diff --git a/hibernate-c3p0/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/jdbc/connections/internal/C3P0ConnectionProvider.java b/hibernate-c3p0/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/jdbc/connections/internal/C3P0ConnectionProvider.java
index 49a8c3f30c..12dc31e2ae 100644
--- a/hibernate-c3p0/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/jdbc/connections/internal/C3P0ConnectionProvider.java
+++ b/hibernate-c3p0/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/jdbc/connections/internal/C3P0ConnectionProvider.java
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ public class C3P0ConnectionProvider implements ConnectionProvider, Configurable,
 		String i = (String) props.get( Environment.ISOLATION );
         if (i == null) isolation = null;
 		else {
-			isolation = new Integer( i );
-            LOG.jdbcIsolationLevel(Environment.isolationLevelToString(isolation.intValue()));
+			isolation = Integer.valueOf( i );
+            LOG.jdbcIsolationLevel(Environment.isolationLevelToString(isolation));
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/instrumentation/internal/javassist/FieldInterceptorImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/instrumentation/internal/javassist/FieldInterceptorImpl.java
index 8407b62715..c593a53e75 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/instrumentation/internal/javassist/FieldInterceptorImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/instrumentation/internal/javassist/FieldInterceptorImpl.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public final class FieldInterceptorImpl extends AbstractFieldInterceptor impleme
 	// FieldHandler impl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 	public boolean readBoolean(Object target, String name, boolean oldValue) {
-		return ( ( Boolean ) intercept( target, name, oldValue  ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE ) )
+		return ( ( Boolean ) intercept( target, name, oldValue ) )
 				.booleanValue();
 	}
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public final class FieldInterceptorImpl extends AbstractFieldInterceptor impleme
 
 	public boolean writeBoolean(Object target, String name, boolean oldValue, boolean newValue) {
 		dirty();
-		intercept( target, name, oldValue ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE );
+		intercept( target, name, oldValue );
 		return newValue;
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/internal/javassist/ProxyFactoryFactoryImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/internal/javassist/ProxyFactoryFactoryImpl.java
index 5fce7a5887..73db828ef9 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/internal/javassist/ProxyFactoryFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/internal/javassist/ProxyFactoryFactoryImpl.java
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ public class ProxyFactoryFactoryImpl implements ProxyFactoryFactory {
 				return proxiedClassName + "@" + System.identityHashCode( object );
 			}
 			else if ( "equals".equals( name ) ) {
-				return proxiedObject == object ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
+				return proxiedObject == object;
 			}
 			else if ( "hashCode".equals( name ) ) {
-				return new Integer( System.identityHashCode( object ) );
+				return System.identityHashCode( object );
 			}
 			boolean hasGetterSignature = method.getParameterTypes().length == 0 && method.getReturnType() != null;
 			boolean hasSetterSignature = method.getParameterTypes().length == 1 && ( method.getReturnType() == null || method.getReturnType() == void.class );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/internal/StandardQueryCache.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/internal/StandardQueryCache.java
index a36089f41a..c80e8853ba 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/internal/StandardQueryCache.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/internal/StandardQueryCache.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class StandardQueryCache implements QueryCache {
 			boolean isNaturalKeyLookup,
 			SessionImplementor session) throws HibernateException {
         if (isNaturalKeyLookup && result.size() == 0) return false;
-        Long ts = new Long(session.getFactory().getSettings().getRegionFactory().nextTimestamp());
+        Long ts = session.getFactory().getSettings().getRegionFactory().nextTimestamp();
 
