diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AutowireUtils.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AutowireUtils.java
index 5111599f0800945014c1685a24af1643ce01d2f4..1bf540345587c3a0e7005295c690b2bcec6c876a 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AutowireUtils.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AutowireUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ abstract class AutowireUtils {
 				}
 				int c1pl = c1.getParameterTypes().length;
 				int c2pl = c2.getParameterTypes().length;
-				return (new Integer(c1pl)).compareTo(c2pl) * -1;
+				return (c1pl < c2pl ? 1 : (c1pl > c2pl ? -1 : 0));
 			}
 		});
 	}
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ abstract class AutowireUtils {
 				}
 				int c1pl = fm1.getParameterTypes().length;
 				int c2pl = fm2.getParameterTypes().length;
-				return (new Integer(c1pl)).compareTo(c2pl) * -1;
+				return (c1pl < c2pl ? 1 : (c1pl > c2pl ? -1 : 0));
 			}
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveConstructorResolver.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveConstructorResolver.java
index e82d64bc3d5f7a49521f059dc18aa1e48719b71a..e9eacdf67f07ed21f9ed6f12d9cb58c93726ffde 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveConstructorResolver.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveConstructorResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ public class ReflectiveConstructorResolver implements ConstructorResolver {
 	 * </ol>
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public ConstructorExecutor resolve(EvaluationContext context, String typename, List<TypeDescriptor> argumentTypes)
+	public ConstructorExecutor resolve(EvaluationContext context, String typeName, List<TypeDescriptor> argumentTypes)
 			throws AccessException {
 
 		try {
 			TypeConverter typeConverter = context.getTypeConverter();
-			Class<?> type = context.getTypeLocator().findType(typename);
+			Class<?> type = context.getTypeLocator().findType(typeName);
 			Constructor<?>[] ctors = type.getConstructors();
 
 			Arrays.sort(ctors, new Comparator<Constructor<?>>() {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class ReflectiveConstructorResolver implements ConstructorResolver {
 				public int compare(Constructor<?> c1, Constructor<?> c2) {
 					int c1pl = c1.getParameterTypes().length;
 					int c2pl = c2.getParameterTypes().length;
-					return (new Integer(c1pl)).compareTo(c2pl);
+					return (c1pl < c2pl ? -1 : (c1pl > c2pl ? 1 : 0));
 				}
 			});
 
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveMethodResolver.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveMethodResolver.java
index 7987f405b59c32283a52e3332f78b2daf4d13720..a00748e04c0008cdeb9e1bfec94605947ef7b496 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveMethodResolver.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveMethodResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class ReflectiveMethodResolver implements MethodResolver {
 						    	return 0;
 						    }
 						}
-						return (new Integer(m1pl)).compareTo(m2pl);
+						return (m1pl < m2pl ? -1 : (m1pl > m2pl ? 1 : 0));
 					}
 				});
 			}