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commit a1097262d45705b2701256f733fb0ef642090b6a
Author: Gary Gregory <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul 11 08:47:08 2026 -0400

    Javadoc
---
 .../org/apache/commons/vfs2/tasks/CopyTask.java    |  4 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/webdav/WebdavFileNameParser.java |  2 +-
 .../webdav/WebdavFileSystemConfigBuilder.java      |  2 +-
 .../provider/webdav/WebdavMethodRetryHandler.java  |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/webdav/test/JcrUtils.java        |  8 +--
 .../provider/webdav4/Webdav4FileNameParser.java    |  2 +-
 .../webdav4/Webdav4FileSystemConfigBuilder.java    |  2 +-
 .../provider/webdav4s/Webdav4sFileNameParser.java  |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/webdav4/test/JcrUtils.java       |  8 +--
 .../vfs2/provider/smb/SmbFileNameParser.java       |  2 +-
 .../org/apache/commons/vfs2/CacheStrategy.java     |  4 +-
 .../java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileContent.java  | 12 ++--
 .../java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileName.java     |  8 +--
 .../java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileObject.java   | 12 ++--
 .../java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystem.java   |  4 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/FileSystemConfigBuilder.java      | 78 +++++++++++-----------
 .../apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemException.java   |  4 +-
 .../org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemManager.java | 12 ++--
 .../java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FilesCache.java   |  2 +-
 .../apache/commons/vfs2/RandomAccessContent.java   |  6 +-
 .../src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/VFS.java |  2 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/filter/ConditionalFileFilter.java |  2 +-
 .../org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/IOCase.java     |  8 +--
 .../commons/vfs2/filter/WildcardFileFilter.java    |  2 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/impl/DecoratedFileObject.java     |  2 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultFileReplicator.java   |  8 +--
 .../vfs2/impl/DefaultFileSystemConfigBuilder.java  |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/impl/DefaultFileSystemManager.java        |  6 +-
 .../vfs2/impl/DefaultVfsComponentContext.java      |  2 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/impl/ProviderConfiguration.java   |  6 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/impl/VirtualFileSystem.java       |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/operations/AbstractFileOperation.java     |  2 +-
 .../operations/AbstractFileOperationProvider.java  |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/operations/FileOperationProvider.java     |  2 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/operations/vcs/VcsStatus.java     |  2 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileName.java    |  8 +--
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileObject.java  | 12 ++--
 .../vfs2/provider/AbstractFileProvider.java        |  4 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileSystem.java  | 10 +--
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/DefaultFileContent.java  | 10 +--
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/DelegateFileObject.java  |  2 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/GenericURLFileName.java  |  6 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/HostFileNameParser.java  | 16 ++---
 .../vfs2/provider/LayeredFileNameParser.java       |  4 +-
 .../apache/commons/vfs2/provider/URLFileName.java  |  6 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/VfsComponentContext.java |  4 +-
 .../compressed/CompressedFileFileObject.java       |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/ftp/FTPClientWrapper.java        |  4 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/ftp/FtpFileNameParser.java       |  2 +-
 .../provider/ftp/FtpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java   |  8 +--
 .../provider/ftps/FtpsFileSystemConfigBuilder.java |  6 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileNameParser.java     |  2 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileObject.java |  6 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileSystem.java |  2 +-
 .../provider/http/HttpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java |  6 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileNameParser.java   |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileObject.java       |  4 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileSystem.java       |  6 +-
 .../http4/Http4FileSystemConfigBuilder.java        |  6 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/http4s/Http4sFileNameParser.java |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileNameParser.java   |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileObject.java       |  4 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileSystem.java       |  6 +-
 .../http5/Http5FileSystemConfigBuilder.java        |  6 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/http5s/Http5sFileNameParser.java |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/https/HttpsFileNameParser.java   |  2 +-
 .../provider/local/DefaultLocalFileProvider.java   |  4 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/local/GenericFileNameParser.java |  2 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFile.java     |  2 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFileName.java |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/local/LocalFileNameParser.java   |  2 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileData.java     | 12 ++--
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileObject.java   |  4 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileSystem.java   |  2 +-
 .../provider/ram/RamFileSystemConfigBuilder.java   |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileName.java        |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileNameParser.java  |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileProvider.java    |  2 +-
 .../res/ResourceFileSystemConfigBuilder.java       |  4 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/sftp/BytesIdentityInfo.java      |  8 +--
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/IdentityInfo.java   |  8 +--
 .../vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileNameParser.java     |  2 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileSystem.java |  4 +-
 .../provider/sftp/SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java | 20 +++---