 		LOG.debugf( "Caching query results in region: %s; timestamp=%s", cacheRegion.getName(), ts );
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/UpdateTimestampsCache.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/UpdateTimestampsCache.java
index c8d21999e4..6b47692f6b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/UpdateTimestampsCache.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/UpdateTimestampsCache.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class UpdateTimestampsCache {
 		readWriteLock.writeLock().lock();
 
 		try {
-			Long ts = new Long( region.nextTimestamp() + region.getTimeout() );
+			Long ts = region.nextTimestamp() + region.getTimeout();
 			for ( Serializable space : spaces ) {
 				LOG.debugf( "Pre-invalidating space [%s]", space );
 				//put() has nowait semantics, is this really appropriate?
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class UpdateTimestampsCache {
 		readWriteLock.writeLock().lock();
 
 		try {
-			Long ts = new Long( region.nextTimestamp() );
+			Long ts = region.nextTimestamp();
 			for (Serializable space : spaces) {
 				LOG.debugf( "Invalidating space [%s], timestamp: %s", space, ts );
 				//put() has nowait semantics, is this really appropriate?
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/entry/StructuredCacheEntry.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/entry/StructuredCacheEntry.java
index 040bc3ac06..095f91606c 100755
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/entry/StructuredCacheEntry.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/entry/StructuredCacheEntry.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class StructuredCacheEntry implements CacheEntryStructure {
 		Map map = new HashMap(names.length+2);
 		map.put( "_subclass", entry.getSubclass() );
 		map.put( "_version", entry.getVersion() );
-		map.put( "_lazyPropertiesUnfetched", entry.areLazyPropertiesUnfetched() ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE );
+		map.put( "_lazyPropertiesUnfetched", entry.areLazyPropertiesUnfetched() );
 		for ( int i=0; i<names.length; i++ ) {
 			map.put( names[i], entry.getDisassembledState()[i] );
 		}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/HbmBinder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/HbmBinder.java
index 9cd78eca92..6cade49d1e 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/HbmBinder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/HbmBinder.java
@@ -2643,9 +2643,9 @@ public final class HbmBinder {
 		boolean cacheable = "true".equals( queryElem.attributeValue( "cacheable" ) );
 		String region = queryElem.attributeValue( "cache-region" );
 		Attribute tAtt = queryElem.attribute( "timeout" );
-		Integer timeout = tAtt == null ? null : new Integer( tAtt.getValue() );
+		Integer timeout = tAtt == null ? null : Integer.valueOf( tAtt.getValue() );
 		Attribute fsAtt = queryElem.attribute( "fetch-size" );
-		Integer fetchSize = fsAtt == null ? null : new Integer( fsAtt.getValue() );
+		Integer fetchSize = fsAtt == null ? null : Integer.valueOf( fsAtt.getValue() );
 		Attribute roAttr = queryElem.attribute( "read-only" );
 		boolean readOnly = roAttr != null && "true".equals( roAttr.getValue() );
 		Attribute cacheModeAtt = queryElem.attribute( "cache-mode" );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/NamedSQLQuerySecondPass.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/NamedSQLQuerySecondPass.java
index c637ced0ba..1df87eaeaf 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/NamedSQLQuerySecondPass.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/NamedSQLQuerySecondPass.java
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ public class NamedSQLQuerySecondPass extends ResultSetMappingBinder implements Q
 		boolean cacheable = "true".equals( queryElem.attributeValue( "cacheable" ) );
 		String region = queryElem.attributeValue( "cache-region" );
 		Attribute tAtt = queryElem.attribute( "timeout" );
-		Integer timeout = tAtt == null ? null : new Integer( tAtt.getValue() );
+		Integer timeout = tAtt == null ? null : Integer.valueOf( tAtt.getValue() );
 		Attribute fsAtt = queryElem.attribute( "fetch-size" );
-		Integer fetchSize = fsAtt == null ? null : new Integer( fsAtt.getValue() );
+		Integer fetchSize = fsAtt == null ? null : Integer.valueOf( fsAtt.getValue() );
 		Attribute roAttr = queryElem.attribute( "read-only" );
 		boolean readOnly = roAttr != null && "true".equals( roAttr.getValue() );
 		Attribute cacheModeAtt = queryElem.attribute( "cache-mode" );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/collection/internal/PersistentArrayHolder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/collection/internal/PersistentArrayHolder.java
index 52bb575c77..36ceae439b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/collection/internal/PersistentArrayHolder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/collection/internal/PersistentArrayHolder.java
@@ -211,14 +211,14 @@ public class PersistentArrayHolder extends AbstractPersistentCollection {
 		int arraySize = Array.getLength(array);
 		int end;
 		if ( snSize > arraySize ) {
-			for ( int i=arraySize; i<snSize; i++ ) deletes.add( new Integer(i) );
+			for ( int i=arraySize; i<snSize; i++ ) deletes.add( i );
 			end = arraySize;
 		}
 		else {
 			end = snSize;
 		}
 		for ( int i=0; i<end; i++ ) {
-			if ( Array.get(array, i)==null && Array.get(sn, i)!=null ) deletes.add( new Integer(i) );
+			if ( Array.get(array, i)==null && Array.get(sn, i)!=null ) deletes.add( i );
 		}
 		return deletes.iterator();
 	}
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public class PersistentArrayHolder extends AbstractPersistentCollection {
 	}
 
