diff --git a/apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/strategy/CreateKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsTest.java b/apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/strategy/CreateKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsTest.java
index 9c9a405b4e..2babb8d338 100644
--- a/apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/strategy/CreateKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsTest.java
+++ b/apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/strategy/CreateKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsTest.java
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ public class CreateKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsTest {
       String group = "group";
       String generatedMarkerGroup = "jclouds#group";
       Set<String> groupIds = ImmutableSet.<String> of();
-      int[] ports = new int[] {};
+      int[] ports = {};
       boolean shouldAuthorizeSelf = true;
       Set<String> returnVal = ImmutableSet.<String> of(generatedMarkerGroup);
 
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ public class CreateKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsTest {
       String group = "group";
       String generatedMarkerGroup = "jclouds#group";
       Set<String> groupIds = ImmutableSet.<String> of();
-      int[] ports = new int[] { 22, 80 };
+      int[] ports = { 22, 80 };
       boolean shouldAuthorizeSelf = true;
       Set<String> returnVal = ImmutableSet.<String> of(generatedMarkerGroup);
 
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ public class CreateKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsTest {
       String group = "group";
       String generatedMarkerGroup = "jclouds#group";
       Set<String> groupIds = ImmutableSet.<String> of();
-      int[] ports = new int[] {};
+      int[] ports = {};
       boolean shouldAuthorizeSelf = true;
       Set<String> returnVal = ImmutableSet.<String> of(generatedMarkerGroup);
 
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ public class CreateKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsTest {
       String group = "group";
       String generatedMarkerGroup = "jclouds#group";
       Set<String> groupIds = ImmutableSet.<String> of("group1", "group2");
-      int[] ports = new int[] {};
+      int[] ports = {};
       boolean shouldAuthorizeSelf = true;
       boolean groupExisted = true;
       Set<String> returnVal = ImmutableSet.<String> of(generatedMarkerGroup, "group1", "group2");
diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest.java b/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest.java
index ed7e4c310e..7ec66f3693 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest {
         assertTrue(containersRetrieved.isEmpty(), "List operation returns a not empty set of container");
 
         // Testing list with some containers
-        String[] containerNames = new String[]{"34343", "aaaa", "bbbbb"};
+        String[] containerNames = {"34343", "aaaa", "bbbbb"};
         containersCreated = Sets.newHashSet();
         for (String containerName : containerNames) {
             blobStore.createContainerInLocation(null, containerName);
diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest.java b/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest.java
index 80fe343ff0..4b2490e28f 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest.java
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ public class FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest {
    }
 
    public void testBlobExists() throws IOException {
-      String[] sourceBlobKeys = new String[] { TestUtils.createRandomBlobKey("blobExists-", ".jpg"),
+      String[] sourceBlobKeys = { TestUtils.createRandomBlobKey("blobExists-", ".jpg"),
                TestUtils.createRandomBlobKey("blobExists-", ".jpg"),
                TestUtils.createRandomBlobKey("afasd" + FS + "asdma" + FS + "blobExists-", ".jpg") };
 
diff --git a/apis/swift/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/CommonSwiftClientLiveTest.java b/apis/swift/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/CommonSwiftClientLiveTest.java
index 3ace3a81ed..0e1e0f5c10 100644
--- a/apis/swift/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/CommonSwiftClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/apis/swift/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/CommonSwiftClientLiveTest.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public abstract class CommonSwiftClientLiveTest<C extends CommonSwiftClient> ext
          assertTrue(initialContainerCount >= 0);
 
          // Create test containers
-         String[] containerNames = new String[] { containerPrefix + ".testListOwnedContainers1",
+         String[] containerNames = { containerPrefix + ".testListOwnedContainers1",
                   containerPrefix + ".testListOwnedContainers2" };
          assertTrue(getApi().createContainer(containerNames[0]));
          assertTrue(getApi().createContainer(containerNames[1]));
diff --git a/apis/vcloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/utils/TestUtils.java b/apis/vcloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/utils/TestUtils.java
index 2b82daae36..9a3026631e 100644
--- a/apis/vcloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/utils/TestUtils.java
+++ b/apis/vcloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/utils/TestUtils.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ package org.jclouds.vcloud.utils;
  */
 public class TestUtils {
     public static final Object[][] NO_INVOCATIONS = new Object[0][0];
-    public static final Object[][] SINGLE_NO_ARG_INVOCATION = new Object[][] { new Object[0] };
+    public static final Object[][] SINGLE_NO_ARG_INVOCATION = { new Object[0] };
 