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/tar/TarFileSystem.java   |  4 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/provider/zip/ZipFileSystem.java   |  4 +-
 .../provider/zip/ZipFileSystemConfigBuilder.java   |  4 +-
 .../commons/vfs2/util/CombinedResources.java       |  2 +-
 .../util/DelegatingFileSystemOptionsBuilder.java   |  2 +-
 .../main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/Os.java |  2 +-
 .../apache/commons/vfs2/util/PosixPermissions.java |  8 +--
 .../org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/URIUtils.java     |  4 +-
 .../java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileInfo.java     |  6 +-
 .../org/apache/commons/vfs2/ProviderReadTests.java |  2 +-
 .../java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/VfsTestUtils.java |  2 +-
 .../vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpTestServerHelper.java   |  2 +-
 96 files changed, 257 insertions(+), 257 deletions(-)

diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/tasks/CopyTask.java 
b/commons-vfs2-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/tasks/CopyTask.java
index 2b04d7606..f55d3545b 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/tasks/CopyTask.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/tasks/CopyTask.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class CopyTask extends AbstractSyncTask {
     /**
      * Tests whether overwrite is enabled.
      *
-     * @return the current value of overwrite
+     * @return The current value of overwrite
      */
     public boolean isOverwrite() {
         return overwrite;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class CopyTask extends AbstractSyncTask {
     /**
      * Tests whether preserve last modified is enabled.
      *
-     * @return the current value of preserveLastModified
+     * @return The current value of preserveLastModified
      */
     public boolean isPreserveLastModified() {
         return preserveLastModified;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/WebdavFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/WebdavFileNameParser.java
index 86b4b6bbc..9e47910eb 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/WebdavFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/WebdavFileNameParser.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class WebdavFileNameParser extends HttpFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static FileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/WebdavFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/WebdavFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
index f4ecfa586..eff857679 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/WebdavFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/WebdavFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public final class WebdavFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
HttpFileSystemConfigBui
     /**
      * Gets the singleton builder.
      *
-     * @return the singleton builder.
+     * @return The singleton builder.
      */
     public static HttpFileSystemConfigBuilder getInstance() {
         return BUILDER;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/WebdavMethodRetryHandler.java
 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/WebdavMethodRetryHandler.java
index 20540dbe0..3797ee0c2 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/WebdavMethodRetryHandler.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/WebdavMethodRetryHandler.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public final class WebdavMethodRetryHandler implements 
HttpMethodRetryHandler {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static WebdavMethodRetryHandler getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/test/JcrUtils.java
 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/test/JcrUtils.java
index b08d97a63..45dc648e1 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/test/JcrUtils.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav/test/JcrUtils.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ final class JcrUtils {
      *
      * @param parent parent node
      * @param name name of the child node
-     * @return the child node
+     * @return The child node
      * @throws RepositoryException if the child node cannot be accessed or 
created
      */
     public static Node getOrAddFolder(final Node parent, final String name) 
throws RepositoryException {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ final class JcrUtils {
      * @param parent parent node
      * @param name name of the child node
      * @param type type of the child node, ignored if the child already exists
-     * @return the child node
+     * @return The child node
      * @throws RepositoryException if the child node cannot be accessed or 
created
      */
     public static Node getOrAddNode(final Node parent, final String name, 
final String type)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ final class JcrUtils {
      * @param name name of the file
      * @param mime media type of the file
      * @param data binary content of the file
-     * @return the child node
+     * @return The child node
      * @throws RepositoryException if the child node cannot be created or 
updated
      */
     public static Node putFile(final Node parent, final String name, final 
String mime, final InputStream data)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ final class JcrUtils {
      * @param mime media type of the file
      * @param data binary content of the file
      * @param date date of last modification
-     * @return the child node
+     * @return The child node
      * @throws RepositoryException if the child node cannot be created or 
updated
      */
     public static Node putFile(final Node parent, final String name, final 
String mime, final InputStream data,
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4/Webdav4FileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4/Webdav4FileNameParser.java
index 06afea17f..b2eeed035 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4/Webdav4FileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4/Webdav4FileNameParser.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class Webdav4FileNameParser extends 
Http4FileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static FileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4/Webdav4FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4/Webdav4FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
index 85a937d02..35b57a6a9 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4/Webdav4FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4/Webdav4FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public final class Webdav4FileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
Http4FileSystemConfigB
     /**
      * Gets the singleton builder.