 	public Object getIndex(Object entry, int i, CollectionPersister persister) {
-		return new Integer(i);
+		return i;
 	}
 
 	public Object getElement(Object entry) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/collection/internal/PersistentIdentifierBag.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/collection/internal/PersistentIdentifierBag.java
index 65f8e7c050..beac3d457b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/collection/internal/PersistentIdentifierBag.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/collection/internal/PersistentIdentifierBag.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class PersistentIdentifierBag extends AbstractPersistentCollection implem
 		beforeInitialize( persister, size );
 		for ( int i = 0; i < size; i+=2 ) {
 			identifiers.put(
-				new Integer(i/2),
+				(i/2),
 				persister.getIdentifierType().assemble( array[i], getSession(), owner )
 			);
 			values.add( persister.getElementType().assemble( array[i+1], getSession(), owner ) );
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class PersistentIdentifierBag extends AbstractPersistentCollection implem
 	}
 
 	public Object getIdentifier(Object entry, int i) {
-		return identifiers.get( new Integer(i) );
+		return identifiers.get( i );
 	}
 
 	public boolean isWrapper(Object collection) {
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public class PersistentIdentifierBag extends AbstractPersistentCollection implem
 		int i=0;
 		for (int j=0; j< values.size(); j++) {
 			Object value = values.get(j);
-			result[i++] = persister.getIdentifierType().disassemble( identifiers.get( new Integer(j) ), getSession(), null );
+			result[i++] = persister.getIdentifierType().disassemble( identifiers.get( j ), getSession(), null );
 			result[i++] = persister.getElementType().disassemble( value, getSession(), null );
 		}
 		return result;
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public class PersistentIdentifierBag extends AbstractPersistentCollection implem
 		if ( snap.size()!= values.size() ) return false;
 		for ( int i=0; i<values.size(); i++ ) {
 			Object value = values.get(i);
-			Object id = identifiers.get( new Integer(i) );
+			Object id = identifiers.get( i );
 			if (id==null) return false;
 			Object old = snap.get(id);
 			if ( elementType.isDirty( old, value, getSession() ) ) return false;
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ public class PersistentIdentifierBag extends AbstractPersistentCollection implem
 		Map snap = (Map) getSnapshot();
 		List deletes = new ArrayList( snap.keySet() );
 		for ( int i=0; i<values.size(); i++ ) {
-			if ( values.get(i)!=null ) deletes.remove( identifiers.get( new Integer(i) ) );
+			if ( values.get(i)!=null ) deletes.remove( identifiers.get( i ) );
 		}
 		return deletes.iterator();
 	}
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ public class PersistentIdentifierBag extends AbstractPersistentCollection implem
 
 	public Object getSnapshotElement(Object entry, int i) {
 		Map snap = (Map) getSnapshot();
-		Object id = identifiers.get( new Integer(i) );
+		Object id = identifiers.get( i );
 		return snap.get(id);
 	}
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public class PersistentIdentifierBag extends AbstractPersistentCollection implem
 		throws HibernateException {
 
