Make private elements final where possible.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginRules.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginRules.java
index fd0dadf..0a0c61e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginRules.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginRules.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     /**
      * The rules implementation that we are "enhancing" with plugins functionality, as per the Decorator pattern.
      */
-    private Rules decoratedRules;
+    private final Rules decoratedRules;
 
     /** Object which contains information about all known plugins. */
     private final PluginManager pluginManager;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/ErrorHandlerTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/ErrorHandlerTest.java
index 75a5d35..543d5f9 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/ErrorHandlerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/ErrorHandlerTest.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
         final ErrorHandler customErrorHandler = new ErrorHandler()
         {
-            Log log = LogFactory.getLog( this.getClass() );
+            final Log log = LogFactory.getLog( this.getClass() );
 
             @Override
             public void warning( final SAXParseException arg0 )
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
         final ErrorHandler customErrorHandler = new ErrorHandler()
         {
-            Log log = LogFactory.getLog( this.getClass() );
+            final Log log = LogFactory.getLog( this.getClass() );
 
             @Override
             public void warning( final SAXParseException arg0 )