diff --git a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpContent.java b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpContent.java
index 66b24cc677d..0f02a6d970d 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpContent.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpContent.java
@@ -82,15 +82,14 @@ public class HttpContent implements Callback, Closeable
     }
 
     /**
-     * 
      * @param buffer
-     * @return whether the input buffer has been closed
+     * @return true if the buffer is the sentinel instance {@link CLOSE}
      */
-    private static boolean isBufferClosed(ByteBuffer buffer)
+    private static boolean isTheCloseBuffer(ByteBuffer buffer)
     {
         @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
-        boolean bufferClosed = (buffer == CLOSE);
-        return bufferClosed;
+        boolean isTheCloseBuffer = (buffer == CLOSE);
+        return isTheCloseBuffer;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ public class HttpContent implements Callback, Closeable
     {
         if (isConsumed())
             return;
-        if (isBufferClosed(buffer))
+        if (isTheCloseBuffer(buffer))
             return;
         if (iterator instanceof Callback)
             ((Callback)iterator).succeeded();
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ public class HttpContent implements Callback, Closeable
     {
         if (isConsumed())
             return;
-        if (isBufferClosed(buffer))
+        if (isTheCloseBuffer(buffer))
             return;
         if (iterator instanceof Callback)
             ((Callback)iterator).failed(x);
diff --git a/jetty-deploy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/graph/Edge.java b/jetty-deploy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/graph/Edge.java
index af792eedd66..83fec32fcc4 100644
--- a/jetty-deploy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/graph/Edge.java
+++ b/jetty-deploy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/graph/Edge.java
@@ -74,25 +74,11 @@ public final class Edge
         return _from;
     }
     
-    public boolean isFromNode(Node node)
-    {
-        @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
-        boolean isFromNode_ = (_from == node);
-        return isFromNode_;
-    }
-
     public Node getTo()
     {
         return _to;
     }
     
-    public boolean isToNode(Node node)
-    {
-        @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
-        boolean isToNode_ = (_to == node);
-        return isToNode_;
-    }
-    
     @Override
     public String toString()
     {
diff --git a/jetty-deploy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/graph/Graph.java b/jetty-deploy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/graph/Graph.java
index b05064f7add..a0fe24a7c95 100644
--- a/jetty-deploy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/graph/Graph.java
+++ b/jetty-deploy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/graph/Graph.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class Graph
             addNode(toNode=edge.getTo());
         
         // replace edge with normalized edge
-        if (!edge.isFromNode(fromNode) || !edge.isToNode(toNode))
+        if (!edge.getFrom().equals(fromNode) || !edge.getTo().equals(toNode))
             edge=new Edge(fromNode,toNode);
         
         this._edges.add(edge);
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class Graph
 
         for (Edge edge : this._edges)
         {
-            if (edge.isFromNode(node) || edge.isToNode(node))
+            if (edge.getFrom().equals(node) || edge.getTo().equals(node))
             {
                 fromedges.add(edge);
             }
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class Graph
 
         for (Edge edge : this._edges)
         {
-            if (edge.isFromNode(from))
+            if (edge.getFrom().equals(from))
             {
                 fromedges.add(edge);
             }
diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilter.java b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilter.java
index 70e2bbe1653..8b37652497c 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilter.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilter.java
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ public class DoSFilter implements Filter
                 // or if we were woken up we insist or we fail.
                 Boolean throttled = (Boolean)request.getAttribute(__THROTTLED);
                 long throttleMs = getThrottleMs();
-                if (Boolean.FALSE.equals(throttled) && throttleMs > 0)
+                if (!Boolean.TRUE.equals(throttled) && throttleMs > 0)
                 {
                     int priority = getPriority(request, tracker);
                     request.setAttribute(__THROTTLED, Boolean.TRUE);
diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/common/message/MessageInputStream.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/common/message/MessageInputStream.java
index a2d87759548..7765127e5bf 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/common/message/MessageInputStream.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/common/message/MessageInputStream.java
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ public class MessageInputStream extends InputStream implements MessageAppender
     private final long timeoutMs;
     private ByteBuffer activeBuffer = null;
 
-    private static boolean isBufferEOF(ByteBuffer buf)
+    private static boolean isTheEofBuffer(ByteBuffer buf)
     {
         @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
-        boolean isBufferEOF_ = (buf==EOF);
-        return isBufferEOF_;
+        boolean isTheEofBuffer = (buf==EOF);
+        return isTheEofBuffer;
     }
     
     public MessageInputStream()
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class MessageInputStream extends InputStream implements MessageAppender
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (isBufferEOF(activeBuffer))
+                if (isTheEofBuffer(activeBuffer))
                 {
                     if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
                         LOG.debug("Reached EOF");