 		Map snap = (Map) getSnapshot();
-		Object id = identifiers.get( new Integer(i) );
+		Object id = identifiers.get( i );
 		return entry!=null && ( id==null || snap.get(id)==null );
 	}
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ public class PersistentIdentifierBag extends AbstractPersistentCollection implem
 
 		if (entry==null) return false;
 		Map snap = (Map) getSnapshot();
-		Object id = identifiers.get( new Integer(i) );
+		Object id = identifiers.get( i );
 		if (id==null) return false;
 		Object old = snap.get(id);
 		return old!=null && elemType.isDirty( old, entry, getSession() );
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public class PersistentIdentifierBag extends AbstractPersistentCollection implem
 
 		Object element = persister.readElement( rs, owner, descriptor.getSuffixedElementAliases(), getSession() );
 		Object old = identifiers.put(
-			new Integer( values.size() ),
+			values.size(),
 			persister.readIdentifier( rs, descriptor.getSuffixedIdentifierAlias(), getSession() )
 		);
 		if ( old==null ) values.add(element); //maintain correct duplication if loaded in a cartesian product
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public class PersistentIdentifierBag extends AbstractPersistentCollection implem
 		while ( iter.hasNext() ) {
 			Object value = iter.next();
 			map.put(
-				identifiers.get( new Integer(i++) ),
+				identifiers.get( i++ ),
 				persister.getElementType().deepCopy(value, persister.getFactory())
 			);
 		}
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ public class PersistentIdentifierBag extends AbstractPersistentCollection implem
 		int i=0;
 		while ( iter.hasNext() ) {
 			Object entry = iter.next();
-			Integer loc = new Integer(i++);
+			Integer loc = i++;
 			if ( !identifiers.containsKey(loc) ) { //TODO: native ids
 				Serializable id = persister.getIdentifierGenerator().generate( getSession(), entry );
 				identifiers.put(loc, id);
@@ -371,25 +371,25 @@ public class PersistentIdentifierBag extends AbstractPersistentCollection implem
 	}
 
 	private void beforeRemove(int index) {
-		Object removedId = identifiers.get( new Integer(index) );
+		Object removedId = identifiers.get( index );
 		int last = values.size()-1;
 		for ( int i=index; i<last; i++ ) {
-			Object id = identifiers.get( new Integer(i+1) );
+			Object id = identifiers.get( i+1 );
 	        if ( id==null ) {
-				identifiers.remove( new Integer(i) );
+				identifiers.remove( i );
 	        }
 	        else {
-				identifiers.put( new Integer(i), id );
+				identifiers.put( i, id );
 	        }
 		}
-		identifiers.put( new Integer(last), removedId );
+		identifiers.put( last, removedId );
 	}
 
 	private void beforeAdd(int index) {
 		for ( int i=index; i<values.size(); i++ ) {
-			identifiers.put( new Integer(i+1), identifiers.get( new Integer(i) ) );
+			identifiers.put( i+1, identifiers.get( i ) );
 		}
-		identifiers.remove( new Integer(index) );
+		identifiers.remove( index );
 	}
 
