Java 7 language cleanup
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/ByteArrayTemplateLoader.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/ByteArrayTemplateLoader.java
index 2b47a29..e82760b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/ByteArrayTemplateLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/ByteArrayTemplateLoader.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  */
 public class ByteArrayTemplateLoader implements TemplateLoader {
 
-    private final Map<String, ByteArrayTemplateSource> templates = new HashMap<String, ByteArrayTemplateSource>();
+    private final Map<String, ByteArrayTemplateSource> templates = new HashMap<>();
     
     /**
      * Adds a template to this template loader; see {@link StringTemplateLoader#putTemplate(String, String)} for more.
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/FileTemplateLoader.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/FileTemplateLoader.java
index 2ee7342..1484b2e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/FileTemplateLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/FileTemplateLoader.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
      */
     public FileTemplateLoader(final File baseDir, final boolean disableCanonicalPathCheck) throws IOException {
         try {
-            Object[] retval = (Object[]) AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedExceptionAction<Object[]>() {
+            Object[] retval = AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedExceptionAction<Object[]>() {
                 public Object[] run() throws IOException {
                     if (!baseDir.exists()) {
                         throw new FileNotFoundException(baseDir + " does not exist.");
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/MultiTemplateLoader.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/MultiTemplateLoader.java
index c76846f..e379625 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/MultiTemplateLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/MultiTemplateLoader.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
     private final TemplateLoader[] templateLoaders;
     private final Map<String, TemplateLoader> lastTemplateLoaderForName
-            = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, TemplateLoader>();
+            = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     
     private boolean sticky = true;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/SoftCacheStorage.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/SoftCacheStorage.java
index e28e1f1..fddceaa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/SoftCacheStorage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/SoftCacheStorage.java
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@
             if (concurrent) {
                 try {
                     atomicRemove.invoke(map, new Object[] { key, ref });
-                } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-                    throw new UndeclaredThrowableException(e);
-                } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+                } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
                     throw new UndeclaredThrowableException(e);
                 }
             } else if (map.get(key) == ref) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/StringTemplateLoader.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/StringTemplateLoader.java
index 972b60d..554555b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/StringTemplateLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/StringTemplateLoader.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
  */
 public class StringTemplateLoader implements TemplateLoader {
     
-    private final Map<String, StringTemplateSource> templates = new HashMap<String, StringTemplateSource>();
+    private final Map<String, StringTemplateSource> templates = new HashMap<>();
     
     /**
      * Puts a template into the loader. A call to this method is identical to 
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/TemplateCache.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/TemplateCache.java
index b5485dc..be19aee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/TemplateCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/cache/TemplateCache.java
@@ -544,11 +544,8 @@
         {
             if (parseAsFTL) {
                 try {
-                    final Reader reader = templateLoader.getReader(source, initialEncoding);
-                    try {
+                    try (Reader reader = templateLoader.getReader(source, initialEncoding)) {
                         template = new Template(name, sourceName, reader, config, tc, initialEncoding);
-                    } finally {
-                        reader.close();
                     }
                 } catch (Template.WrongEncodingException wee) {
                     String actualEncoding = wee.getTemplateSpecifiedEncoding();
@@ -556,21 +553,18 @@
                         LOG.debug("Initial encoding \"" + initialEncoding + "\" was incorrect, re-reading with \""
                                 + actualEncoding + "\". Template: " + sourceName);
                     }
-                    
-                    final Reader reader = templateLoader.getReader(source, actualEncoding);
-                    try {
+
+                    try (Reader reader = templateLoader.getReader(source, actualEncoding)) {
                         template = new Template(name, sourceName, reader, config, tc, actualEncoding);
-                    } finally {
-                        reader.close();
                     }
                 }
             } else {
                 // Read the contents into a StringWriter, then construct a single-text-block template from it.
                 final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
                 final char[] buf = new char[4096];
-                final Reader reader = templateLoader.getReader(source, initialEncoding);
-                try {
-                    fetchChars: while (true) {
+                try (Reader reader = templateLoader.getReader(source, initialEncoding)) {
+                    fetchChars:
+                    while (true) {
                         int charsRead = reader.read(buf);
                         if (charsRead > 0) {
                             sw.write(buf, 0, charsRead);
@@ -578,8 +572,6 @@
                             break fetchChars;
                         }
                     }
-                } finally {
-                    reader.close();
                 }
                 template = Template.getPlainTextTemplate(name, sourceName, sw.toString(), config);
                 template.setEncoding(initialEncoding);
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/AddConcatExpression.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/AddConcatExpression.java
index b89b472..86eb02d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/AddConcatExpression.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/AddConcatExpression.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
                 // we return null and do hash addition instead. (We can't simply give hash addition a priority, like
                 // with sequence addition above, as FTL strings are often also FTL hashes.)
                 Object leftOMOrStr = EvalUtil.coerceModelToStringOrMarkup(
-                        leftModel, leftExp, /* returnNullOnNonCoercableType = */ hashConcatPossible, (String) null,
+                        leftModel, leftExp, /* returnNullOnNonCoercableType = */ hashConcatPossible, null,
                         env);
                 if (leftOMOrStr == null) {
                     return _eval_concatenateHashes(leftModel, rightModel);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
                 // Same trick with null return as above.
                 Object rightOMOrStr = EvalUtil.coerceModelToStringOrMarkup(
-                        rightModel, rightExp, /* returnNullOnNonCoercableType = */ hashConcatPossible, (String) null,
+                        rightModel, rightExp, /* returnNullOnNonCoercableType = */ hashConcatPossible, null,
                         env);
                 if (rightOMOrStr == null) {
                     return _eval_concatenateHashes(leftModel, rightModel);
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ArithmeticEngine.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ArithmeticEngine.java
index 31648f9..5492b7a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ArithmeticEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ArithmeticEngine.java
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@
                     int n = n1 - n2;
                     return
                         ((n ^ n1) < 0 && (n ^ ~n2) < 0) // overflow check
-                        ? (Number) Long.valueOf(((long) n1) - n2)
-                        : (Number) Integer.valueOf(n);
+                        ? Long.valueOf(((long) n1) - n2)
+                        : Integer.valueOf(n);
                 }
                 case LONG: {
                     long n1 = first.longValue();
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@
                     long n = n1 - n2;
                     return
                         ((n ^ n1) < 0 && (n ^ ~n2) < 0) // overflow check
-                        ? (Number) toBigInteger(first).subtract(toBigInteger(second))
-                        : (Number) Long.valueOf(n);
+                        ? toBigInteger(first).subtract(toBigInteger(second))
+                        : Long.valueOf(n);
                 }
                 case FLOAT: {
                     return Float.valueOf(first.floatValue() - second.floatValue());
@@ -420,8 +420,8 @@
                     int n = n1 * n2;
                     return
                         n1 == 0 || n / n1 == n2 // overflow check
-                        ? (Number) Integer.valueOf(n)
-                        : (Number) Long.valueOf(((long) n1) * n2);
+                        ? Integer.valueOf(n)
+                        : Long.valueOf(((long) n1) * n2);
                 }
                 case LONG: {
                     long n1 = first.longValue();
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@
                     long n = n1 * n2;
                     return
                         n1 == 0L || n / n1 == n2 // overflow check
-                        ? (Number) Long.valueOf(n)
-                        : (Number) toBigInteger(first).multiply(toBigInteger(second));
+                        ? Long.valueOf(n)
+                        : toBigInteger(first).multiply(toBigInteger(second));
                 }
                 case FLOAT: {
                     return Float.valueOf(first.floatValue() * second.floatValue());
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltIn.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltIn.java
index 36e74b7..30be937 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltIn.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltIn.java
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
     protected Expression target;
     protected String key;
 
-    static final Set<String> CAMEL_CASE_NAMES = new TreeSet<String>();
-    static final Set<String> SNAKE_CASE_NAMES = new TreeSet<String>();
+    static final Set<String> CAMEL_CASE_NAMES = new TreeSet<>();
+    static final Set<String> SNAKE_CASE_NAMES = new TreeSet<>();
     static final int NUMBER_OF_BIS = 289;
     static final HashMap<String, BuiltIn> BUILT_INS_BY_NAME = new HashMap(NUMBER_OF_BIS * 3 / 2 + 1, 1f);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsForCallables.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsForCallables.java
index 87d6647..7cea824 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsForCallables.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsForCallables.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
                         return new TemplateMethodModelEx() {
                             public Object exec(List origArgs) throws TemplateModelException {
                                 int withArgsSize = withArgs.size();
-                                List<TemplateModel> newArgs = new ArrayList<TemplateModel>(
+                                List<TemplateModel> newArgs = new ArrayList<>(
                                         withArgsSize + origArgs.size());
 
                                 if (isOrderLast()) {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
                         return new TemplateMethodModel() {
                             public Object exec(List origArgs) throws TemplateModelException {
                                 int withArgsSize = withArgs.size();
-                                List<String> newArgs = new ArrayList<String>(
+                                List<String> newArgs = new ArrayList<>(
                                         withArgsSize + origArgs.size());
 
                                 if (isOrderLast()) {
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
                             int withArgsSize = withArgs.size();
                             // This is unnecessarily big if there are overridden arguments, but we care more about
                             // avoiding rehashing.
-                            Map<String, TemplateModel> newArgs = new LinkedHashMap<String, TemplateModel>(
+                            Map<String, TemplateModel> newArgs = new LinkedHashMap<>(
                                     (withArgsSize + origArgs.size()) * 4 / 3, 1f);
 
                             TemplateHashModelEx2.KeyValuePairIterator withArgsIter =
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsForNumbers.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsForNumbers.java
index a2d9cbb..73ff888 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsForNumbers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsForNumbers.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         @Override
         TemplateModel calculateResult(Number num, TemplateModel model) throws TemplateModelException {
             if (num instanceof Integer) {
-                int n = ((Integer) num).intValue();
+                int n = num.intValue();
                 if (n < 0) {
                     return new SimpleNumber(-n);
                 } else {
@@ -99,35 +99,35 @@
                     return model;
                 }
             } else if (num instanceof Double) {
-                double n = ((Double) num).doubleValue();
+                double n = num.doubleValue();
                 if (n < 0) {
                     return new SimpleNumber(-n);
                 } else {
                     return model;
                 }
             } else if (num instanceof Float) {
-                float n = ((Float) num).floatValue();
+                float n = num.floatValue();
                 if (n < 0) {
                     return new SimpleNumber(-n);
                 } else {
                     return model;
                 }
             } else if (num instanceof Long) {
-                long n = ((Long) num).longValue();
+                long n = num.longValue();
                 if (n < 0) {
                     return new SimpleNumber(-n);
                 } else {
                     return model;
                 }
             } else if (num instanceof Short) {
-                short n = ((Short) num).shortValue();
+                short n = num.shortValue();
                 if (n < 0) {
                     return new SimpleNumber(-n);
                 } else {
                     return model;
                 }
             } else if (num instanceof Byte) {
-                byte n = ((Byte) num).byteValue();
+                byte n = num.byteValue();
                 if (n < 0) {
                     return new SimpleNumber(-n);
                 } else {
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 
     private static final long safeToLong(Number num) throws TemplateModelException {
         if (num instanceof Double) {
-            double d = Math.round(((Double) num).doubleValue());
+            double d = Math.round(num.doubleValue());
             if (d > Long.MAX_VALUE || d < Long.MIN_VALUE) {
                 throw new _TemplateModelException(
                         "Number doesn't fit into a 64 bit signed integer (long): ", Double.valueOf(d));
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
                 return (long) d;
             }
         } else if (num instanceof Float) {
-            float f = Math.round(((Float) num).floatValue());
+            float f = Math.round(num.floatValue());
             if (f > Long.MAX_VALUE || f < Long.MIN_VALUE) {
                 throw new _TemplateModelException(
                         "Number doesn't fit into a 64 bit signed integer (long): ", Float.valueOf(f));
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsForSequences.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsForSequences.java
index fcaeebd..35cd229 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsForSequences.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsForSequences.java
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@
                     throw _MessageUtil.newLazilyGeneratedCollectionMustBeSequenceException(filterBI.this);
                 }
 
-                List<TemplateModel> resultList = new ArrayList<TemplateModel>();
+                List<TemplateModel> resultList = new ArrayList<>();
                 while (lhoIterator.hasNext()) {
                     TemplateModel element = lhoIterator.next();
                     if (elementMatches(element, elementTransformer, env)) {
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@
                     throw _MessageUtil.newLazilyGeneratedCollectionMustBeSequenceException(take_whileBI.this);
                 }
 
-                List<TemplateModel> resultList = new ArrayList<TemplateModel>();
+                List<TemplateModel> resultList = new ArrayList<>();
                 while (lhoIterator.hasNext()) {
                     TemplateModel element = lhoIterator.next();
                     if (elementMatches(element, elementTransformer, env)) {
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@
                     throw _MessageUtil.newLazilyGeneratedCollectionMustBeSequenceException(mapBI.this);
                 }
 
-                List<TemplateModel> resultList = new ArrayList<TemplateModel>();
+                List<TemplateModel> resultList = new ArrayList<>();
                 while (lhoIterator.hasNext()) {
                     resultList.add(fetchAndMapNextElement(lhoIterator, elementTransformer, env));
                 }
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@
                     throw _MessageUtil.newLazilyGeneratedCollectionMustBeSequenceException(drop_whileBI.this);
                 }
 
-                List<TemplateModel> resultList = new ArrayList<TemplateModel>();
+                List<TemplateModel> resultList = new ArrayList<>();
                 while (lhoIterator.hasNext()) {
                     TemplateModel element = lhoIterator.next();
                     if (!elementMatches(element, elementTransformer, env)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsWithLazyConditionals.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsWithLazyConditionals.java
index c5f1be1..f4491a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsWithLazyConditionals.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/BuiltInsWithLazyConditionals.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         
         @Override
         protected List<Expression> getArgumentsAsList() {
-            ArrayList<Expression> args = new ArrayList<Expression>(2);
+            ArrayList<Expression> args = new ArrayList<>(2);
             args.add(whenTrueExp);
             args.add(whenFalseExp);
             return args;
@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@
 
         @Override
         protected Expression getArgumentParameterValue(int argIdx) {
-            return (Expression) parameters.get(argIdx);
+            return parameters.get(argIdx);
         }
 
         @Override
         protected void cloneArguments(Expression clone, String replacedIdentifier, Expression replacement,
                 ReplacemenetState replacementState) {
-            List<Expression> parametersClone = new ArrayList<Expression>(parameters.size());
+            List<Expression> parametersClone = new ArrayList<>(parameters.size());
             for (Expression parameter : parameters) {
                 parametersClone.add(parameter
                         .deepCloneWithIdentifierReplaced(replacedIdentifier, replacement, replacementState));
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/CollectionAndSequence.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/CollectionAndSequence.java
index affb7fe..0e3f5ed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/CollectionAndSequence.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/CollectionAndSequence.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
     private void initSequence() throws TemplateModelException {
         if (data == null) {
-            data = new ArrayList<TemplateModel>();
+            data = new ArrayList<>();
             TemplateModelIterator it = collection.iterator();
             while (it.hasNext()) {
                 data.add(it.next());
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Configurable.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Configurable.java
index a0ad656..8b2e0e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Configurable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Configurable.java
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
     public Configurable(Configurable parent) {
         this.parent = parent;
         properties = new Properties(parent.properties);
-        customAttributes = new HashMap<Object, Object>(0);
+        customAttributes = new HashMap<>(0);
     }
     