      *
-     * @return the singleton builder.
+     * @return The singleton builder.
      */
     public static Webdav4FileSystemConfigBuilder getInstance() {
         return BUILDER;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4s/Webdav4sFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4s/Webdav4sFileNameParser.java
index 3031eeb80..0049e9853 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4s/Webdav4sFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4s/Webdav4sFileNameParser.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class Webdav4sFileNameParser extends 
Http4sFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static FileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4/test/JcrUtils.java
 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4/test/JcrUtils.java
index 2a00fd595..34cfd02aa 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4/test/JcrUtils.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/webdav4/test/JcrUtils.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ final class JcrUtils {
      *
      * @param parent parent node
      * @param name name of the child node
-     * @return the child node
+     * @return The child node
      * @throws RepositoryException if the child node cannot be accessed or 
created
      */
     public static Node getOrAddFolder(final Node parent, final String name) 
throws RepositoryException {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ final class JcrUtils {
      * @param parent parent node
      * @param name name of the child node
      * @param type type of the child node, ignored if the child already exists
-     * @return the child node
+     * @return The child node
      * @throws RepositoryException if the child node cannot be accessed or 
created
      */
     public static Node getOrAddNode(final Node parent, final String name, 
final String type)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ final class JcrUtils {
      * @param name name of the file
      * @param mime media type of the file
      * @param data binary content of the file
-     * @return the child node
+     * @return The child node
      * @throws RepositoryException if the child node cannot be created or 
updated
      */
     public static Node putFile(final Node parent, final String name, final 
String mime, final InputStream data)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ final class JcrUtils {
      * @param mime media type of the file
      * @param data binary content of the file
      * @param date date of last modification
-     * @return the child node
+     * @return The child node
      * @throws RepositoryException if the child node cannot be created or 
updated
      */
     public static Node putFile(final Node parent, final String name, final 
String mime, final InputStream data,
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2-sandbox/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/smb/SmbFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2-sandbox/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/smb/SmbFileNameParser.java
index f6c03a49c..85dcac5ca 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2-sandbox/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/smb/SmbFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2-sandbox/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/smb/SmbFileNameParser.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class SmbFileNameParser extends URLFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static FileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/CacheStrategy.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/CacheStrategy.java
index 1ad05c426..f109ae48f 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/CacheStrategy.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/CacheStrategy.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public enum CacheStrategy {
     /**
      * Returns the name of the scope.
      *
-     * @return the name of the scope.
+     * @return The name of the scope.
      */
     public String getName() {
         return realName;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public enum CacheStrategy {
     /**
      * Returns the name of the scope.
      *
-     * @return the name of the scope.
+     * @return The name of the scope.
      */
     @Override
     public String toString() {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileContent.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileContent.java
index dcc7eec77..4df6f5672 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileContent.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileContent.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public interface FileContent extends Closeable {
     /**
      * Gets the content info. e.g. type, encoding, ...
      *
-     * @return the FileContentInfo
+     * @return The FileContentInfo
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
      */
     FileContentInfo getContentInfo() throws FileSystemException;
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public interface FileContent extends Closeable {
      * </p>
      *
      * @param mode The mode to use to access the file.
-     * @return the stream for reading and writing the file's content.
+     * @return The stream for reading and writing the file's content.
      * @throws FileSystemException If the file is read-only, or is being read, 
or is being written, or on error opening
      *         the stream.
      */
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ public interface FileContent extends Closeable {
      *
      * @param output The target OutputStream.
      * @throws IOException if an error occurs writing the content.
-     * @return the total number of bytes written
+     * @return The total number of bytes written
      * @since 2.1
      */
     long write(FileContent output) throws IOException;
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ public interface FileContent extends Closeable {
      *
      * @param file The target FileObject.
      * @throws IOException if an error occurs writing the content.