 	public Object remove(int index) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/collection/internal/PersistentList.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/collection/internal/PersistentList.java
index ae3a251708..526c1c373a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/collection/internal/PersistentList.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/collection/internal/PersistentList.java
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ public class PersistentList extends AbstractPersistentCollection implements List
 		if (index<0) {
 			throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException("negative index");
 		}
-		Object result = readElementByIndex( new Integer(index) );
+		Object result = readElementByIndex( index );
 		return result==UNKNOWN ? list.get(index) : result;
 	}
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public class PersistentList extends AbstractPersistentCollection implements List
 		if (index<0) {
 			throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException("negative index");
 		}
-		Object old = isPutQueueEnabled() ? readElementByIndex( new Integer(index) ) : UNKNOWN;
+		Object old = isPutQueueEnabled() ? readElementByIndex( index ) : UNKNOWN;
 		if ( old==UNKNOWN ) {
 			write();
 			return list.set(index, value);
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ public class PersistentList extends AbstractPersistentCollection implements List
 			throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException("negative index");
 		}
 		Object old = isPutQueueEnabled() ?
-				readElementByIndex( new Integer(index) ) : UNKNOWN;
+				readElementByIndex( index ) : UNKNOWN;
 		if ( old==UNKNOWN ) {
 			write();
 			return list.remove(index);
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ public class PersistentList extends AbstractPersistentCollection implements List
 		int end;
 		if ( sn.size() > list.size() ) {
 			for ( int i=list.size(); i<sn.size(); i++ ) {
-				deletes.add( indexIsFormula ? sn.get(i) : new Integer(i) );
+				deletes.add( indexIsFormula ? sn.get(i) : i );
 			}
 			end = list.size();
 		}
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ public class PersistentList extends AbstractPersistentCollection implements List
 		}
 		for ( int i=0; i<end; i++ ) {
 			if ( list.get(i)==null && sn.get(i)!=null ) {
-				deletes.add( indexIsFormula ? sn.get(i) : new Integer(i) );
+				deletes.add( indexIsFormula ? sn.get(i) : i );
 			}
 		}
 		return deletes.iterator();
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ public class PersistentList extends AbstractPersistentCollection implements List
 	}
 
 	public Object getIndex(Object entry, int i, CollectionPersister persister) {
-		return new Integer(i);
+		return i;
 	}
 
 	public Object getElement(Object entry) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/BlobProxy.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/BlobProxy.java
index 8181154d2d..4be9234a83 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/BlobProxy.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/BlobProxy.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class BlobProxy implements InvocationHandler {
 			return Boolean.valueOf( proxy == args[0] );
 		}
 		if ( "hashCode".equals( methodName ) && argCount == 0 ) {
-			return new Integer( this.hashCode() );
+			return this.hashCode();
 		}
 
 		throw new UnsupportedOperationException( "Blob may not be manipulated from creating session" );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/ClobProxy.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/ClobProxy.java
index 52913d4c51..8a5c88b26d 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/ClobProxy.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/ClobProxy.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class ClobProxy implements InvocationHandler {
 			return Boolean.valueOf( proxy == args[0] );
 		}
 		if ( "hashCode".equals( methodName ) && argCount == 0 ) {
-			return new Integer( this.hashCode() );
+			return this.hashCode();
 		}
 
 		throw new UnsupportedOperationException( "Clob may not be manipulated from creating session" );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/query/spi/ParameterParser.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/query/spi/ParameterParser.java
index b970591afe..d3616414db 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/query/spi/ParameterParser.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/query/spi/ParameterParser.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class ParameterParser {
 						String param = sqlString.substring( indx + 1, chopLocation );
 						// make sure this "name" is an integral
 						try {
-							new Integer( param );
+                            Integer.valueOf( param );
 						}
 						catch( NumberFormatException e ) {
 							throw new QueryException( "JPA-style positional param was not an integral ordinal" );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/query/spi/QueryPlanCache.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/query/spi/QueryPlanCache.java
index cfde574049..6588970fdb 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/query/spi/QueryPlanCache.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/query/spi/QueryPlanCache.java
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public class QueryPlanCache implements Serializable {
 					final String key = (String) entry.getKey();
 					final Integer valueCount;
 					if ( Collection.class.isInstance( entry.getValue() ) ) {
-						valueCount = new Integer( ( (Collection) entry.getValue() ).size() );
+						valueCount = ( (Collection) entry.getValue() ).size();
 					}
 					else {
 						valueCount = 1;
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/BooleanLiteralNode.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/BooleanLiteralNode.java
index abf8caf7e5..5da071d3c4 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/BooleanLiteralNode.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/BooleanLiteralNode.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class BooleanLiteralNode extends LiteralNode implements ExpectedTypeAware
 	}
 