     @Override
@@ -1934,7 +1934,7 @@
     }
 
     private void initAutoImportsMap() {
-        autoImports = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>(4);
+        autoImports = new LinkedHashMap<>(4);
     }
     
     /**
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@
     }
 
     private void initAutoIncludesList() {
-        autoIncludes = new ArrayList<String>(4);
+        autoIncludes = new ArrayList<>(4);
     }
     
     /**
@@ -2860,7 +2860,7 @@
      * @since 2.3.24
      */
     public Set<String> getSettingNames(boolean camelCase) {
-        return new _SortedArraySet<String>(camelCase ? SETTING_NAMES_CAMEL_CASE : SETTING_NAMES_SNAKE_CASE); 
+        return new _SortedArraySet<>(camelCase ? SETTING_NAMES_CAMEL_CASE : SETTING_NAMES_SNAKE_CASE);
     }
 
     private TimeZone parseTimeZoneSettingValue(String value) {
@@ -2959,7 +2959,7 @@
             super(env,
                     "Unknown FreeMarker configuration setting: ", new _DelayedJQuote(name),
                     correctedName == null
-                            ? (Object) "" : new Object[] { ". You may meant: ", new _DelayedJQuote(correctedName) });
+                            ? "" : new Object[] { ". You may meant: ", new _DelayedJQuote(correctedName) });
         }
         
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Dot.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Dot.java
index a7a9428..54bae57 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Dot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Dot.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
     @Override
     Object getParameterValue(int idx) {
-        return idx == 0 ? (Object) target : (Object) key;
+        return idx == 0 ? target : key;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/DynamicKeyName.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/DynamicKeyName.java
index e455b94..ccb0e7b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/DynamicKeyName.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/DynamicKeyName.java
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
             // In principle we should take lazilyGeneratedResultEnabled into account, but that wouldn't be backward
             // compatible. For example, with lazily generated sequence result <#list xs[b..e] as x> would behave
             // differently if xs is modified inside the #list nested content.
-            ArrayList<TemplateModel> resultList = new ArrayList<TemplateModel>(resultSize);
+            ArrayList<TemplateModel> resultList = new ArrayList<>(resultSize);
             int srcIdx = firstIdx;
             for (int i = 0; i < resultSize; i++) {
                 resultList.add(targetSeq.get(srcIdx));
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Environment.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Environment.java
index c48954e..1d92161 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Environment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Environment.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
     private Throwable lastThrowable;
 
     private TemplateModel lastReturnValue;
-    private Map<Object, Namespace> macroToNamespaceLookup = new IdentityHashMap<Object, Namespace>();
+    private Map<Object, Namespace> macroToNamespaceLookup = new IdentityHashMap<>();
 
     private TemplateNodeModel currentVisitorNode;
     private TemplateSequenceModel nodeNamespaces;
@@ -509,11 +509,7 @@
                     } else {
                         throw t;
                     }
-                } catch (TemplateException e) {
-                    throw e;
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    throw e;
-                } catch (Error e) {
+                } catch (TemplateException | IOException | Error e) {
                     throw e;
                 } catch (Throwable e) {
                     if (EvalUtil.shouldWrapUncheckedException(e, this)) {
@@ -942,7 +938,7 @@
                         } else {
                             List<NameValuePair> orderLastByNameCatchAll = withArgsState.orderLastByNameCatchAll;
                             if (orderLastByNameCatchAll == null) {
-                                orderLastByNameCatchAll = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
+                                orderLastByNameCatchAll = new ArrayList<>();
                                 withArgsState.orderLastByNameCatchAll = orderLastByNameCatchAll;
                             }
                             orderLastByNameCatchAll.add(new NameValuePair(argName, argValue));
@@ -1599,7 +1595,7 @@
             throws TemplateValueFormatException {
         if (cachedTemplateNumberFormats == null) {
             if (cacheResult) {
-                cachedTemplateNumberFormats = new HashMap<String, TemplateNumberFormat>();
+                cachedTemplateNumberFormats = new HashMap<>();
             }
         } else {
             TemplateNumberFormat format = cachedTemplateNumberFormats.get(formatString);
@@ -2073,7 +2069,7 @@
                 cachedFormatsByFormatString = cachedTempDateFormatsByFmtStrArray[cacheArrIdx];
                 if (cachedFormatsByFormatString == null) {
                     if (cacheResult) {
-                        cachedFormatsByFormatString = new HashMap<String, TemplateDateFormat>(4);
+                        cachedFormatsByFormatString = new HashMap<>(4);
                         cachedTempDateFormatsByFmtStrArray[cacheArrIdx] = cachedFormatsByFormatString;
                         format = null;
                     } else {
@@ -3196,7 +3192,7 @@
     public Object setCustomState(Object identityKey, Object value) {
         IdentityHashMap<Object, Object> customStateVariables = this.customStateVariables;
         if (customStateVariables == null) {
-            customStateVariables = new IdentityHashMap<Object, Object>();
+            customStateVariables = new IdentityHashMap<>();
             this.customStateVariables = customStateVariables;
         }
         return customStateVariables.put(identityKey, value);
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/EvalUtil.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/EvalUtil.java
index 9af8d83..a358208 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/EvalUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/EvalUtil.java
@@ -306,12 +306,12 @@
                     "Left hand operand ",
                     (quoteOperandsInErrors && leftExp != null
                             ? new Object[] { "(", new _DelayedGetCanonicalForm(leftExp), ") value " }
-                            : (Object) ""),
+                            : ""),
                     "is ", new _DelayedAOrAn(new _DelayedFTLTypeDescription(leftValue)), ".\n",
                     "Right hand operand ",
                     (quoteOperandsInErrors && rightExp != null
                             ? new Object[] { "(", new _DelayedGetCanonicalForm(rightExp), ") value " }
-                            : (Object) ""),
+                            : ""),
                     "is ", new _DelayedAOrAn(new _DelayedFTLTypeDescription(rightValue)),
                     ".");
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Expression.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Expression.java
index 5a69095..b4fd0d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Expression.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Expression.java
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@
     final TemplateModel eval(Environment env) throws TemplateException {
         try {
             return constantValue != null ? constantValue : _eval(env);
-        } catch (FlowControlException e) {
-            throw e;
-        } catch (TemplateException e) {
+        } catch (FlowControlException | TemplateException e) {
             throw e;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             if (env != null && EvalUtil.shouldWrapUncheckedException(e, env)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ExtendedDecimalFormatParser.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ExtendedDecimalFormatParser.java
index 398f382..8f2da0d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ExtendedDecimalFormatParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ExtendedDecimalFormatParser.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     
     private static final HashMap<String, ? extends ParameterHandler> PARAM_HANDLERS;
     static {
-        HashMap<String, ParameterHandler> m = new HashMap<String, ParameterHandler>();
+        HashMap<String, ParameterHandler> m = new HashMap<>();
         m.put(PARAM_ROUNDING_MODE, new ParameterHandler() {
             public void handle(ExtendedDecimalFormatParser parser, String value)
                     throws InvalidParameterValueException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/GetOptionalTemplateMethod.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/GetOptionalTemplateMethod.java
index be6c822..c0e857d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/GetOptionalTemplateMethod.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/GetOptionalTemplateMethod.java
@@ -172,9 +172,7 @@
                     
                     try {
                         return env.importLib(template, null);
-                    } catch (IOException e) {
-                        throw new _TemplateModelException(e, "Failed to import loaded template; see cause exception");
-                    } catch (TemplateException e) {
+                    } catch (IOException | TemplateException e) {
                         throw new _TemplateModelException(e, "Failed to import loaded template; see cause exception");
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/HashLiteral.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/HashLiteral.java
index 7b4607c..7a81b66 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/HashLiteral.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/HashLiteral.java
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@
     @Override
     protected Expression deepCloneWithIdentifierReplaced_inner(
             String replacedIdentifier, Expression replacement, ReplacemenetState replacementState) {
-		List<Expression> clonedKeys = new ArrayList<Expression>(keys.size());
+		List<Expression> clonedKeys = new ArrayList<>(keys.size());
         for (Expression key : keys) {
             clonedKeys.add(key.deepCloneWithIdentifierReplaced(replacedIdentifier, replacement, replacementState));
         }
 
-        List<Expression> clonedValues = new ArrayList<Expression>(values.size());
+        List<Expression> clonedValues = new ArrayList<>(values.size());
         for (Expression value : values) {
             clonedValues.add(value.deepCloneWithIdentifierReplaced(replacedIdentifier, replacement, replacementState));
         }
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 
         SequenceHash(Environment env) throws TemplateException {
             if (_TemplateAPI.getTemplateLanguageVersionAsInt(HashLiteral.this) >= _TemplateAPI.VERSION_INT_2_3_21) {
-                map = new LinkedHashMap<String, TemplateModel>();
+                map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
                 for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                     Expression keyExp = keys.get(i);
                     Expression valExp = values.get(i);
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
             } else {
                 // Legacy hash literal, where repeated keys were kept when doing ?values or ?keys, yet overwritten when
                 // doing hash[key].
-                map = new HashMap<String, TemplateModel>();
+                map = new HashMap<>();
                 SimpleSequence keyList = new SimpleSequence(size, _TemplateAPI.SAFE_OBJECT_WRAPPER);
                 SimpleSequence valueList = new SimpleSequence(size, _TemplateAPI.SAFE_OBJECT_WRAPPER);
                 for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/JavaTemplateDateFormatFactory.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/JavaTemplateDateFormatFactory.java
index 9aedec9..257895a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/JavaTemplateDateFormatFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/JavaTemplateDateFormatFactory.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger("freemarker.runtime");
 
     private static final ConcurrentHashMap<CacheKey, DateFormat> GLOBAL_FORMAT_CACHE
-            = new ConcurrentHashMap<CacheKey, DateFormat>();
+            = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private static final int LEAK_ALERT_DATE_FORMAT_CACHE_SIZE = 1024;
     
     private JavaTemplateDateFormatFactory() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/JavaTemplateNumberFormatFactory.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/JavaTemplateNumberFormatFactory.java
index 6cbf9a9..42262ed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/JavaTemplateNumberFormatFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/JavaTemplateNumberFormatFactory.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger("freemarker.runtime");
 
     private static final ConcurrentHashMap<CacheKey, NumberFormat> GLOBAL_FORMAT_CACHE
-            = new ConcurrentHashMap<CacheKey, NumberFormat>();
+            = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private static final int LEAK_ALERT_NUMBER_FORMAT_CACHE_SIZE = 1024;
     
     private JavaTemplateNumberFormatFactory() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ListLiteral.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ListLiteral.java
index e384cd0..7745db7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ListLiteral.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ListLiteral.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                 return Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
             }
             case 1: {
-                return Collections.singletonList(((Expression) items.get(0)).evalAndCoerceToPlainText(env));
+                return Collections.singletonList(items.get(0).evalAndCoerceToPlainText(env));
             }
             default: {
                 List result = new ArrayList(items.size());
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 return Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
             }
             case 1: {
-                return Collections.singletonList(((Expression) items.get(0)).eval(env));
+                return Collections.singletonList(items.get(0).eval(env));
             }
             default: {
                 List result = new ArrayList(items.size());
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder("[");
         int size = items.size();
         for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-            Expression value = (Expression) items.get(i);
+            Expression value = items.get(i);
             buf.append(value.getCanonicalForm());
             if (i != size - 1) {
                 buf.append(", ");
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
             return true;
         }
         for (int i = 0; i < items.size(); i++) {
-            Expression exp = (Expression) items.get(i);
+            Expression exp = items.get(i);
             if (!exp.isLiteral()) {
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Macro.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Macro.java
index 79b0c83..0279a65 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Macro.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Macro.java
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
             String paramName = paramNames[i];
             sb.append(_CoreStringUtils.toFTLTopLevelIdentifierReference(paramName));
 
-            Expression paramDefaultExp = (Expression) paramNamesWithDefault.get(paramName);
+            Expression paramDefaultExp = paramNamesWithDefault.get(paramName);
             if (paramDefaultExp != null) {
                 sb.append('=');
                 if (function) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ParseException.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ParseException.java
index 985c783..4307508 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ParseException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/ParseException.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
      */
     @Deprecated
     public ParseException(String description, int lineNumber, int columnNumber) {
-        this(description, (Template) null, lineNumber, columnNumber, null);
+        this(description, null, lineNumber, columnNumber, null);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Range.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Range.java
index 5dec1a2..a141c7c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Range.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/Range.java
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
                     endType == END_INCLUSIVE, endType == END_SIZE_LIMITED); 
         } else {
             return _TemplateAPI.getTemplateLanguageVersionAsInt(this) >= _TemplateAPI.VERSION_INT_2_3_21
-                    ? (RangeModel) new ListableRightUnboundedRangeModel(begin)
-                    : (RangeModel) new NonListableRightUnboundedRangeModel(begin);
+                    ? new ListableRightUnboundedRangeModel(begin)
+                    : new NonListableRightUnboundedRangeModel(begin);
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/TemplateConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/TemplateConfiguration.java
index 4fb907b..84f46ea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/TemplateConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/TemplateConfiguration.java
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@
         if (list1.isEmpty()) return list2;
         if (list2.isEmpty()) return list1;
         