     public static boolean isWindowsOs() {
         return System.getProperty("os.name", "").toLowerCase().contains("windows");
diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientBlobRequestSignerTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientBlobRequestSignerTest.java
index 22d5836482..9b54ac2b62 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientBlobRequestSignerTest.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientBlobRequestSignerTest.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class TransientBlobRequestSignerTest extends BaseAsyncClientTest<LocalAsy
    public void testSignPutBlobWithGenerate() throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, SecurityException,
             IllegalArgumentException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
       Blob blob = blobFactory.get().name(blobName).payload("foo").calculateMD5().contentType("text/plain").build();
-      byte[] md5 = new byte[] { -84, -67, 24, -37, 76, -62, -8, 92, -19, -17, 101, 79, -52, -60, -92, -40 };
+      byte[] md5 = { -84, -67, 24, -37, 76, -62, -8, 92, -19, -17, 101, 79, -52, -60, -92, -40 };
       
       assertEquals(blob.getPayload().getContentMetadata().getContentMD5(), md5);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/utils/TestUtils.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/utils/TestUtils.java
index e76a5d0d9c..19fe36effa 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/utils/TestUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/utils/TestUtils.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ package org.jclouds.utils;
  */
 public class TestUtils {
     public static final Object[][] NO_INVOCATIONS = new Object[0][0];
-    public static final Object[][] SINGLE_NO_ARG_INVOCATION = new Object[][] { new Object[0] };
+    public static final Object[][] SINGLE_NO_ARG_INVOCATION = { new Object[0] };
 
     public static boolean isJava7() {
         System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.version", "None??"));
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/strategy/CreateKeyPairPlacementAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsTest.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/strategy/CreateKeyPairPlacementAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsTest.java
index 4a4fc54698..1cc6fcf1ba 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/strategy/CreateKeyPairPlacementAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/strategy/CreateKeyPairPlacementAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsTest.java
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ public class CreateKeyPairPlacementAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsT
       String group = "group";
       String generatedMarkerGroup = "jclouds#group";
       Set<String> groupNames = ImmutableSet.<String> of();
-      int[] ports = new int[] {};
+      int[] ports = {};
       boolean shouldAuthorizeSelf = true;
       Set<String> returnVal = ImmutableSet.<String> of(generatedMarkerGroup);
 
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ public class CreateKeyPairPlacementAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsT
       String group = "group";
       String generatedMarkerGroup = "jclouds#group";
       Set<String> groupNames = ImmutableSet.<String> of();
-      int[] ports = new int[] { 22, 80 };
+      int[] ports = { 22, 80 };
       boolean shouldAuthorizeSelf = true;
       Set<String> returnVal = ImmutableSet.<String> of(generatedMarkerGroup);
 
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ public class CreateKeyPairPlacementAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsT
       String group = "group";
       String generatedMarkerGroup = "jclouds#group";
       Set<String> groupNames = ImmutableSet.<String> of();
-      int[] ports = new int[] {};
+      int[] ports = {};
       boolean shouldAuthorizeSelf = true;
       Set<String> returnVal = ImmutableSet.<String> of(generatedMarkerGroup);
 
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ public class CreateKeyPairPlacementAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsT
       String group = "group";
       String generatedMarkerGroup = "jclouds#group";
       Set<String> groupNames = ImmutableSet.<String> of("group1", "group2");
-      int[] ports = new int[] {};
+      int[] ports = {};
       boolean shouldAuthorizeSelf = true;
       boolean groupExisted = true;
       Set<String> returnVal = ImmutableSet.<String> of(generatedMarkerGroup, "group1", "group2");
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ public class CreateKeyPairPlacementAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptionsT
       String group = "group";
       String generatedMarkerGroup = "jclouds#group";
       Set<String> groupNames = ImmutableSet.<String> of();
-      int[] ports = new int[] {};
+      int[] ports = {};
       boolean shouldAuthorizeSelf = true;
       boolean groupExisted = true;
       Set<String> returnVal = ImmutableSet.<String> of(generatedMarkerGroup);