 	public Boolean getValue() {
-		return getType() == TRUE ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
+		return getType() == TRUE ;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/util/ASTPrinter.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/util/ASTPrinter.java
index 9deebbe08a..a6bee93ef7 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/util/ASTPrinter.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/util/ASTPrinter.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class ASTPrinter {
 	 *         or just the integer as a string if none exists.
 	 */
 	public String getTokenTypeName(int type) {
-		final Integer typeInteger = new Integer( type );
+		final Integer typeInteger = type;
 		String value = null;
 		if ( tokenTypeNameCache != null ) {
 			value = ( String ) tokenTypeNameCache.get( typeInteger );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/util/ASTUtil.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/util/ASTUtil.java
index e39442c420..00e5d1cdb1 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/util/ASTUtil.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/util/ASTUtil.java
@@ -448,11 +448,11 @@ public final class ASTUtil {
 				rtn = ( Integer ) value;
 			}
 			else if ( value instanceof Short ) {
-				rtn = new Integer( ( ( Short ) value ).intValue() );
+				rtn =  ( ( Short ) value ).intValue();
 			}
 			else if ( value instanceof Long ) {
 				if ( ( ( Long ) value ).longValue() <= Integer.MAX_VALUE ) {
-					rtn = new Integer( ( ( Long ) value ).intValue() );
+					rtn = ( ( Long ) value ).intValue();
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/IdentifierGeneratorHelper.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/IdentifierGeneratorHelper.java
index 4a12420536..389c6f35b8 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/IdentifierGeneratorHelper.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/IdentifierGeneratorHelper.java
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ public final class IdentifierGeneratorHelper {
 
 		Class clazz = type.getReturnedClass();
 		if ( clazz == Long.class ) {
-			return new Long( rs.getLong( 1 ) );
+			return rs.getLong( 1 );
 		}
 		else if ( clazz == Integer.class ) {
-			return new Integer( rs.getInt( 1 ) );
+			return rs.getInt( 1 );
 		}
 		else if ( clazz == Short.class ) {
-			return new Short( rs.getShort( 1 ) );
+			return rs.getShort( 1 );
 		}
 		else if ( clazz == String.class ) {
 			return rs.getString( 1 );
@@ -153,13 +153,13 @@ public final class IdentifierGeneratorHelper {
 	@Deprecated
     public static Number createNumber(long value, Class clazz) throws IdentifierGenerationException {
 		if ( clazz == Long.class ) {
-			return new Long( value );
+			return value;
 		}
 		else if ( clazz == Integer.class ) {
-			return new Integer( ( int ) value );
+			return ( int ) value;
 		}
 		else if ( clazz == Short.class ) {
-			return new Short( ( short ) value );
+			return ( short ) value;
 		}
 		else {
 			throw new IdentifierGenerationException( "unrecognized id type : " + clazz.getName() );
@@ -345,13 +345,13 @@ public final class IdentifierGeneratorHelper {
 			// TODO : should we check for truncation?
 			checkInitialized();
 			if ( exactType == Long.class ) {
-				return new Long( value );
+				return value;
 			}
 			else if ( exactType == Integer.class ) {
-				return new Integer( ( int ) value );
+				return ( int ) value;
 			}
 			else {
-				return new Short( ( short ) value );
+				return ( short ) value;
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/AbstractQueryImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/AbstractQueryImpl.java
index 96d268b28e..4d40eefc6d 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/AbstractQueryImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/AbstractQueryImpl.java
@@ -511,39 +511,39 @@ public abstract class AbstractQueryImpl implements Query {
 	}
 
