diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/DomUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/DomUtils.java
index 12940934c4..61c6271dc3 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/DomUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/DomUtils.java
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
- * Convenience methods for working with the DOM API, in particular for working with DOM Nodes and DOM Elements.
+ * Convenience methods for working with the DOM API,
+ * in particular for working with DOM Nodes and DOM Elements.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Rob Harrop
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public abstract class DomUtils {
 	 * @see org.w3c.dom.Element
 	 * @see org.w3c.dom.Element#getElementsByTagName
 	 */
-	public static List<Element> getChildElementsByTagName(Element ele, String[] childEleNames) {
+	public static List<Element> getChildElementsByTagName(Element ele, String... childEleNames) {
 		Assert.notNull(ele, "Element must not be null");
 		Assert.notNull(childEleNames, "Element names collection must not be null");
 		List<String> childEleNameList = Arrays.asList(childEleNames);
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ public abstract class DomUtils {
 	 * @see org.w3c.dom.Element#getElementsByTagName
 	 */
 	public static List<Element> getChildElementsByTagName(Element ele, String childEleName) {
-		return getChildElementsByTagName(ele, new String[]{childEleName});
+		return getChildElementsByTagName(ele, new String[] {childEleName});
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ public abstract class DomUtils {
 	/**
 	 * Matches the given node's name and local name against the given desired names.
 	 */
-	private static boolean nodeNameMatch(Node node, Collection desiredNames) {
+	private static boolean nodeNameMatch(Node node, Collection<?> desiredNames) {
 		return (desiredNames.contains(node.getNodeName()) || desiredNames.contains(node.getLocalName()));
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/InterceptorsBeanDefinitionParser.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/InterceptorsBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 167963844d..ecad94de5d 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/InterceptorsBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/InterceptorsBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.springframework.web.servlet.config;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanComponentDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.CompositeComponentDefinition;
@@ -27,11 +29,10 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
 import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.MappedInterceptor;
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 /**
- * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser} that parses a {@code interceptors} element to register
- * a set of {@link MappedInterceptor} definitions.
+ * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser} that parses a
+ * {@code interceptors} element to register a set of {@link MappedInterceptor} definitions.
  *
  * @author Keith Donald
  * @since 3.0
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ class InterceptorsBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 		CompositeComponentDefinition compDefinition = new CompositeComponentDefinition(element.getTagName(), parserContext.extractSource(element));
 		parserContext.pushContainingComponent(compDefinition);
 
-		List<Element> interceptors = DomUtils.getChildElementsByTagName(element, new String[] { "bean", "ref", "interceptor" });
+		List<Element> interceptors = DomUtils.getChildElementsByTagName(element, "bean", "ref", "interceptor");
 		for (Element interceptor : interceptors) {
 			RootBeanDefinition mappedInterceptorDef = new RootBeanDefinition(MappedInterceptor.class);
 			mappedInterceptorDef.setSource(parserContext.extractSource(interceptor));
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ class InterceptorsBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 			if ("interceptor".equals(interceptor.getLocalName())) {
 				includePatterns = getIncludePatterns(interceptor, "mapping");
 				excludePatterns = getIncludePatterns(interceptor, "exclude-mapping");
-				Element beanElem = DomUtils.getChildElementsByTagName(interceptor, new String[] { "bean", "ref"}).get(0);
+				Element beanElem = DomUtils.getChildElementsByTagName(interceptor, "bean", "ref").get(0);
 				interceptorBean = parserContext.getDelegate().parsePropertySubElement(beanElem, null);
 			}
 			else {
@@ -75,8 +76,8 @@ class InterceptorsBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 	private ManagedList<String> getIncludePatterns(Element interceptor, String elementName) {
 		List<Element> paths = DomUtils.getChildElementsByTagName(interceptor, elementName);
 		ManagedList<String> patterns = new ManagedList<String>(paths.size());
-		for (int i = 0; i < paths.size(); i++) {
-			patterns.add(paths.get(i).getAttribute("path"));
+		for (Element path : paths) {
+			patterns.add(path.getAttribute("path"));
 		}
 		return patterns;
 	}