-        ArrayList<String> mergedList = new ArrayList<String>(list1.size() + list2.size());
+        ArrayList<String> mergedList = new ArrayList<>(list1.size() + list2.size());
         mergedList.addAll(list1);
         mergedList.addAll(list2);
         return mergedList;
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/UnexpectedTypeException.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/UnexpectedTypeException.java
index 6caf9ce..d99ed2b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/UnexpectedTypeException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/UnexpectedTypeException.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
         return new Object[] {
                 "Expected ", new _DelayedAOrAn(expectedTypesDesc), ", but ",
                 (blamedAssignmentTargetVarName == null
-                        ? (Object) (blamed != null ? "this" : "the expression")
+                        ? blamed != null ? "this" : "the expression"
                         : new Object[] {
                                 "assignment target variable ",
                                 new _DelayedJQuote(blamedAssignmentTargetVarName) }), 
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/UnifiedCall.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/UnifiedCall.java
index ebed306..739021e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/UnifiedCall.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/UnifiedCall.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         boolean nameIsInParen = sb.charAt(sb.length() - 1) == ')';
         if (positionalArgs != null) {
             for (int i = 0; i < positionalArgs.size(); i++) {
-                Expression argExp = (Expression) positionalArgs.get(i);
+                Expression argExp = positionalArgs.get(i);
                 if (i != 0) {
                     sb.append(',');
                 }
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
                 if (i != 0) {
                     sb.append(", ");
                 }
-                sb.append(_CoreStringUtils.toFTLTopLevelIdentifierReference((String) bodyParameterNames.get(i)));
+                sb.append(_CoreStringUtils.toFTLTopLevelIdentifierReference(bodyParameterNames.get(i)));
             }
         }
         if (canonical) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/_MessageUtil.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/_MessageUtil.java
index 13f3d00..081835c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/core/_MessageUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/core/_MessageUtil.java
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@
                 e.getMessage())
                 .blame(dataSrcExp); 
         return useTempModelExc
-                ? new _TemplateModelException(e, (Environment) null, desc)
-                : new _MiscTemplateException(e, (Environment) null, desc);
+                ? new _TemplateModelException(e, null, desc)
+                : new _MiscTemplateException(e, null, desc);
     }
     
     public static TemplateException newCantFormatNumberException(TemplateNumberFormat format, Expression dataSrcExp,
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@
                 e.getMessage())
                 .blame(dataSrcExp); 
         return useTempModelExc
-                ? new _TemplateModelException(e, (Environment) null, desc)
-                : new _MiscTemplateException(e, (Environment) null, desc);
+                ? new _TemplateModelException(e, null, desc)
+                : new _MiscTemplateException(e, null, desc);
     }
 
     public static TemplateModelException newKeyValuePairListingNonStringKeyExceptionMessage(
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/debug/DebuggerClient.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/debug/DebuggerClient.java
index 1433881..49e1340 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/debug/DebuggerClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/debug/DebuggerClient.java
@@ -60,15 +60,14 @@
     public static Debugger getDebugger(InetAddress host, int port, String password)
     throws IOException {
         try {
-            Socket s = new Socket(host, port);
-            try {
+            try (Socket s = new Socket(host, port)) {
                 ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(s.getOutputStream());
                 ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(s.getInputStream());
                 int protocolVersion = in.readInt();
                 if (protocolVersion > 220) {
                     throw new IOException(
-                        "Incompatible protocol version " + protocolVersion + 
-                        ". At most 220 was expected.");
+                            "Incompatible protocol version " + protocolVersion +
+                                    ". At most 220 was expected.");
                 }
                 byte[] challenge = (byte[]) in.readObject();
                 MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA");
@@ -77,8 +76,6 @@
                 out.writeObject(md.digest());
                 return new LocalDebuggerProxy((Debugger) in.readObject());
                 //return (Debugger)in.readObject();
-            } finally {
-                s.close();
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw e;
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/debug/impl/DebuggerService.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/debug/impl/DebuggerService.java
index 5ba0c40..75a09aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/debug/impl/DebuggerService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/debug/impl/DebuggerService.java
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
         // RMI service.
         return 
             SecurityUtilities.getSystemProperty("freemarker.debug.password", null) == null
-            ? (DebuggerService) new NoOpDebuggerService()
-            : (DebuggerService) new RmiDebuggerService();
+            ? new NoOpDebuggerService()
+            : new RmiDebuggerService();
     }
 
     public static List getBreakpoints(String templateName) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/ant/FreemarkerXmlTask.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/ant/FreemarkerXmlTask.java
index c8943e5..58c5cb7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/ant/FreemarkerXmlTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/ant/FreemarkerXmlTask.java
@@ -507,8 +507,8 @@
 
                 // Process the template and write out
                 // the result as the outFile.
-                Writer writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(outFile), encoding));
-                try {
+                try (Writer writer = new BufferedWriter(
+                        new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(outFile), encoding))) {
                     if (parsedTemplate == null) {
                         throw new BuildException("No template file specified in build script or in XML file");
                     }
@@ -534,8 +534,6 @@
                     }
                     env.process();
                     writer.flush();
-                } finally {
-                    writer.close();
                 }
 
                 log("Output: " + outFile, Project.MSG_INFO );
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ArgumentTypes.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ArgumentTypes.java
index 506f4d0..2bba006 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ArgumentTypes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ArgumentTypes.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
             return applicables.getFirst();
         }
         
-        LinkedList<CallableMemberDescriptor> maximals = new LinkedList<CallableMemberDescriptor>();
+        LinkedList<CallableMemberDescriptor> maximals = new LinkedList<>();
         for (CallableMemberDescriptor applicable : applicables) {
             boolean lessSpecific = false;
             for (Iterator<CallableMemberDescriptor> maximalsIter = maximals.iterator(); 
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
      */
     LinkedList<CallableMemberDescriptor> getApplicables(
             List<ReflectionCallableMemberDescriptor> memberDescs, boolean varArg) {
-        LinkedList<CallableMemberDescriptor> applicables = new LinkedList<CallableMemberDescriptor>();
+        LinkedList<CallableMemberDescriptor> applicables = new LinkedList<>();
         for (ReflectionCallableMemberDescriptor memberDesc : memberDescs) {
             int difficulty = isApplicable(memberDesc, varArg);
             if (difficulty != CONVERSION_DIFFICULTY_IMPOSSIBLE) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeanModel.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeanModel.java
index a6c5e4a..6a8bd01 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeanModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeanModel.java
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
         if (cachedModel != null) {
             synchronized (this) {
                 if (memberCache == null) {
-                    memberCache = new HashMap<Object, TemplateModel>();
+                    memberCache = new HashMap<>();
                 }
                 memberCache.put(desc, cachedModel);
             }
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
     }
 
     public TemplateCollectionModel values() throws TemplateModelException {
-        List<Object> values = new ArrayList<Object>(size());
+        List<Object> values = new ArrayList<>(size());
         TemplateModelIterator it = keys().iterator();
         while (it.hasNext()) {
             String key = ((TemplateScalarModel) it.next()).getAsString();
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansModelCache.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansModelCache.java
index 8d6cae5..99374b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansModelCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansModelCache.java
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 import freemarker.template.TemplateModel;
 
 public class BeansModelCache extends ModelCache {
-    private final Map<Class<?>, ModelFactory> classToFactory = new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, ModelFactory>();
-    private final Set<String> mappedClassNames = new HashSet<String>();
+    private final Map<Class<?>, ModelFactory> classToFactory = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private final Set<String> mappedClassNames = new HashSet<>();
 
     private final BeansWrapper wrapper;
     
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         if (factory == null) {
             // Synchronized so that we won't unnecessarily create the same factory for multiple times in parallel.
             synchronized (classToFactory) {
-                factory = (ModelFactory) classToFactory.get(clazz);
+                factory = classToFactory.get(clazz);
                 if (factory == null) {
                     String className = clazz.getName();
                     // clear mappings when class reloading is detected
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansWrapper.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansWrapper.java
index 8190715..d72dadc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansWrapper.java
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@
                 return retval;
             }
         } else {
-            recursionStops = new IdentityHashMap<Object, Object>();
+            recursionStops = new IdentityHashMap<>();
         }
         Class<?> componentType = arrayClass.getComponentType();
         final int size = seq.size();
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@
                 return retval;
             }
         } else {
-            recursionStops = new IdentityHashMap<Object, Object>();
+            recursionStops = new IdentityHashMap<>();
         }
         Class<?> componentType = arrayClass.getComponentType();
         Object array = Array.newInstance(componentType, list.size());
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansWrapperBuilder.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansWrapperBuilder.java
index 6072a1e..b369e3f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansWrapperBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansWrapperBuilder.java
@@ -114,9 +114,8 @@
 public class BeansWrapperBuilder extends BeansWrapperConfiguration {
 
     private final static Map<ClassLoader, Map<BeansWrapperConfiguration, WeakReference<BeansWrapper>>>
-            INSTANCE_CACHE = new WeakHashMap<
-                    ClassLoader, Map<BeansWrapperConfiguration, WeakReference<BeansWrapper>>>();
-    private final static ReferenceQueue<BeansWrapper> INSTANCE_CACHE_REF_QUEUE = new ReferenceQueue<BeansWrapper>();
+            INSTANCE_CACHE = new WeakHashMap<>();
+    private final static ReferenceQueue<BeansWrapper> INSTANCE_CACHE_REF_QUEUE = new ReferenceQueue<>();
    
     private static class BeansWrapperFactory
             implements _BeansAPI._BeansWrapperSubclassFactory<BeansWrapper, BeansWrapperConfiguration> {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ClassBasedModelFactory.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ClassBasedModelFactory.java
index fd836d4..4d5f009 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ClassBasedModelFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ClassBasedModelFactory.java
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 abstract class ClassBasedModelFactory implements TemplateHashModel {
     private final BeansWrapper wrapper;
     
-    private final Map<String,TemplateModel> cache = new ConcurrentHashMap<String,TemplateModel>();
-    private final Set<String> classIntrospectionsInProgress = new HashSet<String>();
+    private final Map<String,TemplateModel> cache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private final Set<String> classIntrospectionsInProgress = new HashSet<>();
     
     protected ClassBasedModelFactory(BeansWrapper wrapper) {
         this.wrapper = wrapper;
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ClassIntrospector.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ClassIntrospector.java
index e92226d..e0c5135 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ClassIntrospector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ClassIntrospector.java
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@
 
     private final Object sharedLock;
     private final Map<Class<?>, Map<Object, Object>> cache
-            = new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, Map<Object, Object>>(0, 0.75f, 16);
-    private final Set<String> cacheClassNames = new HashSet<String>(0);
-    private final Set<Class<?>> classIntrospectionsInProgress = new HashSet<Class<?>>(0);
+            = new ConcurrentHashMap<>(0, 0.75f, 16);
+    private final Set<String> cacheClassNames = new HashSet<>(0);
+    private final Set<Class<?>> classIntrospectionsInProgress = new HashSet<>(0);
 
     private final List<WeakReference<Object/*ClassBasedModelFactory|ModelCache>*/>> modelFactories
-            = new LinkedList<WeakReference<Object>>();
-    private final ReferenceQueue<Object> modelFactoriesRefQueue = new ReferenceQueue<Object>();
+            = new LinkedList<>();
+    private final ReferenceQueue<Object> modelFactoriesRefQueue = new ReferenceQueue<>();
 
     private int clearingCounter;
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
      * Creates a {@link Map} with the content as described for the return value of {@link #get(Class)}.
      */
     private Map<Object, Object> createClassIntrospectionData(Class<?> clazz) {
-        final Map<Object, Object> introspData = new HashMap<Object, Object>();
+        final Map<Object, Object> introspData = new HashMap<>();
         MemberAccessPolicy effMemberAccessPolicy = getEffectiveMemberAccessPolicy();
         ClassMemberAccessPolicy effClassMemberAccessPolicy = effMemberAccessPolicy.forClass(clazz);
 
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
                                     method.getParameterTypes());
                             if (replaced != null) {
                                 if (argTypesUsedByIndexerPropReaders == null) {
-                                    argTypesUsedByIndexerPropReaders = new IdentityHashMap<Method, Void>();
+                                    argTypesUsedByIndexerPropReaders = new IdentityHashMap<>();
                                 }
                                 argTypesUsedByIndexerPropReaders.put(method, null);                                
                             }
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
                     if (propName != null) {
                         if (mergedPRMPs == null) {
                             // Lazy initialization
-                            mergedPRMPs = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+                            mergedPRMPs = new LinkedHashMap<>();
                         }
                         if (paramTypes.length == 0) {
                             mergeInPropertyReaderMethod(mergedPRMPs, propName, method);
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
         }
         
         // Now we convert the PRMPs to PDs, handling case where the normal and the indexed read methods contradict.
-        List<PropertyDescriptor> mergedPDs = new ArrayList<PropertyDescriptor>(mergedPRMPs.size());
+        List<PropertyDescriptor> mergedPDs = new ArrayList<>(mergedPRMPs.size());
         for (Entry<String, Object> entry : mergedPRMPs.entrySet()) {
             String propName = entry.getKey();
             Object propDescObj = entry.getValue();
@@ -616,11 +616,11 @@
         for (Method method : clazz.getMethods()) {
             if (_JavaVersions.JAVA_8.isDefaultMethod(method) && !method.isBridge()) {
                 if (defaultMethodsToAddByName == null) {
-                    defaultMethodsToAddByName = new HashMap<String, List<Method>>();
+                    defaultMethodsToAddByName = new HashMap<>();
                 }
                 List<Method> overloads = defaultMethodsToAddByName.get(method.getName());
                 if (overloads == null) {
-                    overloads = new ArrayList<Method>(0);
+                    overloads = new ArrayList<>(0);
                     defaultMethodsToAddByName.put(method.getName(), overloads);
                 }
                 overloads.add(method);
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
 
         // Recreate introspectionMDs so that its size can grow: 
         ArrayList<MethodDescriptor> newIntrospectionMDs
-                = new ArrayList<MethodDescriptor>(introspectionMDs.size() + 16);
+                = new ArrayList<>(introspectionMDs.size() + 16);
         for (MethodDescriptor introspectorMD : introspectionMDs) {
             Method introspectorM = introspectorMD.getMethod();
             // Prevent cases where the same method is added with different return types both from the list of default
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@
             Class<?> clazz, ClassMemberAccessPolicy effClassMemberAccessPolicy) {
         try {
             Constructor<?>[] ctorsUnfiltered = clazz.getConstructors();
-            List<Constructor<?>> ctors = new ArrayList<Constructor<?>>(ctorsUnfiltered.length);
+            List<Constructor<?>> ctors = new ArrayList<>(ctorsUnfiltered.length);
             for (Constructor<?> ctor : ctorsUnfiltered) {
                 if (effClassMemberAccessPolicy.isConstructorExposed(ctor)) {
                     ctors.add(ctor);
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@
      * superclasses and interfaces. Basically upcasts every method to the nearest accessible method.
      */
     private static Map<ExecutableMemberSignature, List<Method>> discoverAccessibleMethods(Class<?> clazz) {
-        Map<ExecutableMemberSignature, List<Method>> accessibles = new HashMap<ExecutableMemberSignature, List<Method>>();
+        Map<ExecutableMemberSignature, List<Method>> accessibles = new HashMap<>();
         discoverAccessibleMethods(clazz, accessibles);
         return accessibles;
     }
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@
                     List<Method> methodList = accessibles.get(sig);
                     if (methodList == null) {
                      // TODO Collection.singletonList is more efficient, though read only.
-                        methodList = new LinkedList<Method>();
+                        methodList = new LinkedList<>();
                         accessibles.put(sig, methodList);
                     }
                     methodList.add(method);
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         Map<Method, Class<?>[]> argTypes = (Map<Method, Class<?>[]>) classInfo.get(ARG_TYPES_BY_METHOD_KEY);
         if (argTypes == null) {
-            argTypes = new HashMap<Method, Class<?>[]>();
+            argTypes = new HashMap<>();
             classInfo.put(ARG_TYPES_BY_METHOD_KEY, argTypes);
         }
         return argTypes;
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@
     private void registerModelFactory(Object mf) {
         // Note that this `synchronized (sharedLock)` is also need for the BeansWrapper constructor to work safely.
         synchronized (sharedLock) {
-            modelFactories.add(new WeakReference<Object>(mf, modelFactoriesRefQueue));
+            modelFactories.add(new WeakReference<>(mf, modelFactoriesRefQueue));
             removeClearedModelFactoryReferences();
         }
     }
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@
      * interface.
      */
     Set<Object> keySet(Class<?> clazz) {
-        Set<Object> set = new HashSet<Object>(get(clazz).keySet());
+        Set<Object> set = new HashSet<>(get(clazz).keySet());
         set.remove(CONSTRUCTORS_KEY);
         set.remove(GENERIC_GET_KEY);
         set.remove(ARG_TYPES_BY_METHOD_KEY);
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ClassIntrospectorBuilder.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ClassIntrospectorBuilder.java
index e2847ab..cd4df0f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ClassIntrospectorBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/ClassIntrospectorBuilder.java
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
 final class ClassIntrospectorBuilder implements Cloneable {
 
     private static final Map<ClassIntrospectorBuilder, Reference<ClassIntrospector>> INSTANCE_CACHE
-            = new HashMap<ClassIntrospectorBuilder, Reference<ClassIntrospector>>();
+            = new HashMap<>();
     private static final ReferenceQueue<ClassIntrospector> INSTANCE_CACHE_REF_QUEUE
-            = new ReferenceQueue<ClassIntrospector>();
+            = new ReferenceQueue<>();
 
     private final Version incompatibleImprovements;
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
                 if (instance == null) {
                     ClassIntrospectorBuilder thisClone = (ClassIntrospectorBuilder) clone();  // prevent any aliasing issues
                     instance = new ClassIntrospector(thisClone, new Object(), true, true);
-                    INSTANCE_CACHE.put(thisClone, new WeakReference<ClassIntrospector>(instance, INSTANCE_CACHE_REF_QUEUE));
+                    INSTANCE_CACHE.put(thisClone, new WeakReference<>(instance, INSTANCE_CACHE_REF_QUEUE));
                 }
             }
             