-     * @return the total number of bytes written
+     * @return The total number of bytes written
      * @since 2.1
      */
     long write(FileObject file) throws IOException;
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ public interface FileContent extends Closeable {
      * Writes this content to an OutputStream.
      *
      * @param output The target OutputStream.
-     * @return the total number of bytes written
+     * @return The total number of bytes written
      * @throws IOException if an error occurs writing the content.
      * @since 2.1
      */
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ public interface FileContent extends Closeable {
      *
      * @param output The target OutputStream.
      * @param bufferSize The buffer size to write data chunks.
-     * @return the total number of bytes written
+     * @return The total number of bytes written
      * @throws IOException if an error occurs writing the file.
      * @since 2.1
      */
diff --git a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileName.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileName.java
index a0f45dc54..6ae42405c 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileName.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileName.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public interface FileName extends Comparable<FileName> {
      * This path cannot be used to resolve the path again.
      * </p>
      *
-     * @return the friendly URI as a String.
+     * @return The friendly URI as a String.
      */
     String getFriendlyURI();
 
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ public interface FileName extends Comparable<FileName> {
     /**
      * Gets the root of the file system.
      *
-     * @return the file system root.
+     * @return The file system root.
      */
     FileName getRoot();
 
     /**
      * Gets the root URI string of the file system this file belongs to.
      *
-     * @return the root URI string.
+     * @return The root URI string.
      */
     String getRootURI();
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public interface FileName extends Comparable<FileName> {
     /**
      * Gets the absolute URI string of this file.
      *
-     * @return the absolute URI string of this file.
+     * @return The absolute URI string of this file.
      */
     String getURI();
 
diff --git a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileObject.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileObject.java
index eb4437059..4f366ad8f 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileObject.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileObject.java
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public interface FileObject extends Comparable<FileObject>, 
Iterable<FileObject>
      * </p>
      *
      * @param selector The selector to use to select which files to delete.
-     * @return the number of deleted objects
+     * @return The number of deleted objects
      * @throws FileSystemException If this file or one of its descendants is 
read-only, or on error deleting this file
      *             or one of its descendants.
      */
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public interface FileObject extends Comparable<FileObject>, 
Iterable<FileObject>
     /**
      * Deletes this file and all children.
      *
-     * @return the number of deleted files.
+     * @return The number of deleted files.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
      * @see #delete(FileSelector)
      * @see Selectors#SELECT_ALL
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ public interface FileObject extends Comparable<FileObject>, 
Iterable<FileObject>
     /**
      * Gets the name of this file.
      *
-     * @return the FileName, not {@code null}.
+     * @return The FileName, not {@code null}.
      */
     FileName getName();
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ public interface FileObject extends Comparable<FileObject>, 
Iterable<FileObject>
     /**
      * Gets a Path representing this file.
      *
-     * @return the Path for the file.
+     * @return The Path for the file.
      * @since 2.7.0
      */
     default Path getPath() {
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ public interface FileObject extends Comparable<FileObject>, 
Iterable<FileObject>
     /**
      * Gets a URI representing this file.
      *
-     * @return the URI for the file, not {@code null}.
+     * @return The URI for the file, not {@code null}.
      * @since 2.7.0
      */
     default URI getURI() {
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ public interface FileObject extends Comparable<FileObject>, 
Iterable<FileObject>
     /**
      * Gets a URL representing this file.
      *
-     * @return the URL for the file.
+     * @return The URL for the file.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
      */
     URL getURL() throws FileSystemException;
diff --git a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystem.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystem.java
index d807ba3a5..7963a8c9d 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystem.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystem.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public interface FileSystem {
      * typically don't know the value of the underlying real file system.
      * </p>
      *
-     * @return the accuracy of the last modification time in milliseconds. A 
value of 0 means perfectly accurate,
+     * @return The accuracy of the last modification time in milliseconds. A 
value of 0 means perfectly accurate,
      *         anything {@literal > 0} might be off by this value. For 
example, sftp has an accuracy of 1000
      *         milliseconds.
      */
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public interface FileSystem {
     /**
      * Returns the name of the root file of this file system. The root name 
always contains a path String of "/".
      *
-     * @return the root FileName.
+     * @return The root FileName.