 	public Query setBoolean(int position, boolean val) {
-		Boolean valueToUse = val ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
+		Boolean valueToUse = val;
 		Type typeToUse = determineType( position, valueToUse, StandardBasicTypes.BOOLEAN );
 		setParameter( position, valueToUse, typeToUse );
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	public Query setByte(int position, byte val) {
-		setParameter(position, new Byte(val), StandardBasicTypes.BYTE);
+		setParameter(position, val, StandardBasicTypes.BYTE);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	public Query setShort(int position, short val) {
-		setParameter(position, new Short(val), StandardBasicTypes.SHORT);
+		setParameter(position, val, StandardBasicTypes.SHORT);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	public Query setInteger(int position, int val) {
-		setParameter(position, new Integer(val), StandardBasicTypes.INTEGER);
+		setParameter(position, val, StandardBasicTypes.INTEGER);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	public Query setLong(int position, long val) {
-		setParameter(position, new Long(val), StandardBasicTypes.LONG);
+		setParameter(position, val, StandardBasicTypes.LONG);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	public Query setFloat(int position, float val) {
-		setParameter(position, new Float(val), StandardBasicTypes.FLOAT);
+		setParameter(position, val, StandardBasicTypes.FLOAT);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	public Query setDouble(int position, double val) {
-		setParameter(position, new Double(val), StandardBasicTypes.DOUBLE);
+		setParameter(position, val, StandardBasicTypes.DOUBLE);
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -615,19 +615,19 @@ public abstract class AbstractQueryImpl implements Query {
 	}
 
 	public Query setBoolean(String name, boolean val) {
-		Boolean valueToUse = val ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
+		Boolean valueToUse = val;
 		Type typeToUse = determineType( name, valueToUse, StandardBasicTypes.BOOLEAN );
 		setParameter( name, valueToUse, typeToUse );
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	public Query setByte(String name, byte val) {
-		setParameter(name, new Byte(val), StandardBasicTypes.BYTE);
+		setParameter(name, val, StandardBasicTypes.BYTE);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	public Query setCharacter(String name, char val) {
-		setParameter(name, new Character(val), StandardBasicTypes.CHARACTER);
+		setParameter(name, val, StandardBasicTypes.CHARACTER);
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractQueryImpl implements Query {
 	}
 
 	public Query setDouble(String name, double val) {
-		setParameter(name, new Double(val), StandardBasicTypes.DOUBLE);
+		setParameter(name, val, StandardBasicTypes.DOUBLE);
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -647,12 +647,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractQueryImpl implements Query {
 	}
 
 	public Query setFloat(String name, float val) {
-		setParameter(name, new Float(val), StandardBasicTypes.FLOAT);
+		setParameter(name, val, StandardBasicTypes.FLOAT);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	public Query setInteger(String name, int val) {
-		setParameter(name, new Integer(val), StandardBasicTypes.INTEGER);
+		setParameter(name, val, StandardBasicTypes.INTEGER);
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractQueryImpl implements Query {
 	}
 
 	public Query setLong(String name, long val) {
-		setParameter(name, new Long(val), StandardBasicTypes.LONG);
+		setParameter(name, val, StandardBasicTypes.LONG);
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractQueryImpl implements Query {
 	}
 
 	public Query setShort(String name, short val) {
-		setParameter(name, new Short(val), StandardBasicTypes.SHORT);
+		setParameter(name, val, StandardBasicTypes.SHORT);
 		return this;
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/FetchingScrollableResultsImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/FetchingScrollableResultsImpl.java
index 306bab2362..cb34b9129a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/FetchingScrollableResultsImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/FetchingScrollableResultsImpl.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class FetchingScrollableResultsImpl extends AbstractScrollableResults {
 		if ( afterLast ) {
 			if ( maxPosition == null ) {
 				// we just hit the last position
-				maxPosition = new Integer( currentPosition );
+				maxPosition = currentPosition;
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/collection/AbstractCollectionPersister.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/collection/AbstractCollectionPersister.java
index 824965b15e..5ff636db00 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/collection/AbstractCollectionPersister.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/collection/AbstractCollectionPersister.java
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCollectionPersister
 