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/DefaultMemberAccessPolicy.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/DefaultMemberAccessPolicy.java
index bc8b6d8..076dac8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/DefaultMemberAccessPolicy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/DefaultMemberAccessPolicy.java
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@
         try {
             ClassLoader classLoader = DefaultMemberAccessPolicy.class.getClassLoader();
 
-            whitelistRuleFinalClasses = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
-            whitelistRuleNonFinalClasses = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
-            Set<Class<?>> typesWithBlacklistUnlistedRule = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
-            List<MemberSelector> whitelistMemberSelectors = new ArrayList<MemberSelector>();
+            whitelistRuleFinalClasses = new HashSet<>();
+            whitelistRuleNonFinalClasses = new HashSet<>();
+            Set<Class<?>> typesWithBlacklistUnlistedRule = new HashSet<>();
+            List<MemberSelector> whitelistMemberSelectors = new ArrayList<>();
             for (String line : loadMemberSelectorFileLines()) {
                 line = line.trim();
                 if (!MemberSelector.isIgnoredLine(line)) {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
             whitelistMemberAccessPolicy = new WhitelistMemberAccessPolicy(whitelistMemberSelectors);
 
             // Generate blacklists based on the whitelist and the members of "blacklistUnlistedMembers" types:
-            List<MemberSelector> blacklistMemberSelectors = new ArrayList<MemberSelector>();
+            List<MemberSelector> blacklistMemberSelectors = new ArrayList<>();
             for (Class<?> blacklistUnlistedRuleType : typesWithBlacklistUnlistedRule) {
                 ClassMemberAccessPolicy classPolicy = whitelistMemberAccessPolicy.forClass(blacklistUnlistedRuleType);
                 for (Method method : blacklistUnlistedRuleType.getMethods()) {
@@ -158,19 +158,15 @@
     }
 
     private static List<String> loadMemberSelectorFileLines() throws IOException {
-        List<String> whitelist = new ArrayList<String>();
-        BufferedReader reader =
-                new BufferedReader(
-                        new InputStreamReader(
-                                DefaultMemberAccessPolicy.class.getResourceAsStream("DefaultMemberAccessPolicy-rules"),
-                                "UTF-8"));
-        try {
+        List<String> whitelist = new ArrayList<>();
+        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
+                new InputStreamReader(
+                        DefaultMemberAccessPolicy.class.getResourceAsStream("DefaultMemberAccessPolicy-rules"),
+                        "UTF-8"))) {
             String line;
-            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null){
+            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                 whitelist.add(line);
             }
-        } finally {
-            reader.close();
         }
 
         return whitelist;
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/LegacyDefaultMemberAccessPolicy.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/LegacyDefaultMemberAccessPolicy.java
index 08c7c8f..ee78292 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/LegacyDefaultMemberAccessPolicy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/LegacyDefaultMemberAccessPolicy.java
@@ -45,15 +45,11 @@
     private static Set<Method> createUnsafeMethodsSet() {
         try {
             Properties props = ClassUtil.loadProperties(BeansWrapper.class, UNSAFE_METHODS_PROPERTIES);
-            Set<Method> set = new HashSet<Method>(props.size() * 4 / 3, 1f);
+            Set<Method> set = new HashSet<>(props.size() * 4 / 3, 1f);
             for (Object key : props.keySet()) {
                 try {
                     set.add(parseMethodSpec((String) key));
-                } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-                    if (ClassIntrospector.DEVELOPMENT_MODE) {
-                        throw e;
-                    }
-                } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+                } catch (ClassNotFoundException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
                     if (ClassIntrospector.DEVELOPMENT_MODE) {
                         throw e;
                     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/MemberMatcher.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/MemberMatcher.java
index 34ccc9c..14453fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/MemberMatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/MemberMatcher.java
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
  * @since 2.3.30
  */
 abstract class MemberMatcher<M extends Member, S> {
-    private final Map<S, Types> signaturesToUpperBoundTypes = new HashMap<S, Types>();
+    private final Map<S, Types> signaturesToUpperBoundTypes = new HashMap<>();
 
     private static class Types {
-        private final Set<Class<?>> set = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
+        private final Set<Class<?>> set = new HashSet<>();
         private boolean containsInterfaces;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/MemberSelectorListMemberAccessPolicy.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/MemberSelectorListMemberAccessPolicy.java
index a1eee12..f7e2216 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/MemberSelectorListMemberAccessPolicy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/MemberSelectorListMemberAccessPolicy.java
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
         public static List<MemberSelector> parse(
                 Collection<String> memberSelectors, boolean ignoreMissingClassOrMember, ClassLoader classLoader)
                 throws ClassNotFoundException, NoSuchMethodException, NoSuchFieldException {
-            List<MemberSelector> parsedMemberSelectors = new ArrayList<MemberSelector>(memberSelectors.size());
+            List<MemberSelector> parsedMemberSelectors = new ArrayList<>(memberSelectors.size());
             for (String memberSelector : memberSelectors) {
                 if (!isIgnoredLine(memberSelector)) {
                     try {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/OverloadedMethods.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/OverloadedMethods.java
index 586714d..6f9dccb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/OverloadedMethods.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/OverloadedMethods.java
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@
                 tmArgs != null
                         ? new Object[] {
                                 "\nThe FTL type of the argument values were: ", getTMActualParameterTypes(tmArgs), "." }
-                        : (Object) "",
+                        : "",
                 unwrappedArgs != null
                         ? new Object[] {
                                 "\nThe Java type of the argument values were: ",
                                 getUnwrappedActualParameterTypes(unwrappedArgs) + "." }
-                        : (Object) ""};
+                        : ""};
     }
 
     private _DelayedConversionToString memberListToString() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/StaticModel.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/StaticModel.java
index 8e772aa..f2f182f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/StaticModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/StaticModel.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger("freemarker.beans");
     private final Class<?> clazz;
     private final BeansWrapper wrapper;
-    private final Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+    private final Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
 
     StaticModel(Class<?> clazz, BeansWrapper wrapper) throws TemplateModelException {
         this.clazz = clazz;
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/_BeansAPI.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/_BeansAPI.java
index 8b75893..64d9797 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/_BeansAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/_BeansAPI.java
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@
         
         final ArgumentTypes argTypes = new ArgumentTypes(args, true);
         final List<ReflectionCallableMemberDescriptor> fixedArgMemberDescs
-                = new ArrayList<ReflectionCallableMemberDescriptor>();
+                = new ArrayList<>();
         final List<ReflectionCallableMemberDescriptor> varArgsMemberDescs
-                = new ArrayList<ReflectionCallableMemberDescriptor>();
+                = new ArrayList<>();
         final Constructor<?>[] constrs = pClass.getConstructors();
         for (int i = 0; i < constrs.length; i++) {
             Constructor<?> constr = constrs[i];
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
         synchronized (instanceCache) {
             tcclScopedCache = instanceCache.get(tccl);
             if (tcclScopedCache == null) {
-                tcclScopedCache = new HashMap<BWC, WeakReference<BW>>();
+                tcclScopedCache = new HashMap<>();
                 instanceCache.put(tccl, tcclScopedCache);
                 instanceRef = null;
             } else {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
             instanceRef = tcclScopedCache.get(settings);
             BW concurrentInstance = instanceRef != null ? instanceRef.get() : null;
             if (concurrentInstance == null) {
-                tcclScopedCache.put(settings, new WeakReference<BW>(instance, instanceCacheRefQue));
+                tcclScopedCache.put(settings, new WeakReference<>(instance, instanceCacheRefQue));
             } else {
                 instance = concurrentInstance;
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/_MethodUtil.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/_MethodUtil.java
index 9f743bc..1540853 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/_MethodUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/beans/_MethodUtil.java
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
         return new _TemplateModelException(e,
                 invocationErrorMessageStart(member, isConstructor),
                 " threw an exception",
-                isStatic || isConstructor ? (Object) "" : new Object[] {
+                isStatic || isConstructor ? "" : new Object[] {
                     " when invoked on ", parentObject.getClass(), " object ", new _DelayedJQuote(parentObject) 
                 },
                 "; see cause exception in the Java stack trace.");
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/DocumentTypeModel.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/DocumentTypeModel.java
index fe65b60..5a52231 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/DocumentTypeModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/DocumentTypeModel.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     }
     
     public String getNodeName() {
-        return "@document_type$" + ((DocumentType) node).getNodeName();
+        return "@document_type$" + node.getNodeName();
     }
     
     public boolean isEmpty() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/NodeListModel.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/NodeListModel.java
index 6da6566..fdd5d0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/NodeListModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/NodeListModel.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
             for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                 NodeModel nm = (NodeModel) get(i);
                 if (nm instanceof ElementModel) {
-                    TemplateSequenceModel tsm = (TemplateSequenceModel) ((ElementModel) nm).get(key);
+                    TemplateSequenceModel tsm = (TemplateSequenceModel) nm.get(key);
                     if (tsm != null) {
                         int tsmSize = tsm.size();
                         for (int j = 0; j < tsmSize; j++) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/NodeModel.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/NodeModel.java
index 411e0bd..720cb35 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/NodeModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/NodeModel.java
@@ -643,9 +643,7 @@
                 useJaxenXPathSupport();
             } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                 // Expected
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                LOG.debug("Failed to use Jaxen XPath support.", e);
-            } catch (IllegalAccessError e) {
+            } catch (Exception | IllegalAccessError e) {
                 LOG.debug("Failed to use Jaxen XPath support.", e);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/NodeOutputter.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/NodeOutputter.java
index f0dd1e0..9a317d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/NodeOutputter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/dom/NodeOutputter.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     private String defaultNS;
     private boolean hasDefaultNS;
     private boolean explicitDefaultNSPrefix;
-    private LinkedHashMap<String, String> namespacesToPrefixLookup = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
+    private LinkedHashMap<String, String> namespacesToPrefixLookup = new LinkedHashMap<>();
     private String namespaceDecl;
     int nextGeneratedPrefixNumber = 1;
     
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/FreemarkerTag.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/FreemarkerTag.java
index da54f18..48ea69f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/FreemarkerTag.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/FreemarkerTag.java
@@ -117,9 +117,7 @@
         } catch (Exception e) {
             try {
                 pageContext.handlePageException(e);
-            } catch (ServletException e2) {
-                throw new JspException(e2.getMessage());
-            } catch (IOException e2) {
+            } catch (ServletException | IOException e2) {
                 throw new JspException(e2.getMessage());
             }
         } finally {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/JspTagModelBase.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/JspTagModelBase.java
index 032cead..2c4d57b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/JspTagModelBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/JspTagModelBase.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
                                 " (declared type: ", new _DelayedShortClassName(setterType)
                                 + ", actual value's type: ",
                                 (argArray[0] != null
-                                        ? (Object) new _DelayedShortClassName(argArray[0].getClass()) : "Null"),
+                                        ? new _DelayedShortClassName(argArray[0].getClass()) : "Null"),
                                 "). See cause exception for the more specific cause...");
                         if (e instanceof IllegalArgumentException && !(setterType.isAssignableFrom(String.class))
                                 && argArray[0] != null && argArray[0] instanceof String) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/TaglibFactory.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/TaglibFactory.java
index 4eaa4bf..c9b8d92 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/TaglibFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/TaglibFactory.java
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@
                     }
 
                     tldLocation = isJarPath(normalizedTaglibUri)
-                                ? (TldLocation) new ServletContextJarEntryTldLocation(
+                                ? new ServletContextJarEntryTldLocation(
                                         normalizedTaglibUri, DEFAULT_TLD_RESOURCE_PATH)
-                                : (TldLocation) new ServletContextTldLocation(normalizedTaglibUri);
+                                : new ServletContextTldLocation(normalizedTaglibUri);
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 String failedTLDsList = failedTldListAlreadyIncluded ? null : getFailedTLDsList();
@@ -624,20 +624,17 @@
                 throw new IOException("ServletContext resource not found: " + jarResourcePath);
             }
             try {
-                ZipInputStream zipIn = new ZipInputStream(in);
-                try {
+                try (ZipInputStream zipIn = new ZipInputStream(in)) {
                     while (true) {
                         ZipEntry curEntry = zipIn.getNextEntry();
                         if (curEntry == null) break;
-        
+
                         String curEntryPath = normalizeJarEntryPath(curEntry.getName(), false);
                         if (curEntryPath.startsWith(metaInfEntryPath) && curEntryPath.endsWith(".tld")) {
                             addTldLocationFromTld(zipIn,
-                                    new ServletContextJarEntryTldLocation(jarResourcePath, curEntryPath)); 
+                                    new ServletContextJarEntryTldLocation(jarResourcePath, curEntryPath));
                         }
                     }
-                } finally {
-                    zipIn.close();
                 }
             } finally {
                 in.close();
@@ -706,15 +703,14 @@
                 LOG.debug("Scanning for " + META_INF_ABS_PATH + "**/*.tld-s in stream mode (slow): "
                         + rawJarContentUrlEF);
             }
-        
-            final InputStream in = new URL(rawJarContentUrlEF).openStream();
-            try {
+
+            try (InputStream in = new URL(rawJarContentUrlEF).openStream()) {
                 ZipInputStream zipIn = new ZipInputStream(in);
                 try {
                     while (true) {
                         ZipEntry curEntry = zipIn.getNextEntry();
                         if (curEntry == null) break;
-        
+
                         String curEntryPath = normalizeJarEntryPath(curEntry.getName(), false);
                         if (curEntryPath.startsWith(baseEntryPath) && curEntryPath.endsWith(".tld")) {
                             final String curEntryBaseRelativePath = curEntryPath.substring(baseEntryPath.length());
@@ -726,17 +722,15 @@
                     zipIn.close();
                 }
             } catch (ZipException e) {
-                // ZipException messages miss the zip URL 
+                // ZipException messages miss the zip URL
                 IOException ioe = new IOException("Error reading ZIP (see cause excepetion) from: "
-                            + rawJarContentUrlEF);
+                        + rawJarContentUrlEF);
                 try {
                     ioe.initCause(e);
                 } catch (Exception e2) {
                     throw e;
                 }
                 throw ioe;
-            } finally {
-                in.close();
             }
         }
     }
@@ -769,11 +763,8 @@
      * Adds the TLD location mapping from the TLD itself.
      */
     private void addTldLocationFromTld(TldLocation tldLocation) throws IOException, SAXException {
-        InputStream in = tldLocation.getInputStream();
-        try {
+        try (InputStream in = tldLocation.getInputStream()) {
             addTldLocationFromTld(in, tldLocation);
-        } finally {
-            in.close();
         }
     }
 
