diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/math/Fraction.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/math/Fraction.java
index a3e7a90ff..4834e41dd 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/math/Fraction.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/math/Fraction.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import java.math.BigInteger;
  * @since 2.0
  * @version $Id$
  */
-public final class Fraction extends Number implements Comparable {
+public final class Fraction extends Number implements Comparable<Fraction> {
 
     /**
      * Required for serialization support. Lang version 2.0.
@@ -867,13 +867,12 @@ public final class Fraction extends Number implements Comparable {
      * with equals, because, for example, equals treats 1/2 and 2/4 as
      * different, whereas compareTo treats them as equal.
      *
-     * @param object  the object to compare to
+     * @param other  the object to compare to
      * @return -1 if this is less, 0 if equal, +1 if greater
      * @throws ClassCastException if the object is not a <code>Fraction</code>
      * @throws NullPointerException if the object is <code>null</code>
      */
-    public int compareTo(Object object) {
-        Fraction other = (Fraction) object;
+    public int compareTo(Fraction other) {
         if (this==other) {
             return 0;
         }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/math/NumberRange.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/math/NumberRange.java
index 5f1236ffb..f74a00cd5 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/math/NumberRange.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/math/NumberRange.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public final class NumberRange extends Range implements Serializable {
             }
         }
         
-        int compare = ((Comparable) num1).compareTo(num2);
+        int compare = ((Comparable<Number>) num1).compareTo(num2);
         if (compare == 0) {
             this.min = num1;
             this.max = num1;
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ public final class NumberRange extends Range implements Serializable {
         if (number.getClass() != min.getClass()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("The number must be of the same type as the range numbers");
         }
-        int compareMin = ((Comparable) min).compareTo(number);
-        int compareMax = ((Comparable) max).compareTo(number);
+        int compareMin = ((Comparable<Number>) min).compareTo(number);
+        int compareMax = ((Comparable<Number>) max).compareTo(number);
         return compareMin <= 0 && compareMax >= 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/StrTokenizer.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/StrTokenizer.java
index 02cbef4c9..81be54b85 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/StrTokenizer.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/StrTokenizer.java
@@ -458,8 +458,8 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     public List<String> getTokenList() {
         checkTokenized();
         List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(tokens.length);
-        for (int i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++) {
-            list.add(tokens[i]);
+        for (String element : tokens) {
+            list.add(element);
         }
         return list;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/math/FractionTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/math/FractionTest.java
index d3118c26b..f3d4f0a53 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/math/FractionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/math/FractionTest.java
@@ -1264,11 +1264,6 @@ public class FractionTest extends TestCase {
             fail("expecting NullPointerException");
         } catch (NullPointerException ex) {}
         
-        try {
-            f1.compareTo(new Object());
-            fail("expecting ClassCastException");
-        } catch (ClassCastException ex) {}
-        
         f2 = Fraction.getFraction(2, 5);
         assertTrue(f1.compareTo(f2) > 0);
         assertTrue(f2.compareTo(f2) == 0);