 	protected Object decrementIndexByBase(Object index) {
 		if ( baseIndex != 0 ) {
-			index = new Integer( ( (Integer) index ).intValue() - baseIndex );
+            index = (Integer)index - baseIndex;
 		}
 		return index;
 	}
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCollectionPersister
 
 	protected Object incrementIndexByBase(Object index) {
 		if ( baseIndex != 0 ) {
-			index = new Integer( ( (Integer) index ).intValue() + baseIndex );
+            index = (Integer)index + baseIndex;
 		}
 		return index;
 	}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/proxy/pojo/BasicLazyInitializer.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/proxy/pojo/BasicLazyInitializer.java
index be3424288d..e2b9d4eb2d 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/proxy/pojo/BasicLazyInitializer.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/proxy/pojo/BasicLazyInitializer.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public abstract class BasicLazyInitializer extends AbstractLazyInitializer {
 		}
 		else if ( params==1 ) {
 			if ( !overridesEquals && "equals".equals(methodName) ) {
-				return args[0]==proxy ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
+				return args[0]==proxy;
 			}
 			else if ( method.equals(setIdentifierMethod) ) {
 				initialize();
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/ByteType.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/ByteType.java
index 5845f4412c..93847f0600 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/ByteType.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/ByteType.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class ByteType
 
 	public static final ByteType INSTANCE = new ByteType();
 
-	private static final Byte ZERO = new Byte( (byte) 0 );
+	private static final Byte ZERO = Byte.valueOf( (byte)0 );
 
 	public ByteType() {
 		super( TinyIntTypeDescriptor.INSTANCE, ByteTypeDescriptor.INSTANCE );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/LongType.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/LongType.java
index 604c9cc048..f0e526f48b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/LongType.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/LongType.java
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ public class LongType
 	}
 
 	public Long stringToObject(String xml) throws Exception {
-		return new Long(xml);
+		return Long.valueOf( xml );
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings({ "UnnecessaryBoxing", "UnnecessaryUnboxing" })
 	public Long next(Long current, SessionImplementor session) {
-		return Long.valueOf( current.longValue() + 1 );
+		return current + 1l;
 	}
 
 	public Long seed(SessionImplementor session) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/ShortType.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/ShortType.java
index 61ce855352..296448d411 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/ShortType.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/ShortType.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class ShortType
 	}
 
 	public Short stringToObject(String xml) throws Exception {
-		return new Short(xml);
+		return Short.valueOf( xml );
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings({ "UnnecessaryBoxing", "UnnecessaryUnboxing" })
diff --git a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/AbstractQueryImpl.java b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/AbstractQueryImpl.java
index 88df1b9b3e..7b806dadaa 100644
--- a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/AbstractQueryImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/AbstractQueryImpl.java
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractQueryImpl<X> implements TypedQuery<X> {
 			else if ( SPEC_HINT_TIMEOUT.equals( hintName ) ) {
 				// convert milliseconds to seconds
 				int timeout = (int)Math.round(ConfigurationHelper.getInteger( value ).doubleValue() / 1000.0 );
-				applyTimeout( new Integer(timeout) );
+				applyTimeout( timeout );
 			}
 			else if ( HINT_COMMENT.equals( hintName ) ) {
 				applyComment( (String) value );
diff --git a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/Ejb3Configuration.java b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/Ejb3Configuration.java
index 1144591026..054bac22f4 100644
--- a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/Ejb3Configuration.java
+++ b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/Ejb3Configuration.java
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ public class Ejb3Configuration implements Serializable, Referenceable {
 			}
 
 			if ( ! overridenDatasource && ( info.getJtaDataSource() != null || info.getNonJtaDataSource() != null ) ) {
-				isJTA = info.getJtaDataSource() != null ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
+				isJTA = info.getJtaDataSource() != null;
 				this.setDataSource(
 						isJTA ? info.getJtaDataSource() : info.getNonJtaDataSource()
 				);