@@ -1467,12 +1458,9 @@
         private static final Map parseToTagsAndFunctions(
                 ServletContext ctx, TldLocation tldLocation, ObjectWrapper objectWrapper) throws IOException, SAXException {
             final TldParserForTaglibBuilding tldParser = new TldParserForTaglibBuilding(objectWrapper);
-            
-            InputStream in = tldLocation.getInputStream();
-            try {
+
+            try (InputStream in = tldLocation.getInputStream()) {
                 parseXml(in, tldLocation.getXmlSystemId(), tldParser);
-            } finally {
-                in.close();
             }
             
             EventForwarding eventForwarding = EventForwarding.getInstance(ctx);
@@ -1547,9 +1535,9 @@
             } else if (E_TAGLIB.equals(qName)) {
                 addTldLocation(
                         isJarPath(taglibLocationCData)
-                                ? (TldLocation) new ServletContextJarEntryTldLocation(
+                                ? new ServletContextJarEntryTldLocation(
                                         taglibLocationCData, DEFAULT_TLD_RESOURCE_PATH)
-                                : (TldLocation) new ServletContextTldLocation(taglibLocationCData),
+                                : new ServletContextTldLocation(taglibLocationCData),
                         taglibUriCData);
             }
         }
@@ -1610,7 +1598,7 @@
 
         private final BeansWrapper beansWrapper;
 
-        private final Map<String, TemplateModel> tagsAndFunctions = new HashMap<String, TemplateModel>();
+        private final Map<String, TemplateModel> tagsAndFunctions = new HashMap<>();
         private final List listeners = new ArrayList();
 
         private Locator locator;
@@ -1823,9 +1811,7 @@
                 throws TldParsingSAXException {
             try {
                 return ClassUtil.forName(className);
-            } catch (LinkageError e) {
-                throw newTLDEntryClassLoadingException(e, className, entryType, entryName);
-            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            } catch (LinkageError | ClassNotFoundException e) {
                 throw newTLDEntryClassLoadingException(e, className, entryType, entryName);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jython/JythonVersionAdapterHolder.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jython/JythonVersionAdapterHolder.java
index 9b6c29d..ce14cb4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jython/JythonVersionAdapterHolder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jython/JythonVersionAdapterHolder.java
@@ -58,11 +58,7 @@
                         "freemarker.ext.jython._Jython20And21VersionAdapter")
                     .newInstance();
             }
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            throw adapterCreationException(e);
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-            throw adapterCreationException(e);
-        } catch (InstantiationException e) {
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException | IllegalAccessException | InstantiationException e) {
             throw adapterCreationException(e);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jython/JythonWrapper.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jython/JythonWrapper.java
index c10d122..fa3b575 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jython/JythonWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/jython/JythonWrapper.java
@@ -221,11 +221,10 @@
                     for (int i = 0; i < args.length; ++i) {
                         list.add(
                             isEx 
-                            ? (Object) wrap(args[i]) 
-                            : (Object) (
-                                args[i] == null 
-                                ? null 
-                                : args[i].toString()));
+                            ? wrap(args[i])
+                            : args[i] == null
+                            ? null
+                            : args[i].toString());
                     }
                     return unwrap((TemplateModel) ((TemplateMethodModelEx) model).exec(list));
                 } catch (TemplateModelException e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/servlet/FreemarkerServlet.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/servlet/FreemarkerServlet.java
index dbfd69a..c0284aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/servlet/FreemarkerServlet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/servlet/FreemarkerServlet.java
@@ -1061,9 +1061,7 @@
                     ATTR_REQUEST_PARAMETERS_MODEL);
             params.putUnlistedModel(KEY_REQUEST_PARAMETERS, requestParametersModel);
             return params;
-        } catch (ServletException e) {
-            throw new TemplateModelException(e);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (ServletException | IOException e) {
             throw new TemplateModelException(e);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/servlet/IncludePage.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/servlet/IncludePage.java
index 774b71a..9725e00 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/servlet/IncludePage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/servlet/IncludePage.java
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
         @Override
         public String[] getParameterValues(String name) {
             String[] value = ((String[]) paramsMap.get(name));
-            return value != null ? (String[]) value.clone() : null;
+            return value != null ? value.clone() : null;
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/util/ModelCache.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/util/ModelCache.java
index 8d6686c..6180f70 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/util/ModelCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/ext/util/ModelCache.java
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
     public synchronized void setUseCache(boolean useCache) {
         this.useCache = useCache;
         if (useCache) {
-            modelCache = new IdentityHashMap<Object, ModelReference>();
-            refQueue = new ReferenceQueue<TemplateModel>();
+            modelCache = new IdentityHashMap<>();
+            refQueue = new ReferenceQueue<>();
         } else {
             modelCache = null;
             refQueue = null;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
         }
 
         TemplateModel getModel() {
-            return (TemplateModel) this.get();
+            return this.get();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/Configuration.java
index 3f0031d..f6b6368 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/Configuration.java
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
     
     private static final Map<String, OutputFormat> STANDARD_OUTPUT_FORMATS;
     static {
-        STANDARD_OUTPUT_FORMATS = new HashMap<String, OutputFormat>();
+        STANDARD_OUTPUT_FORMATS = new HashMap<>();
         STANDARD_OUTPUT_FORMATS.put(UndefinedOutputFormat.INSTANCE.getName(), UndefinedOutputFormat.INSTANCE);
         STANDARD_OUTPUT_FORMATS.put(HTMLOutputFormat.INSTANCE.getName(), HTMLOutputFormat.INSTANCE);
         STANDARD_OUTPUT_FORMATS.put(XHTMLOutputFormat.INSTANCE.getName(), XHTMLOutputFormat.INSTANCE);
@@ -2236,7 +2236,7 @@
                 sb.append(StringUtil.jQuote(name));
                 sb.append(". The output formats registered in the Configuration are: ");
                 
-                Set<String> registeredNames = new TreeSet<String>();
+                Set<String> registeredNames = new TreeSet<>();
                 registeredNames.addAll(STANDARD_OUTPUT_FORMATS.keySet());
                 registeredNames.addAll(registeredCustomOutputFormats.keySet());
                 
@@ -2296,7 +2296,7 @@
      */
     public void setRegisteredCustomOutputFormats(Collection<? extends OutputFormat> registeredCustomOutputFormats) {
         NullArgumentException.check(registeredCustomOutputFormats);
-        Map<String, OutputFormat> m = new LinkedHashMap<String, OutputFormat>(
+        Map<String, OutputFormat> m = new LinkedHashMap<>(
                 registeredCustomOutputFormats.size() * 4 / 3, 1f);
         for (OutputFormat outputFormat : registeredCustomOutputFormats) {
             String name = outputFormat.getName();
@@ -3476,9 +3476,9 @@
      */
     @Override
     public Set<String> getSettingNames(boolean camelCase) {
-        return new _UnmodifiableCompositeSet<String>(
+        return new _UnmodifiableCompositeSet<>(
                 super.getSettingNames(camelCase),
-                new _SortedArraySet<String>(camelCase ? SETTING_NAMES_CAMEL_CASE : SETTING_NAMES_SNAKE_CASE)); 
+                new _SortedArraySet<>(camelCase ? SETTING_NAMES_CAMEL_CASE : SETTING_NAMES_SNAKE_CASE));
     }
     
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/DefaultNonListCollectionAdapter.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/DefaultNonListCollectionAdapter.java
index ab87cc6..11241e1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/DefaultNonListCollectionAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/DefaultNonListCollectionAdapter.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         } catch (ClassCastException e) {
             throw new _TemplateModelException(e,
                     "Failed to check if the collection contains the item. Probably the item's Java type, ",
-                    itemPojo != null ? new _DelayedShortClassName(itemPojo.getClass()) : (Object) "Null",
+                    itemPojo != null ? new _DelayedShortClassName(itemPojo.getClass()) : "Null",
                     ", doesn't match the type of (some of) the collection items; see cause exception.");
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/DefaultObjectWrapper.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/DefaultObjectWrapper.java
index eac0198..c0337db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/DefaultObjectWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/DefaultObjectWrapper.java
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@
                     return DefaultListAdapter.adapt((List<?>) obj, this);
                 } else {
                     return forceLegacyNonListCollections
-                            ? (TemplateModel) new SimpleSequence((Collection<?>) obj, this)
-                            : (TemplateModel) DefaultNonListCollectionAdapter.adapt((Collection<?>) obj, this);
+                            ? new SimpleSequence((Collection<?>) obj, this)
+                            : DefaultNonListCollectionAdapter.adapt((Collection<?>) obj, this);
                 }
             } else {
                 return new SimpleSequence((Collection<?>) obj, this);
@@ -230,16 +230,16 @@
         }
         if (obj instanceof Map) {
             return useAdaptersForContainers
-                    ? (TemplateModel) DefaultMapAdapter.adapt((Map<?, ?>) obj, this)
-                    : (TemplateModel) new SimpleHash((Map<?, ?>) obj, this);
+                    ? DefaultMapAdapter.adapt((Map<?, ?>) obj, this)
+                    : new SimpleHash((Map<?, ?>) obj, this);
         }
         if (obj instanceof Boolean) {
             return obj.equals(Boolean.TRUE) ? TemplateBooleanModel.TRUE : TemplateBooleanModel.FALSE;
         }
         if (obj instanceof Iterator) {
             return useAdaptersForContainers
-                    ? (TemplateModel) DefaultIteratorAdapter.adapt((Iterator<?>) obj, this)
-                    : (TemplateModel) new SimpleCollection((Iterator<?>) obj, this);
+                    ? DefaultIteratorAdapter.adapt((Iterator<?>) obj, this)
+                    : new SimpleCollection((Iterator<?>) obj, this);
         }
         if (useAdapterForEnumerations && obj instanceof Enumeration) {
             return DefaultEnumerationAdapter.adapt((Enumeration<?>) obj, this);
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/DefaultObjectWrapperBuilder.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/DefaultObjectWrapperBuilder.java
index e73fa8b..1890ba9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/DefaultObjectWrapperBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/DefaultObjectWrapperBuilder.java
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@
 public class DefaultObjectWrapperBuilder extends DefaultObjectWrapperConfiguration {
 
     private final static Map<ClassLoader, Map<DefaultObjectWrapperConfiguration, WeakReference<DefaultObjectWrapper>>>
-            INSTANCE_CACHE = new WeakHashMap<
-                    ClassLoader, Map<DefaultObjectWrapperConfiguration, WeakReference<DefaultObjectWrapper>>>();
+            INSTANCE_CACHE = new WeakHashMap<>();
     private final static ReferenceQueue<DefaultObjectWrapper> INSTANCE_CACHE_REF_QUEUE
-            = new ReferenceQueue<DefaultObjectWrapper>();
+            = new ReferenceQueue<>();
     
     /**
      * Creates a builder that creates a {@link DefaultObjectWrapper} with the given {@code incompatibleImprovements};
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/Template.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/Template.java
index aa70c0b..578f48d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/Template.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/Template.java
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
      */
     @Deprecated
     public Template(String name, Reader reader) throws IOException {
-        this(name, reader, (Configuration) null);
+        this(name, reader, null);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/TemplateException.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/TemplateException.java
index 30da1b8..7290a16 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/TemplateException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/TemplateException.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
      * or underlying cause.
      */
     public TemplateException(Environment env) {
-        this((String) null, null, env);
+        this(null, null, env);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
      * backward-compatibility.
      */
     public TemplateException(Exception cause, Environment env) {
-        this((String) null, cause, env);
+        this(null, cause, env);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
      * @since 2.3.20
      */
     public TemplateException(Throwable cause, Environment env) {
-        this((String) null, cause, env);
+        this(null, cause, env);
     }
     
     /**
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
             if (!positionsCalculated) {
                 // The expressions is the argument of the template element, so we prefer it as it's more specific. 
                 TemplateObject templateObject = blamedExpression != null
-                        ? (TemplateObject) blamedExpression
+                        ? blamedExpression
                         : (
                                 ftlInstructionStackSnapshot != null && ftlInstructionStackSnapshot.length != 0
                                 ? ftlInstructionStackSnapshot[0] : null);
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/TemplateModelException.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/TemplateModelException.java
index 2926ba8..df1efd9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/TemplateModelException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/TemplateModelException.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
      * specified detail message.
      */
     public TemplateModelException() {
-        this((String) null, null);
+        this(null, null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
      * backward-compatibility.
      */
     public TemplateModelException(Exception cause) {
-        this((String) null, cause);
+        this(null, cause);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
      * exception to be raised
      */
     public TemplateModelException(Throwable cause) {
-        this((String) null, cause);
+        this(null, cause);
     }
     
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/ClassUtil.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/ClassUtil.java
index 95fd3b8..7fc4046 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/ClassUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/ClassUtil.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
     private static final Map<String, Class<?>> PRIMITIVE_CLASSES_BY_NAME;
     static {
-        PRIMITIVE_CLASSES_BY_NAME = new HashMap<String, Class<?>>();
+        PRIMITIVE_CLASSES_BY_NAME = new HashMap<>();
         PRIMITIVE_CLASSES_BY_NAME.put("boolean", boolean.class);
         PRIMITIVE_CLASSES_BY_NAME.put("byte", byte.class);
         PRIMITIVE_CLASSES_BY_NAME.put("char", char.class);
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/DeepUnwrap.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/DeepUnwrap.java
index aa893a2..090aa6c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/DeepUnwrap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/DeepUnwrap.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
         }
         if (model instanceof TemplateHashModelEx) {
             TemplateHashModelEx hash = (TemplateHashModelEx) model;
-            Map<Object, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<Object, Object>();
+            Map<Object, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
             if (model instanceof TemplateHashModelEx2) {
                 KeyValuePairIterator kvps = ((TemplateHashModelEx2) model).keyValuePairIterator();
                 while (kvps.hasNext()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/Execute.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/Execute.java
index 034c961..4542a08 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/Execute.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/Execute.java
@@ -83,18 +83,15 @@
             Process exec = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( aExecute );
 