      */
     FileName getRootName();
 
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
index 3b0224fa6..ff81c05a9 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
      * @see #getBoolean(FileSystemOptions, String, Boolean)
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @see #getBoolean(FileSystemOptions, String, Boolean)
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @see #getBoolean(FileSystemOptions, String, Boolean)
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
      * @see #getByte(FileSystemOptions, String, Byte)
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @see #getByte(FileSystemOptions, String, Byte)
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @since 2.0
      */
     protected Byte getByte(final FileSystemOptions fileSystemOptions, final 
String name, final Byte defaultValue) {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
      * @see #getCharacter(FileSystemOptions, String, Character)
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @see #getCharacter(FileSystemOptions, String, Character)
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @since 2.0
      */
     protected Character getCharacter(final FileSystemOptions 
fileSystemOptions, final String name,
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
      * @see #getCharset(FileSystemOptions, String, Charset)
      * @since 2.11.0
      */
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @since 2.11.0
      */
     protected Charset getCharset(final FileSystemOptions fileSystemOptions, 
final String name, final Charset defaultValue) {
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
     /**
      * Gets the target of this configuration.
      *
-     * @return the specific file system class.
+     * @return The specific file system class.
      * @since 1.0
      */
     protected abstract Class<? extends FileSystem> getConfigClass();
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
      * @see #getDouble(FileSystemOptions, String, Double)
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @see #getDouble(FileSystemOptions, String, Double)
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @since 2.0
      */
     protected Double getDouble(final FileSystemOptions fileSystemOptions, 
final String name,
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
      * @see #getLong(FileSystemOptions, String, Long)
      * @since 2.8.0
      */
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @since 2.8.0
      */
     protected Duration getDuration(final FileSystemOptions fileSystemOptions, 
final String name,
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
      * @see #getLong(FileSystemOptions, String, Long)
      * @since 2.8.0
      */
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @since 2.8.0
      */
     protected Integer getDurationInteger(final FileSystemOptions 
fileSystemOptions, final String name,
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param enumClass class of enumeration type.
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
      * @see #getEnum(Class, FileSystemOptions, String, Enum)
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if option value is not a known 
enumeration.
      * @since 2.1
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @see #getEnum(Class, FileSystemOptions, String, Enum)
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if option value is not a known 
enumeration.
      * @since 2.1
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
      * @see #getFloat(FileSystemOptions, String, Float)
      * @throws NumberFormatException if option value is not a valid float.
      * @since 2.0
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @see #getFloat(FileSystemOptions, String, Float)
      * @throws NumberFormatException if option value is not a valid float.
      * @since 2.0
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @throws NumberFormatException if option value is not a valid float.
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
      * @see #getInteger(FileSystemOptions, String, Integer)
      * @throws NumberFormatException if option value is not a valid integer.
      * @since 2.0
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @see #getInteger(FileSystemOptions, String, Integer)
      * @throws NumberFormatException if option value is not a valid integer.
      * @since 2.0
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @throws NumberFormatException if option value is not a valid integer.
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
      * @see #getLong(FileSystemOptions, String, Long)
      * @throws NumberFormatException if option value is not a valid long.
      * @since 2.0
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @see #getLong(FileSystemOptions, String, Long)
      * @throws NumberFormatException if option value is not a valid long.
      * @since 2.0
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @throws NumberFormatException if option value is not a valid long.
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param <T> The expected return type.
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name get option with this name.
-     * @return the named option or null.
+     * @return The named option or null.
      * @since 1.0
      */
     protected <T> T getParam(final FileSystemOptions fileSystemOptions, final 
String name) {
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param defaultValue value to use if the system property value is null.
      * @param function Builds an instance of T from a system property String 
value.
      * @param returnType The return type.
-     * @return the named option or null.
+     * @return The named option or null.
      * @since 2.8.0
      */
     private <T> T getParam(final FileSystemOptions fileSystemOptions, final 
String name, final T defaultValue, final Function<String, T> function,
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name get option with this name.
      * @param defaultValue The default value if absent.
-     * @return the named option or {@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The named option or {@code defaultValue}.
      * @since 2.10.0
      */
     protected <T> T getParamOrDefault(final FileSystemOptions 
fileSystemOptions, final String name, final T defaultValue) {
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null
      * @see #getShort(FileSystemOptions, String, Short)
      * @throws NumberFormatException if option value is not a valid short.
