diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/MultipartRequest.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/MultipartRequest.java
index 683d88d66dc1da82d6b729b15d2dfb98048a1ccf..f90ec14a92794fda83222fe6262cface665e82cb 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/MultipartRequest.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/MultipartRequest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 package org.springframework.web.multipart;
 
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public interface MultipartRequest {
 	 * or an empty list if it does not exist.
 	 * @param name a String specifying the parameter name of the multipart file
 	 * @return the uploaded content in the form of a {@link MultipartFile} list
+	 * @since 3.0
 	 */
 	List<MultipartFile> getFiles(String name);
 
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ public interface MultipartRequest {
 	 * @return a map containing the parameter names as keys, and a list of
 	 * {@link MultipartFile} objects as values
 	 * @see MultipartFile
+	 * @since 3.0
 	 */
 	MultiValueMap<String, MultipartFile> getMultiFileMap();
 
-
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/commons/CommonsFileUploadSupport.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/commons/CommonsFileUploadSupport.java
index 3d79658bbf1eb89d70c7cdbaadc5b2e74ffa4f18..b4d399ebe7dc2f4b8f64da8127b72d24a0d755df 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/commons/CommonsFileUploadSupport.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/commons/CommonsFileUploadSupport.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.WebUtils;
 
 /**
  * Base class for multipart resolvers that use Jakarta Commons FileUpload
- * 1.1 or higher.
+ * 1.2 or above.
  *
  * <p>Provides common configuration properties and parsing functionality
  * for multipart requests, using a Map of Spring CommonsMultipartFile instances
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public abstract class CommonsFileUploadSupport {
 		// Extract multipart files and multipart parameters.
 		for (FileItem fileItem : fileItems) {
 			if (fileItem.isFormField()) {
-				String value = null;
+				String value;
 				if (encoding != null) {
 					try {
 						value = fileItem.getString(encoding);