             // stdout from the process comes in here
-            InputStream execOut = exec.getInputStream();
-            try {
-                Reader execReader = new InputStreamReader( execOut );
-    
-                char[] buffer = new char[ OUTPUT_BUFFER_SIZE ];
-                int bytes_read = execReader.read( buffer );
-                while ( bytes_read > 0 ) {
-                    aOutputBuffer.append( buffer, 0, bytes_read );
-                    bytes_read = execReader.read( buffer );
+            try (InputStream execOut = exec.getInputStream()) {
+                Reader execReader = new InputStreamReader(execOut);
+
+                char[] buffer = new char[OUTPUT_BUFFER_SIZE];
+                int bytes_read = execReader.read(buffer);
+                while (bytes_read > 0) {
+                    aOutputBuffer.append(buffer, 0, bytes_read);
+                    bytes_read = execReader.read(buffer);
                 }
-            } finally {
-                execOut.close();
             }
         } catch ( IOException ioe ) {
             throw new TemplateModelException( ioe.getMessage() );
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/NumberUtil.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/NumberUtil.java
index 9cd3382..f4ccdcd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/NumberUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/NumberUtil.java
@@ -66,31 +66,31 @@
      */
     public static int getSignum(Number num) throws ArithmeticException {
         if (num instanceof Integer) {
-            int n = ((Integer) num).intValue();
+            int n = num.intValue();
             return n > 0 ? 1 : (n == 0 ? 0 : -1);
         } else if (num instanceof BigDecimal) {
             BigDecimal n = (BigDecimal) num;
             return n.signum();
         } else if (num instanceof Double) {
-            double n = ((Double) num).doubleValue();
+            double n = num.doubleValue();
             if (n > 0) return 1;
             else if (n == 0) return 0;
             else if (n < 0) return -1;
             else throw new ArithmeticException("The signum of " + n + " is not defined.");  // NaN
         } else if (num instanceof Float) {
-            float n = ((Float) num).floatValue();
+            float n = num.floatValue();
             if (n > 0) return 1;
             else if (n == 0) return 0;
             else if (n < 0) return -1;
             else throw new ArithmeticException("The signum of " + n + " is not defined.");  // NaN
         } else if (num instanceof Long) {
-            long n = ((Long) num).longValue();
+            long n = num.longValue();
             return n > 0 ? 1 : (n == 0 ? 0 : -1);
         } else if (num instanceof Short) {
-            short n = ((Short) num).shortValue();
+            short n = num.shortValue();
             return n > 0 ? 1 : (n == 0 ? 0 : -1);
         } else if (num instanceof Byte) {
-            byte n = ((Byte) num).byteValue();
+            byte n = num.byteValue();
             return n > 0 ? 1 : (n == 0 ? 0 : -1);
         } else if (num instanceof BigInteger) {
             BigInteger n = (BigInteger) num;
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/TemplateModelUtils.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/TemplateModelUtils.java
index aaadb33..e04d99f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/TemplateModelUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/TemplateModelUtils.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
             throws TemplateModelException {
         NullArgumentException.check("hashLikeObjects", hashLikeObjects);
         
-        List<TemplateHashModel> hashes = new ArrayList<TemplateHashModel>(hashLikeObjects.size());
+        List<TemplateHashModel> hashes = new ArrayList<>(hashLikeObjects.size());
         
         boolean allTHMEx = true;
         for (Object hashLikeObject : hashLikeObjects) {
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
 
         private void initKeys() throws TemplateModelException {
             if (keys == null) {
-                Set<String> keySet = new HashSet<String>();
+                Set<String> keySet = new HashSet<>();
                 SimpleSequence keySeq = new SimpleSequence(_TemplateAPI.SAFE_OBJECT_WRAPPER);
                 for (TemplateHashModelEx hash : hashes) {
                     addKeys(keySet, keySeq, hash);
diff --git a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/ToCanonical.java b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/ToCanonical.java
index 87752b8..1f1babb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/ToCanonical.java
+++ b/src/main/java/freemarker/template/utility/ToCanonical.java
@@ -66,11 +66,8 @@
         File convertedFile = new File(dir, filename + ".canonical");
         config.setDirectoryForTemplateLoading(dir);
         Template template = config.getTemplate(filename);
-        FileWriter output = new FileWriter(convertedFile);
-        try {
+        try (FileWriter output = new FileWriter(convertedFile)) {
             template.dump(output);
-        } finally {
-            output.close();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/ASTPrinter.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/ASTPrinter.java
index b84d779..a32f037 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/ASTPrinter.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/ASTPrinter.java
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@
             throw new IOException("Failed to get the length of " + file);
         }
         byte[] buffer = new byte[(int) ln];
-        InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
-        try {
+        try (InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file)) {
             int offset = 0;
             int bytesRead;
             while (offset < buffer.length) {
@@ -177,8 +176,6 @@
                 }
                 offset += bytesRead;
             }
-        } finally {
-            in.close();
         }
         
         try {
@@ -199,12 +196,9 @@
         if (!parentDir.isDirectory() && !parentDir.mkdirs()) {
             throw new IOException("Failed to create parent directory: " + parentDir);
         }
-        
-        Writer w = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file));
-        try {
+
+        try (Writer w = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file))) {
             w.write(astStr);
-        } finally {
-            w.close();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/AttemptLoggingTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/AttemptLoggingTest.java
index aa2d2c2..9f3cf83 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/AttemptLoggingTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/AttemptLoggingTest.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
     @Test
     public void customConfigTest() throws IOException, TemplateException {
-        List<String> reports = new ArrayList<String>();
+        List<String> reports = new ArrayList<>();
         getConfiguration().setAttemptExceptionReporter(new TestAttemptExceptionReporter(reports));
         
         assertOutput(
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
     @Test
     public void dontReportSuppressedExceptionsTest() throws IOException, TemplateException {
-        List<String> reports = new ArrayList<String>();
+        List<String> reports = new ArrayList<>();
         getConfiguration().setAttemptExceptionReporter(new TestAttemptExceptionReporter(reports));
         
         getConfiguration().setTemplateExceptionHandler(new TemplateExceptionHandler() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/CamelCaseTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/CamelCaseTest.java
index 22b3008..b1e1dcd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/CamelCaseTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/CamelCaseTest.java
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@
         assertContainsBothNamingStyles(getConfiguration().getSupportedBuiltInNames(), new NamePairAssertion() {
 
             public void assertPair(String name1, String name2) {
-                BuiltIn bi1  = (BuiltIn) BuiltIn.BUILT_INS_BY_NAME.get(name1);
-                BuiltIn bi2 = (BuiltIn) BuiltIn.BUILT_INS_BY_NAME.get(name2);
+                BuiltIn bi1  = BuiltIn.BUILT_INS_BY_NAME.get(name1);
+                BuiltIn bi2 = BuiltIn.BUILT_INS_BY_NAME.get(name2);
                 assertTrue("\"" + name1 + "\" and \"" + name2 + "\" doesn't belong to the same BI object.",
                         bi1 == bi2);
             }
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
     }
 
     private void assertContainsBothNamingStyles(Set<String> names, NamePairAssertion namePairAssertion) {
-        Set<String> underscoredNamesWithCamelCasePair = new HashSet<String>();
+        Set<String> underscoredNamesWithCamelCasePair = new HashSet<>();
         for (String name : names) {
             if (_CoreStringUtils.getIdentifierNamingConvention(name) == Configuration.CAMEL_CASE_NAMING_CONVENTION) {
                 String underscoredName = correctIsoBIExceptions(_CoreStringUtils.camelCaseToUnderscored(name)); 
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/ConfigurableTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/ConfigurableTest.java
index e0a79c0..10ff854 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/ConfigurableTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/ConfigurableTest.java
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
     public void testGetSettingNamesNameConventionsContainTheSame() throws Exception {
         Configurable cfgable = createConfigurable();
         ConfigurableTest.testGetSettingNamesNameConventionsContainTheSame(
-                new ArrayList<String>(cfgable.getSettingNames(false)),
-                new ArrayList<String>(cfgable.getSettingNames(true)));
+                new ArrayList<>(cfgable.getSettingNames(false)),
+                new ArrayList<>(cfgable.getSettingNames(true)));
     }
 
     public static void testKeyStaticFieldsHasAllVariationsAndCorrectFormat(
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@
     }
     
     public static void testGetSettingNamesNameConventionsContainTheSame(List<String> namesSCList, List<String> namesCCList) {
-        Set<String> namesSC = new HashSet<String>(namesSCList);
+        Set<String> namesSC = new HashSet<>(namesSCList);
         assertEquals(namesSCList.size(), namesSC.size());
         
-        Set<String> namesCC = new HashSet<String>(namesCCList);
+        Set<String> namesCC = new HashSet<>(namesCCList);
         assertEquals(namesCCList.size(), namesCC.size());
 
         assertEquals(namesSC.size(), namesCC.size());
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/DirectiveCallPlaceTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/DirectiveCallPlaceTest.java
index dcbe59b..3a4e532 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/DirectiveCallPlaceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/DirectiveCallPlaceTest.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     @SuppressWarnings("boxing")
     @Override
     protected Object createDataModel() {
-        Map<String, Object> dm = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+        Map<String, Object> dm = new HashMap<>();
         dm.put("uc", new CachingUpperCaseDirective());
         dm.put("lc", new CachingLowerCaseDirective());
         dm.put("pa", new PositionAwareDirective());
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/LazilyGeneratedCollectionTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/LazilyGeneratedCollectionTest.java
index 0dee5f4..2004305 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/LazilyGeneratedCollectionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/LazilyGeneratedCollectionTest.java
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
         protected final List<Number> elements;
 
         public ListContainingTemplateModel(Number... elements) {
-            this.elements = new ArrayList<Number>(Arrays.asList(elements));
+            this.elements = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(elements));
         }
 
         public int size() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/NullTransparencyTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/NullTransparencyTest.java
index a5f6638..715e25c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/NullTransparencyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/NullTransparencyTest.java
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@
 
     @Override
     protected Object createDataModel() {
-        Map<String, Object> dataModel = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+        Map<String, Object> dataModel = new HashMap<>();
 
-        List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
+        List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
         list.add("a");
         list.add(null);
         list.add("b");
         dataModel.put("list", list);
 
-        Map<String, String> map = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
+        Map<String, String> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         map.put("ak", "av");
         map.put(null, "bv");
         map.put("ck", null);
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/PrintfGTemplateNumberFormatFactory.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/PrintfGTemplateNumberFormatFactory.java
index 1fd0ed7..bb582b8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/PrintfGTemplateNumberFormatFactory.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/PrintfGTemplateNumberFormatFactory.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
                 if (n instanceof BigInteger) {
                     gCompatibleN = new BigDecimal((BigInteger) n);                        
                 } else if (n instanceof Long) {
-                    gCompatibleN = BigDecimal.valueOf(((Long) n).longValue());
+                    gCompatibleN = BigDecimal.valueOf(n.longValue());
                 } else {
                     gCompatibleN = Double.valueOf(n.doubleValue());
                 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/TemplateConfigurationTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/TemplateConfigurationTest.java
index 5be84d7..e48c38a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/TemplateConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/TemplateConfigurationTest.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
     private static final Map<String, Object> SETTING_ASSIGNMENTS;
 
     static {
-        SETTING_ASSIGNMENTS = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+        SETTING_ASSIGNMENTS = new HashMap<>();
 
         // "Configurable" settings:
         SETTING_ASSIGNMENTS.put("APIBuiltinEnabled", true);
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
     public static List<PropertyDescriptor> getTemplateConfigurationSettingPropDescs(
             boolean includeCompilerSettings, boolean includeSpecialSettings)
             throws IntrospectionException {
-        List<PropertyDescriptor> settingPropDescs = new ArrayList<PropertyDescriptor>();
+        List<PropertyDescriptor> settingPropDescs = new ArrayList<>();
 
         BeanInfo beanInfo = Introspector.getBeanInfo(TemplateConfiguration.class);
         for (PropertyDescriptor pd : beanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors()) {
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
 
     private static final Set<String> CONFIGURABLE_PROP_NAMES;
     static {
-        CONFIGURABLE_PROP_NAMES = new HashSet<String>();
+        CONFIGURABLE_PROP_NAMES = new HashSet<>();
         try {
             for (PropertyDescriptor propDesc : Introspector.getBeanInfo(Configurable.class).getPropertyDescriptors()) {
                 String propName = propDesc.getName();
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
     
     private static final Set<String> PARSER_PROP_NAMES;
     static {
-        PARSER_PROP_NAMES = new HashSet<String>();
+        PARSER_PROP_NAMES = new HashSet<>();
         // It's an interface; can't use standard Inrospector
         for (Method m : ParserConfiguration.class.getMethods()) {
             String propertyName;
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 
     private static final Set<String> SPECIAL_PROP_NAMES;
     static {
-        SPECIAL_PROP_NAMES = new HashSet<String>();
+        SPECIAL_PROP_NAMES = new HashSet<>();
         SPECIAL_PROP_NAMES.add("encoding");
     }
     
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
         }
         assertEquals("Y,N", t.getBooleanFormat());
         assertEquals(ImmutableMap.of("a", "a.ftl", "b", "b.ftl", "c", "c.ftl"), t.getAutoImports());
-        assertEquals(ImmutableList.of("a", "b", "c"), new ArrayList<String>(t.getAutoImports().keySet()));
+        assertEquals(ImmutableList.of("a", "b", "c"), new ArrayList<>(t.getAutoImports().keySet()));
         assertEquals(ImmutableList.of("i1.ftl", "i2.ftl", "i3.ftl"), t.getAutoIncludes());
         
         {
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
         }
         assertEquals("Y,N", t.getBooleanFormat());
         assertEquals(ImmutableMap.of("d", "d.ftl", "a", "a.ftl", "b", "b.ftl", "c", "c.ftl"), t.getAutoImports());
-        assertEquals(ImmutableList.of("d", "a", "b", "c"), new ArrayList<String>(t.getAutoImports().keySet()));
+        assertEquals(ImmutableList.of("d", "a", "b", "c"), new ArrayList<>(t.getAutoImports().keySet()));
         assertEquals(ImmutableList.of("i4.ftl", "i1.ftl", "i2.ftl", "i3.ftl"), t.getAutoIncludes());
         assertEquals(ImmutableMap.of( //
                 "b", LocaleSensitiveTemplateNumberFormatFactory.INSTANCE, //
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
     
     @Test
     public void testConfigureParser() throws Exception {
-        Set<String> testedProps = new HashSet<String>();
+        Set<String> testedProps = new HashSet<>();
         
         {
             TemplateConfiguration tc = new TemplateConfiguration();
@@ -890,11 +890,7 @@
             if (expectedConfiguredOutput == null) {
                 fail("Template should have fail.");
             }
-        } catch (TemplateException e) {
-            if (expectedConfiguredOutput != null) {
-                throw e;
-            }
-        } catch (ParseException e) {
+        } catch (TemplateException | ParseException e) {
             if (expectedConfiguredOutput != null) {
                 throw e;
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/WithArgsBuiltInTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/WithArgsBuiltInTest.java
index 71366e6..ebfb033 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/core/WithArgsBuiltInTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/core/WithArgsBuiltInTest.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
         assertOutput("<@mCAO?withArgs({}) />", "o={}");
 
         assertOutput("<@m b=2 a=1 c=null />", "a=1; b=2; c=d3");
-        Map<String, Integer> cNull = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
+        Map<String, Integer> cNull = new HashMap<>();
         cNull.put("c", null);
         addToDataModel("cNull", cNull);
         assertOutput("<@m?withArgs(cNull) b=2 a=1 />", "a=1; b=2; c=d3");
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     public void testNullsWithMacroWithNamedWithArgs() throws Exception {
         // Null-s in ?withArgs should behave similarly as if they were given directly as argument.
         assertOutput("<@mCAO a=null b=null />", "o={a=null, b=null}");
-        Map<String, Integer> aNullBNull = new LinkedHashMap<String, Integer>();
+        Map<String, Integer> aNullBNull = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         aNullBNull.put("a", null);
         aNullBNull.put("b", null);
         addToDataModel("aNullBNull", aNullBNull);
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
                 "{}{11 22}");
         assertOutput("<@directive?withArgs({'a': 1, 'b': 2}) b=22 c=3; u>${u}</@>",
                 "{a=1, b=22, c=3}{11}");
-        Map<String, Integer> args = new LinkedHashMap<String, Integer>();
+        Map<String, Integer> args = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         args.put("a", null);
         args.put("b", 2);
         args.put("c", 3);
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
     public void testTemplateDirectiveModelWithArgsLast() throws IOException, TemplateException {
         addToDataModel("directive", new TestTemplateDirectiveModel());
 
