTF-8")
 
   def withCharset(context: SparkContext, location: String, charset: String): RDD[String] = {