      * @since 2.0
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @see #getShort(FileSystemOptions, String, Short)
      * @throws NumberFormatException if option value is not a valid short.
      * @since 2.0
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @throws NumberFormatException if option value is not a valid short.
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise null.
      * @see #getString(FileSystemOptions, String, String)
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * @param fileSystemOptions file system options to query, may be null.
      * @param name the option name.
      * @param defaultValue value to return if option is not present.
-     * @return the option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
+     * @return The option in {@code opts} or system properties, otherwise 
{@code defaultValue}.
      * @since 2.0
      */
     protected String getString(final FileSystemOptions fileSystemOptions, 
final String name,
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Converts the given primitive boolean to a Boolean object.
      *
      * @param value a primitive boolean.
-     * @return the given primitive boolean as Boolean object.
+     * @return The given primitive boolean as Boolean object.
      * @since 2.7.0
      */
     protected Boolean toBooleanObject(final boolean value) {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemException.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemException.java
index 1d33c00f3..fb21d4e56 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemException.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemException.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class FileSystemException extends IOException {
     /**
      * Gets error code of the exception. Could be used as key for 
internationalization.
      *
-     * @return the code.
+     * @return The code.
      */
     public String getCode() {
         return super.getMessage();
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public class FileSystemException extends IOException {
     /**
      * Gets array of complementary info (context). Could be used as parameter 
for internationalization.
      *
-     * @return the context info.
+     * @return The context info.
      */
     public String[] getInfo() {
         return info;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemManager.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemManager.java
index bc6feba57..e82f9234c 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemManager.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileSystemManager.java
@@ -156,28 +156,28 @@ public interface FileSystemManager extends AutoCloseable {
     /**
      * Gets the cache strategy used.
      *
-     * @return the CacheStrategy.
+     * @return The CacheStrategy.
      */
     CacheStrategy getCacheStrategy();
 
     /**
      * Gets the class to use to determine the content-type (mime-type).
      *
-     * @return the FileContentInfoFactory.
+     * @return The FileContentInfoFactory.
      */
     FileContentInfoFactory getFileContentInfoFactory();
 
     /**
      * Gets the file object decorator used.
      *
-     * @return the file object decorator Class.
+     * @return The file object decorator Class.
      */
     Class<?> getFileObjectDecorator();
 
     /**
      * Gets the constructor associated to the fileObjectDecorator. We cache it 
here for performance reasons.
      *
-     * @return the Constructor associated with the FileObjectDecorator.
+     * @return The Constructor associated with the FileObjectDecorator.
      */
     Constructor<?> getFileObjectDecoratorConst();
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public interface FileSystemManager extends AutoCloseable {
      * Gets Providers for file operations.
      *
      * @param scheme the scheme for which we want to get the list af 
registered providers.
-     * @return the registered FileOperationProviders for the specified scheme. 
If there were no providers registered for
+     * @return The registered FileOperationProviders for the specified scheme. 
If there were no providers registered for
      *         the scheme, it returns null.
      *
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public interface FileSystemManager extends AutoCloseable {
     /**
      * Returns a stream handler factory to enable URL lookup using this 
FileSystemManager.
      *
-     * @return the URLStreamHandlerFactory.
+     * @return The URLStreamHandlerFactory.
      */
     URLStreamHandlerFactory getURLStreamHandlerFactory();
 
diff --git a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FilesCache.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FilesCache.java
index ded545889..6bff2fb39 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FilesCache.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FilesCache.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public interface FilesCache {
      *
      * @param fileSystem The FileSystem.
      * @param fileName the name
-     * @return the file object or null if file is not cached
+     * @return The file object or null if file is not cached
      */
     FileObject getFile(FileSystem fileSystem, FileName fileName);
 
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/RandomAccessContent.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/RandomAccessContent.java
index 8ad1d8353..6bd43b2f9 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/RandomAccessContent.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/RandomAccessContent.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public interface RandomAccessContent extends DataOutput, 
DataInput, Closeable {
     /**
      * Returns the current offset in this file.
      *
-     * @return the offset from the beginning of the file, in bytes, at which 
the next read or write occurs.
+     * @return The offset from the beginning of the file, in bytes, at which 
the next read or write occurs.
      * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     long getFilePointer() throws IOException;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public interface RandomAccessContent extends DataOutput, 
DataInput, Closeable {
      * <strong>Notice: If you use {@link #seek(long)} you have to re-get the 
InputStream</strong>
      * </p>
      *
-     * @return the InputStream.
+     * @return The InputStream.
      * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public interface RandomAccessContent extends DataOutput, 
DataInput, Closeable {
     /**
      * Returns the length of this file.
      *
-     * @return the length of this file, measured in bytes.
+     * @return The length of this file, measured in bytes.
      * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     long length() throws IOException;
diff --git a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/VFS.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/VFS.java
index 1171a96f2..b3373fc42 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/VFS.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/VFS.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public final class VFS {
     /**
      * Resets the FileSystemManager to the default.
      *
-     * @return the new FileSystemManager.
+     * @return The new FileSystemManager.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs creating the manager.
      * @since 2.5.0
      */
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/ConditionalFileFilter.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/ConditionalFileFilter.java
index f23d90278..620140d23 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/ConditionalFileFilter.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/ConditionalFileFilter.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public interface ConditionalFileFilter {
     /**
      * Gets this conditional file filter's list of file filters.
      *
-     * @return the file filter list
+     * @return The file filter list
      */
     List<FileFilter> getFileFilters();
 
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/IOCase.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/IOCase.java
index 057b8c97c..02af9bbce 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/IOCase.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/IOCase.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public enum IOCase {
      * Factory method to create an IOCase from a name.
      *
      * @param name the name to find
-     * @return the IOCase object
+     * @return The IOCase object
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the name is invalid
      */
     public static IOCase forName(final String name) {
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public enum IOCase {
      * @param str           the string to check, not null
      * @param strStartIndex the index to start at in str
      * @param search        the start to search for, not null
-     * @return the first index of the search String, -1 if no match or {@code 
null}
+     * @return The first index of the search String, -1 if no match or {@code 
null}
      *         string input
      * @throws NullPointerException if either string is null
      * @since 2.0
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public enum IOCase {
     /**
      * Gets the name of the constant.
      *
-     * @return the name of the constant
+     * @return The name of the constant
      */
     public String getName() {
         return name;
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public enum IOCase {
      * Replaces the enumeration from the stream with a real one. This ensures 
that
      * the correct flag is set for SYSTEM.
      *
-     * @return the resolved object
+     * @return The resolved object
      */
     private Object readResolve() {
         return forName(name);
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/WildcardFileFilter.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/WildcardFileFilter.java
index 3bef87338..8ade9f885 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/WildcardFileFilter.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/WildcardFileFilter.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class WildcardFileFilter implements FileFilter, 
Serializable {
      * Where multiple '*' occur consecutively they are collapsed into a single 
'*'.
      *
      * @param text the text to split
-     * @return the array of tokens, never null
+     * @return The array of tokens, never null
      */
     // CHECKSTYLE:OFF Cyclomatic complexity of 12 is OK here
     static String[] splitOnTokens(final String text) {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DecoratedFileObject.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DecoratedFileObject.java
index 615446a86..80e3827dc 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DecoratedFileObject.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DecoratedFileObject.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class DecoratedFileObject implements FileObject {
     /**
      * Gets the decorated fileObject.
      *
-     * @return the decorated fileObject.
+     * @return The decorated fileObject.
      */
     public FileObject getDecoratedFileObject() {
         return fileObject;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultFileReplicator.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultFileReplicator.java
index a14473513..9eabc07b6 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultFileReplicator.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultFileReplicator.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class DefaultFileReplicator extends 
AbstractVfsComponent implements FileR
      * Create the temporary file name.
      *
      * @param baseName The base to prepend to the file name being created.
-     * @return the name of the File.
+     * @return The name of the File.
      */
     protected String createFilename(final String baseName) {
         // BUG29007
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public class DefaultFileReplicator extends 
AbstractVfsComponent implements FileR
     /**
      * Gets the file count.
      *
-     * @return the file count.
+     * @return The file count.
      */
     protected long getFilecount() {
         return fileCount;
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public class DefaultFileReplicator extends 
AbstractVfsComponent implements FileR
      * <p>
      * Notice: The system awaits that the returning object can be cast to a 
{@link File}.
      *
-     * @return the File that was removed.
+     * @return The File that was removed.