-        Map<String, Integer> args = new LinkedHashMap<String, Integer>();
+        Map<String, Integer> args = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         args.put("a", null);
         args.put("b", 2);
         args.put("c", 3);
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@
     @Test
     public void testMacroWithArgsLastNamedNullArgs() throws IOException, TemplateException {
         assertOutput("<@mCA?withArgsLast({'c': 3, 'd': 4}) a=1 d=null b=2 />", "a=1; b=2; o={d=null, c=3}");
-        Map<String, Integer> cAndDNull = new LinkedHashMap<String, Integer>();
+        Map<String, Integer> cAndDNull = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         cAndDNull.put("c", 3);
         cAndDNull.put("d", null);
         addToDataModel("cAndDNull", cAndDNull);
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
 
     @Test
     public void testMacroWithArgsLastPositionalNullArgs() throws IOException, TemplateException {
-        ArrayList<Object> twoAndNull = new ArrayList<Object>();
+        ArrayList<Object> twoAndNull = new ArrayList<>();
         twoAndNull.add(2);
         twoAndNull.add(null);
         addToDataModel("twoAndNull", twoAndNull);
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansWrapperSingletonsTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansWrapperSingletonsTest.java
index 3317fe4..d5054e8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansWrapperSingletonsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/beans/BeansWrapperSingletonsTest.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
     }
     
     public void testBeansWrapperBuilderProducts() throws Exception {
-        List<BeansWrapper> hardReferences = new LinkedList<BeansWrapper>();
+        List<BeansWrapper> hardReferences = new LinkedList<>();
         
         assertEquals(0, getBeansWrapperInstanceCacheSize());
         
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
     }
 
     public void testMultipleTCCLs() {
-        List<BeansWrapper> hardReferences = new LinkedList<BeansWrapper>();
+        List<BeansWrapper> hardReferences = new LinkedList<>();
         
         assertEquals(0, getBeansWrapperInstanceCacheSize());
         
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
         BeansWrapperBuilder.clearInstanceCache();
         checkClassIntrospectorCacheSize(0);
         
-        List<BeansWrapper> hardReferences = new LinkedList<BeansWrapper>();
+        List<BeansWrapper> hardReferences = new LinkedList<>();
         BeansWrapperBuilder factory;
         
         {
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/beans/DefaultObjectWrapperMemberAccessPolicyTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/beans/DefaultObjectWrapperMemberAccessPolicyTest.java
index 2c5ff54..c5b9761 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/beans/DefaultObjectWrapperMemberAccessPolicyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/beans/DefaultObjectWrapperMemberAccessPolicyTest.java
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@
 
     private static Object exec(ObjectWrapperAndUnwrapper ow, TemplateModel objM, Object... args) throws TemplateModelException {
         assertThat(objM, instanceOf(TemplateMethodModelEx.class));
-        List<TemplateModel> argModels = new ArrayList<TemplateModel>();
+        List<TemplateModel> argModels = new ArrayList<>();
         for (Object arg : args) {
             argModels.add(ow.wrap(arg));
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/beans/Java7MembersOnlyBeansWrapper.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/beans/Java7MembersOnlyBeansWrapper.java
index 9f4e4e5..f303e34 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/beans/Java7MembersOnlyBeansWrapper.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/beans/Java7MembersOnlyBeansWrapper.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     }
 
     private static <T> Set<T> newHashSet(T... items) {
-        HashSet<T> r = new HashSet<T>();
+        HashSet<T> r = new HashSet<>();
         for (T item : items) {
             r.add(item);
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/RealServletContainertTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/RealServletContainertTest.java
index 2685297..ad0c7b6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/RealServletContainertTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/RealServletContainertTest.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
                 + "?action=" + AllKindOfContainersModel2Action.class.getName()
                 + "&view=attributes.ftl&viewServlet=freemarker-2.3.0",
                 true,
-                ImmutableList.<Pattern>of(
+                ImmutableList.of(
                         Pattern.compile("(?<=^Date-time: ).*", Pattern.MULTILINE), // Uses Date.toString, so plat. dep.
                         Pattern.compile("(?<=^MyMap: ).*", Pattern.MULTILINE)  // Uses HashMap, so order unknown
                         ));
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/taglibmembers/TestFunctions.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/taglibmembers/TestFunctions.java
index b6fe1a3..37f3ba9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/taglibmembers/TestFunctions.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/ext/jsp/taglibmembers/TestFunctions.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
     @SuppressWarnings("boxing")
     public static Map<String, Integer> testMap() {
-        return ImmutableMap.<String, Integer>of("a", 1, "b", 2, "c", 3);
+        return ImmutableMap.of("a", 1, "b", 2, "c", 3);
     }
     
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/manual/CustomFormatsExample.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/manual/CustomFormatsExample.java
index 2070217..5f2ff7c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/manual/CustomFormatsExample.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/manual/CustomFormatsExample.java
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@
         Configuration cfg = getConfiguration();
 
         Map<String, TemplateNumberFormatFactory> customNumberFormats
-                = new HashMap<String, TemplateNumberFormatFactory>();
+                = new HashMap<>();
         customNumberFormats.put("price", new AliasTemplateNumberFormatFactory(",000.00"));
         customNumberFormats.put("weight", new AliasTemplateNumberFormatFactory("0.##;; roundingMode=halfUp"));
         cfg.setCustomNumberFormats(customNumberFormats);
 
         Map<String, TemplateDateFormatFactory> customDateFormats
-                = new HashMap<String, TemplateDateFormatFactory>();
+                = new HashMap<>();
         customDateFormats.put("fileDate", new AliasTemplateDateFormatFactory("dd/MMM/yy hh:mm a"));
         customDateFormats.put("logEventTime", new AliasTemplateDateFormatFactory("iso ms u"));
         cfg.setCustomDateFormats(customDateFormats);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         Configuration cfg = getConfiguration();
 
         Map<String, TemplateNumberFormatFactory> customNumberFormats
-                = new HashMap<String, TemplateNumberFormatFactory>();
+                = new HashMap<>();
         customNumberFormats.put("base", BaseNTemplateNumberFormatFactory.INSTANCE);
         customNumberFormats.put("oct", new AliasTemplateNumberFormatFactory("@base 8"));
         cfg.setCustomNumberFormats(customNumberFormats);
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         Configuration cfg = getConfiguration();
 
         Map<String, TemplateNumberFormatFactory> customNumberFormats
-                = new HashMap<String, TemplateNumberFormatFactory>();
+                = new HashMap<>();
         customNumberFormats.put("ua", UnitAwareTemplateNumberFormatFactory.INSTANCE);
         cfg.setCustomNumberFormats(customNumberFormats);
         cfg.setNumberFormat("@ua 0.####;; roundingMode=halfUp");
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/manual/ExamplesTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/manual/ExamplesTest.java
index 7738bc5..7478d74 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/manual/ExamplesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/manual/ExamplesTest.java
@@ -36,11 +36,8 @@
 
     protected Properties loadPropertiesFile(String name) throws IOException {
         Properties props = new Properties();
-        InputStream in = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(name);
-        try {
+        try (InputStream in = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(name)) {
             props.load(in);
-        } finally {
-            in.close();
         }
         return props;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/template/ConfigurationTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/template/ConfigurationTest.java
index 3ab21cc..586bd98 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/template/ConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/template/ConfigurationTest.java
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@
         cfg.setSharedVariable("erased", "");
         assertNotNull(cfg.getSharedVariable("erased"));
         
-        Map<String, Object> vars = new HashMap<String, Object>(); 
+        Map<String, Object> vars = new HashMap<>();
         vars.put("a", "aa");
         vars.put("b", "bb");
         vars.put("c", new MyScalarModel());
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@
     static {
         try {
             CONFIG_TEST_MEMBER_ACCESS_POLICY = new WhitelistMemberAccessPolicy(MemberSelectorListMemberAccessPolicy.MemberSelector.parse(
-                    ImmutableList.<String>of(
+                    ImmutableList.of(
                             File.class.getName() + ".getName()",
                             File.class.getName() + ".isFile()"),
                     false,
@@ -1945,8 +1945,8 @@
     public void testGetSettingNamesAreSorted() throws Exception {
         Configuration cfg = new Configuration(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_22);
         for (boolean camelCase : new boolean[] { false, true }) {
-            List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>(cfg.getSettingNames(camelCase)); 
-            List<String> cfgableNames = new ArrayList<String>(new Template(null, "", cfg).getSettingNames(camelCase));
+            List<String> names = new ArrayList<>(cfg.getSettingNames(camelCase));
+            List<String> cfgableNames = new ArrayList<>(new Template(null, "", cfg).getSettingNames(camelCase));
             assertStartsWith(names, cfgableNames);
             
             String prevName = null;
@@ -1964,15 +1964,15 @@
     public void testGetSettingNamesNameConventionsContainTheSame() throws Exception {
         Configuration cfg = new Configuration(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_22);
         ConfigurableTest.testGetSettingNamesNameConventionsContainTheSame(
-                new ArrayList<String>(cfg.getSettingNames(false)),
-                new ArrayList<String>(cfg.getSettingNames(true)));
+                new ArrayList<>(cfg.getSettingNames(false)),
+                new ArrayList<>(cfg.getSettingNames(true)));
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testStaticFieldKeysCoverAllGetSettingNames() throws Exception {
         Configuration cfg = new Configuration(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_22);
-        List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>(cfg.getSettingNames(false)); 
-        List<String> cfgableNames = new ArrayList<String>(cfg.getSettingNames(false));
+        List<String> names = new ArrayList<>(cfg.getSettingNames(false));
+        List<String> cfgableNames = new ArrayList<>(cfg.getSettingNames(false));
         assertStartsWith(names, cfgableNames);
         
         for (int i = cfgableNames.size(); i < names.size(); i++) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/template/CustomAttributeTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/template/CustomAttributeTest.java
index 612d2ca..2ff33da 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/template/CustomAttributeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/template/CustomAttributeTest.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     private static final Object VALUE_2 = new Object();
     private static final Object VALUE_3 = new Object();
     private static final Object VALUE_LIST = ImmutableList.<Object>of(
-            "s", BigDecimal.valueOf(2), Boolean.TRUE, ImmutableMap.<String, String>of("a", "A"));
+            "s", BigDecimal.valueOf(2), Boolean.TRUE, ImmutableMap.of("a", "A"));
     private static final Object VALUE_BIGDECIMAL = BigDecimal.valueOf(22);
 
     private static final CustomAttribute CUST_ATT_TMP_1 = new CustomAttribute(CustomAttribute.SCOPE_TEMPLATE);
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/template/DefaultObjectWrapperTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/template/DefaultObjectWrapperTest.java
index 0719f00..3334301 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/template/DefaultObjectWrapperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/template/DefaultObjectWrapperTest.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     
     @Test
     public void testIncompatibleImprovementsVersionBreakPoints() throws Exception {
-        List<Version> expected = new ArrayList<Version>();
+        List<Version> expected = new ArrayList<>();
         for (int u = 0; u < 21; u++) {
             expected.add(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_0);
         }
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         expected.add(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_27); // no non-BC change in 2.3.29
         expected.add(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_27); // no non-BC change in 2.3.30
 
-        List<Version> actual = new ArrayList<Version>();
+        List<Version> actual = new ArrayList<>();
         for (int i = _TemplateAPI.VERSION_INT_2_3_0; i <= Configuration.getVersion().intValue(); i++) {
             int major = i / 1000000;
             int minor = i % 1000000 / 1000;
@@ -451,8 +451,8 @@
         {
             // Check custom TM usage and round trip:
             final TemplateModel mr = (TemplateModel) ((TemplateMethodModelEx) bean.get("incTupple"))
-                    .exec(Collections.singletonList(ow.wrap(new Tupple<Integer, Integer>(1, 2))));
-            assertEquals(new Tupple<Integer, Integer>(2, 3), ow.unwrap(mr));
+                    .exec(Collections.singletonList(ow.wrap(new Tupple<>(1, 2))));
+            assertEquals(new Tupple<>(2, 3), ow.unwrap(mr));
             assertTrue(TuppleAdapter.class.isInstance(mr));
         }
     }
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
     @SuppressWarnings("boxing")
     @Test
     public void testMapAdapter() throws TemplateModelException {
-        HashMap<String, Object> testMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+        HashMap<String, Object> testMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         testMap.put("a", 1);
         testMap.put("b", null);
         testMap.put("c", "C");
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@
 
     private void testIteratorWrapping(DefaultObjectWrapper ow, Class<?> expectedTMClass, Class<?> expectedPOJOClass)
             throws TemplateModelException {
-        final List<String> list = ImmutableList.<String> of("a", "b", "c");
+        final List<String> list = ImmutableList.of("a", "b", "c");
         Iterator<String> it = list.iterator();
         TemplateCollectionModel coll = (TemplateCollectionModel) ow.wrap(it);
 
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@
     @Test
     public void testNoEnumerationAdapter() throws TemplateModelException {
          DefaultObjectWrapper ow = new DefaultObjectWrapperBuilder(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_25).build();
-         Vector<String> vector = new Vector<String>();
+         Vector<String> vector = new Vector<>();
          vector.add("a");
          vector.add("b");
          
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@
     @Test
     public void testEnumerationAdapter() throws TemplateModelException {
          DefaultObjectWrapper ow = new DefaultObjectWrapperBuilder(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_26).build();
-         Vector<String> vector = new Vector<String>();
+         Vector<String> vector = new Vector<>();
          vector.add("a");
          vector.add("b");
          
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/template/utility/DeepUnwrapTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/template/utility/DeepUnwrapTest.java
index 6b43431..765cb1f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/template/utility/DeepUnwrapTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/template/utility/DeepUnwrapTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
     @Test
     public void testHashEx2Unwrapping() throws Exception {
-        Map<Object, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<Object, Object>();
+        Map<Object, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         map.put("k1", "v1");
         map.put("k2", null);
         map.put(3, "v3");
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/template/utility/TemplateModelUtilTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/template/utility/TemplateModelUtilTest.java
index 6122532..835f05c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/template/utility/TemplateModelUtilTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/template/utility/TemplateModelUtilTest.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     
     @Test
     public void testGetKeyValuePairIterator() throws Exception {
-        Map<Object, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<Object, Object>();
+        Map<Object, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         TemplateHashModelEx thme = new TemplateHashModelExOnly(map);
         
         assertetGetKeyValuePairIteratorContent("", thme);
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
     @Test
     public void testGetKeyValuePairIteratorWithEx2() throws Exception {
-        Map<Object, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<Object, Object>();
+        Map<Object, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         TemplateHashModelEx thme = DefaultMapAdapter.adapt(map, ow);
         
         assertetGetKeyValuePairIteratorContent("", thme);
@@ -222,15 +222,15 @@
             
             assertEquals(expected.size(), actualEx.size());
             
-            List<String> expectedKeys = new ArrayList<String>(expected.keySet());
-            List<String> actualKeys = new ArrayList<String>();
+            List<String> expectedKeys = new ArrayList<>(expected.keySet());
+            List<String> actualKeys = new ArrayList<>();
             for (TemplateModelIterator it = ((TemplateHashModelEx) actual).keys().iterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
                 actualKeys.add(((TemplateScalarModel) it.next()).getAsString());
             }
             assertEquals(expectedKeys, actualKeys);
             
-            List<Integer> expectedValues = new ArrayList<Integer>(expected.values());
-            List<Integer> actualValues = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+            List<Integer> expectedValues = new ArrayList<>(expected.values());
+            List<Integer> actualValues = new ArrayList<>();
             for (TemplateModelIterator it = ((TemplateHashModelEx) actual).values().iterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
                 actualValues.add((Integer) ((TemplateNumberModel) it.next()).getAsNumber());
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/CopyrightCommentRemoverTemplateLoader.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/CopyrightCommentRemoverTemplateLoader.java
index f09b88c..da37be4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/CopyrightCommentRemoverTemplateLoader.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/CopyrightCommentRemoverTemplateLoader.java
@@ -49,12 +49,9 @@
     }
 
     public Reader getReader(Object templateSource, String encoding) throws IOException {
-        Reader reader = innerTemplateLoader.getReader(templateSource, encoding);
-        try {
+        try (Reader reader = innerTemplateLoader.getReader(templateSource, encoding)) {
             String content = IOUtils.toString(reader);
             return new StringReader(TestUtil.removeFTLCopyrightComment(content));
-        } finally {
-            reader.close();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/MonitoredTemplateLoader.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/MonitoredTemplateLoader.java
index cc504d8..8c9dea7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/MonitoredTemplateLoader.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/MonitoredTemplateLoader.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     }
     
     public List<String> getNamesSearched() {
-        ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
+        ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
         for (AbstractTemplateLoaderEvent event : events) {
             if (event instanceof FindTemplateSourceEvent) {
                 result.add(((FindTemplateSourceEvent) event).getName());
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/ResourcesExtractor.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/ResourcesExtractor.java
index b1cca04..b96c85f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/ResourcesExtractor.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/ResourcesExtractor.java
@@ -101,14 +101,11 @@
             deleteDstRootDir = !dstRootDir.exists();
         }
         try {
-            BufferedReader contR = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(contIn, "UTF-8"));
-            try {
+            try (BufferedReader contR = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(contIn, "UTF-8"))) {
                 String contLine;
                 while ((contLine = contR.readLine()) != null) {
                     processLine(contLine, resolverClass, srcDirResourcePath, dstRootDir, contResource);
                 }
-            } finally {
-                contR.close();
             }
             jarMarkedSubdirectories(dstRootDir);
             deleteDstRootDir = false;
@@ -231,16 +228,13 @@
     private static void jarDirectory(File srcDir, File jarFile) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
         boolean finished = false;
         try {
-            FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream(jarFile);
-            try {
+            try (FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream(jarFile)) {
                 JarOutputStream jarOut = new JarOutputStream(fileOut);
                 try {
                     addFilesToJar("", srcDir, jarOut);
                 } finally {
                     jarOut.close();
                 }
-            } finally {
-                fileOut.close();
             }
             finished = true;
         } finally {
@@ -275,11 +269,8 @@
         for (File entry : entries) {
             if (entry.isFile()) {
                 jarOut.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(entryBasePath + entry.getName()));
-                FileInputStream fileIn = new FileInputStream(entry);
-                try {
+                try (FileInputStream fileIn = new FileInputStream(entry)) {
                     IOUtils.copy(fileIn, jarOut);
-                } finally {
-                    fileIn.close();
                 }
                 jarOut.closeEntry();
             } else if (entry.isDirectory()) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/TemplateTest.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/TemplateTest.java
index 9377a45..b55eb62 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/TemplateTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/TemplateTest.java
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
     
     @SuppressWarnings("boxing")
     protected Map<String, Object> createCommonTestValuesDataModel() {
-        Map<String, Object> dataModel = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+        Map<String, Object> dataModel = new HashMap<>();
         dataModel.put("map", Collections.singletonMap("key", "value"));
         dataModel.put("list", Collections.singletonList("item"));
         dataModel.put("s", "text");
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/servlet/WebAppTestCase.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/servlet/WebAppTestCase.java
index 3471795..0366bde 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/servlet/WebAppTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/servlet/WebAppTestCase.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
     private static Server server;
     private static ContextHandlerCollection contextHandlers;
-    private static Map<String, WebAppContext> deployedWebApps = new HashMap<String, WebAppContext>();
+    private static Map<String, WebAppContext> deployedWebApps = new HashMap<>();
     private static volatile File testTempDirectory;
 
     @BeforeClass
@@ -123,11 +123,8 @@
 
             final String content;
             if (responseCode == 200) {
-                InputStream in = httpCon.getInputStream();
-                try {
+                try (InputStream in = httpCon.getInputStream()) {
                     content = IOUtils.toString(in, "UTF-8");
-                } finally {
-                    in.close();
                 }
             } else {
                 content = null;
@@ -184,12 +181,9 @@
         final String expected;
         {
             ClassPathResource cpResource = findWebAppDirectoryResource(webAppName);
-            final InputStream in = cpResource.resolverClass.getResourceAsStream(
-                    cpResource.path + EXPECTED_DIR + expectedFileName);
-            try {
+            try (InputStream in = cpResource.resolverClass.getResourceAsStream(
+                    cpResource.path + EXPECTED_DIR + expectedFileName)) {
                 expected = TestUtil.removeTxtCopyrightComment(normalizeWS(IOUtils.toString(in, "utf-8"), compressWS));
-            } finally {
-                in.close();
             }
         }
         assertEquals(maskIgnored(expected, ignoredParts), maskIgnored(actual, ignoredParts));
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/TemplateTestCase.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/TemplateTestCase.java
index ba418dd..f0cb148 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/TemplateTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/TemplateTestCase.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     private final boolean noOutput;
     
     private final Configuration conf;
-    private final HashMap<String, Object> dataModel = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+    private final HashMap<String, Object> dataModel = new HashMap<>();
     
     public TemplateTestCase(String testName, String simpleTestName, String templateName, String expectedFileName, boolean noOutput,
             Version incompatibleImprovements) {
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
         } else if (simpleTestName.equals("beans")) {
             dataModel.put("array", new String[] { "array-0", "array-1"});
             dataModel.put("list", Arrays.asList(new String[] { "list-0", "list-1", "list-2"}));
-            Map<Object, Object> tmap = new HashMap<Object, Object>();
+            Map<Object, Object> tmap = new HashMap<>();
             tmap.put("key", "value");
             Object objKey = new Object();
             tmap.put(objKey, "objValue");
@@ -300,23 +300,23 @@
             dataModel.put("bigDecimal", new SimpleNumber(java.math.BigDecimal.valueOf(1)));
             dataModel.put("bigDecimal2", new SimpleNumber(java.math.BigDecimal.valueOf(1, 16)));
         } else if (simpleTestName.equals("simplehash-char-key")) {
-            HashMap<String, String> mStringC = new HashMap<String, String>();
+            HashMap<String, String> mStringC = new HashMap<>();
             mStringC.put("c", "string");
             dataModel.put("mStringC", mStringC);
             
-            HashMap<String, String> mStringCNull = new HashMap<String, String>();
+            HashMap<String, String> mStringCNull = new HashMap<>();
             mStringCNull.put("c", null);
             dataModel.put("mStringCNull", mStringCNull);
             
-            HashMap<Character, String> mCharC = new HashMap<Character, String>();
+            HashMap<Character, String> mCharC = new HashMap<>();
             mCharC.put(Character.valueOf('c'), "char");
             dataModel.put("mCharC", mCharC);
             
-            HashMap<String, String> mCharCNull = new HashMap<String, String>();
+            HashMap<String, String> mCharCNull = new HashMap<>();
             mCharCNull.put("c", null);
             dataModel.put("mCharCNull", mCharCNull);
             
-            HashMap<Object, String> mMixed = new HashMap<Object, String>();
+            HashMap<Object, String> mMixed = new HashMap<>();
             mMixed.put(Character.valueOf('c'), "char");
             mMixed.put("s", "string");
             mMixed.put("s2", "string2");
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@
         } else if (simpleTestName.startsWith("type-builtins")) {
             dataModel.put("testmethod", new TestMethod());
             dataModel.put("testnode", new TestNode());
-            dataModel.put("testcollection", new SimpleCollection(new ArrayList<Object>()));
-            dataModel.put("testcollectionEx", DefaultNonListCollectionAdapter.adapt(new HashSet<Object>(), null));
+            dataModel.put("testcollection", new SimpleCollection(new ArrayList<>()));
+            dataModel.put("testcollectionEx", DefaultNonListCollectionAdapter.adapt(new HashSet<>(), null));
             dataModel.put("bean", new TestBean());
         } else if (simpleTestName.equals("date-type-builtins")) {
             GregorianCalendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(2003, 4 - 1, 5, 6, 7, 8);
@@ -379,20 +379,20 @@
             NodeModel nm = NodeModel.parse(is);
             dataModel.put("doc", nm);
         } else if (simpleTestName.startsWith("sequence-builtins")) {
-            Set<String> abcSet = new TreeSet<String>();
+            Set<String> abcSet = new TreeSet<>();
             abcSet.add("a");
             abcSet.add("b");
             abcSet.add("c");
             dataModel.put("abcSet", abcSet);
             dataModel.put("abcSetNonSeq", DefaultNonListCollectionAdapter.adapt(abcSet, beansWrapper));
             
-            List<String> listWithNull = new ArrayList<String>();
+            List<String> listWithNull = new ArrayList<>();
             listWithNull.add("a");
             listWithNull.add(null);
             listWithNull.add("c");
             dataModel.put("listWithNull", listWithNull);
             
-            List<String> listWithNullsOnly = new ArrayList<String>();
+            List<String> listWithNullsOnly = new ArrayList<>();
             listWithNull.add(null);
             listWithNull.add(null);
             listWithNull.add(null);
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
             
             dataModel.put("abcCollection", new SimpleCollection(abcSet));
             
-            Set<String> set = new HashSet<String>();
+            Set<String> set = new HashSet<>();
             set.add("a");
             set.add("b");
             set.add("c");
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/TemplateTestSuite.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/TemplateTestSuite.java
index 17d35c2..52435d1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/TemplateTestSuite.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/TemplateTestSuite.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     public static final String INCOMPATIBLE_IMPROVEMENTS_PROPERTY_NAME
             = "freemareker.templateTestSuite.incompatibleImprovements";
     
-    private final Map<String, String> testSuiteSettings = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
+    private final Map<String, String> testSuiteSettings = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
     private final ArrayList<Version> testSuiteIcis;
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
             System.out.println("Note: " + TEST_FILTER_PROPERTY_NAME + " is " + StringUtil.jQuote(testCaseNameFilter));
         }
         
-        testSuiteIcis = new ArrayList<Version>();
+        testSuiteIcis = new ArrayList<>();
         String testedIcIsStr = System.getProperty(INCOMPATIBLE_IMPROVEMENTS_PROPERTY_NAME);
         if (testedIcIsStr != null) {
             for (String iciStr : testedIcIsStr.split(",")) {
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
             }
         }
 
-        List<TemplateTestCase> result = new ArrayList<TemplateTestCase>(); 
+        List<TemplateTestCase> result = new ArrayList<>();
         for (Version iciToTest : icisToTest) {
             TemplateTestCase testCase = new TemplateTestCase(
                     caseName + "(ici=" + iciToTest + ")", caseName,
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
     }
 
     private List<Version> parseVersionList(String versionsStr) {
-        List<Version> versions = new ArrayList<Version>();
+        List<Version> versions = new ArrayList<>();
         for (String versionStr : versionsStr.split(",")) {
             versionStr = versionStr.trim();
             if (versionStr.length() != 0) {
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
 
     private Map<String, String> getCaseFMSettings(Element e) {
         final Map<String, String> caseFMSettings;
-        caseFMSettings = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
+        caseFMSettings = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         NodeList settingElems = e.getElementsByTagName(ELEM_SETTING);
         for (int elemIdx = 0; elemIdx < settingElems.getLength(); elemIdx++) {
             NamedNodeMap attrs = settingElems.item(elemIdx).getAttributes();
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/models/Listables.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/models/Listables.java
index 165dce8..cadcc01 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/models/Listables.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/models/Listables.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     
     private static final List<Integer> LIST;
     static {
-        List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+        List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
         list.add(11);
         list.add(22);
         list.add(33);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
     private static final List<Integer> LINKED_LIST;
     static {
-        List<Integer> list = new LinkedList<Integer>();
+        List<Integer> list = new LinkedList<>();
         list.add(11);
         list.add(22);
         list.add(33);
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@
 
     private static final List<Integer> EMPTY_LINKED_LIST;
     static {
-        List<Integer> list = new LinkedList<Integer>();
+        List<Integer> list = new LinkedList<>();
         EMPTY_LINKED_LIST = list;
     }
     
     private static final Set<Integer> SET;
     static {
-        Set<Integer> set = new TreeSet<Integer>();
+        Set<Integer> set = new TreeSet<>();
         set.add(11);
         set.add(22);
         set.add(33);
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     
     public List<TemplateHashModelEx2> getHashEx2s() throws TemplateModelException {
         Map<Object, Object> map;
-        map = new LinkedHashMap<Object, Object>();
+        map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         map.put("k1", "v1");
         map.put(2, "v2");
         map.put("k3", "v3");
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     }
 
     public List<? extends TemplateHashModelEx> getEmptyHashes() throws TemplateModelException {
-        List<TemplateHashModelEx> emptyMaps = new ArrayList<TemplateHashModelEx>();
+        List<TemplateHashModelEx> emptyMaps = new ArrayList<>();
         emptyMaps.addAll(getMapsWrappedAsEx2(Collections.emptyMap()));
         emptyMaps.add((TemplateHashModelEx) new DefaultObjectWrapperBuilder(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_24).build()
                 .wrap(Collections.emptyMap()));
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
      * Returns the map wrapped on various ways.
      */
     private List<TemplateHashModelEx2> getMapsWrappedAsEx2(Map<?, ?> map) throws TemplateModelException {
-        List<TemplateHashModelEx2> maps = new ArrayList<TemplateHashModelEx2>();
+        List<TemplateHashModelEx2> maps = new ArrayList<>();
         
         maps.add((SimpleHash) new DefaultObjectWrapperBuilder(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_0).build().wrap(map));
         
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/models/OverloadedMethods2.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/models/OverloadedMethods2.java
index e73c696..8daf480 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/models/OverloadedMethods2.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/templatesuite/models/OverloadedMethods2.java
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@
     
     @SuppressWarnings("boxing")
     public List<Integer> getJavaIntegerList() {
-        List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+        List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
         list.add(1);
         list.add(2);
         return list;
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@
 
     @SuppressWarnings("boxing")
     public List<Byte> getJavaByteList() {
-        List<Byte> list = new ArrayList<Byte>();
+        List<Byte> list = new ArrayList<>();
         list.add((byte) 1);
         list.add((byte) 2);
         return list;
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@
 
     @SuppressWarnings("boxing")
     public List<Character> getJavaCharacterList() {
-        List<Character> list = new ArrayList<Character>();
+        List<Character> list = new ArrayList<>();
         list.add('c');
         list.add('C');
         return list;
diff --git a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/utility/FileTestCase.java b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/utility/FileTestCase.java
index c8ad159..8f4fc75 100644
--- a/src/test/java/freemarker/test/utility/FileTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/freemarker/test/utility/FileTestCase.java
@@ -105,11 +105,8 @@
     }
 
     private void saveString(File actualFile, String actualContents) throws IOException {
-        Writer w = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(actualFile), "UTF-8");
-        try {
+        try (Writer w = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(actualFile), "UTF-8")) {
             w.write(actualContents);
-        } finally {
-            w.close();
         }
     }