      */
     protected Object removeFile() {
         synchronized (copies) {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public class DefaultFileReplicator extends 
AbstractVfsComponent implements FileR
      *
      * @param srcFile The file to copy.
      * @param selector The FileSelector.
-     * @return the created File.
+     * @return The created File.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs copying the file.
      */
     @Override
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
index ac275abad..386c99ed5 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class DefaultFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton builder.
      *
-     * @return the singleton builder.
+     * @return The singleton builder.
      */
     public static DefaultFileSystemConfigBuilder getInstance() {
         return BUILDER;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultFileSystemManager.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultFileSystemManager.java
index a18e04834..c7427e3fe 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultFileSystemManager.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultFileSystemManager.java
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ public class DefaultFileSystemManager implements 
FileSystemManager {
     /**
      * Gets the logger used by this manager.
      *
-     * @return the Logger.
+     * @return The Logger.
      */
     protected Log getLogger() {
         return log;
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ public class DefaultFileSystemManager implements 
FileSystemManager {
 
     /**
      * @param scheme the scheme for which we want to get the list af 
registered providers.
-     * @return the registered FileOperationProviders for the specified scheme. 
If there were no providers registered for
+     * @return The registered FileOperationProviders for the specified scheme. 
If there were no providers registered for
      *         the scheme, it returns null.
      *
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ public class DefaultFileSystemManager implements 
FileSystemManager {
      * Converts a local file into a {@link FileObject}.
      *
      * @param file The input File.
-     * @return the created FileObject
+     * @return The created FileObject
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs creating the file.
      */
     @Override
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultVfsComponentContext.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultVfsComponentContext.java
index b35259438..fbe068f7d 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultVfsComponentContext.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/DefaultVfsComponentContext.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ final class DefaultVfsComponentContext implements 
VfsComponentContext {
     /**
      * Returns the file system manager for the current context
      *
-     * @return the file system manager
+     * @return The file system manager
      */
     @Override
     public FileSystemManager getFileSystemManager() {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/ProviderConfiguration.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/ProviderConfiguration.java
index 8b2388e07..ca46996bf 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/ProviderConfiguration.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/ProviderConfiguration.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class ProviderConfiguration {
     /**
      * Gets the class name.
      *
-     * @return the class name.
+     * @return The class name.
      */
     public String getClassName() {
         return className;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class ProviderConfiguration {
     /**
      * Gets the dependency.
      *
-     * @return the dependency.
+     * @return The dependency.
      */
     public List<String> getDependencies() {
         return dependencies;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class ProviderConfiguration {
     /**
      * Gets the schema.
      *
-     * @return the scheme.
+     * @return The scheme.
      */
     public List<String> getSchemes() {
         return schemes;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/VirtualFileSystem.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/VirtualFileSystem.java
index 57fe8d44a..12fe5fb54 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/VirtualFileSystem.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/impl/VirtualFileSystem.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class VirtualFileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
      * Locates the junction point for the junction containing the given file.
      *
      * @param name The FileName.
-     * @return the FileName where the junction occurs.
+     * @return The FileName where the junction occurs.
      */
     private FileName getJunctionForFile(final FileName name) {
         if (junctions.containsKey(name)) {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/AbstractFileOperation.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/AbstractFileOperation.java
index 62e4b1bb1..54fde1813 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/AbstractFileOperation.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/AbstractFileOperation.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileOperation implements 
FileOperation {
     /**
      * Gets the instance of FileObject for this FileOperation.
      *
-     * @return the instance of FileObject for this FileOperation.
+     * @return The instance of FileObject for this FileOperation.
      */
     protected FileObject getFileObject() {
         return fileObject;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/AbstractFileOperationProvider.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/AbstractFileOperationProvider.java
index 0513597bc..01a2e0d41 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/AbstractFileOperationProvider.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/AbstractFileOperationProvider.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileOperationProvider 
implements FileOperationProv
     /**
      * @param file the FileObject for which we need an operation.
      * @param operationClass the Class which instance we are needed.
-     * @return the required operation instance.
+     * @return The required operation instance.
      * @throws FileSystemException if operation cannot be retrieved.
      */
     @Override
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/FileOperationProvider.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/FileOperationProvider.java
index f0d6cf62e..4c0fdac12 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/FileOperationProvider.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/FileOperationProvider.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public interface FileOperationProvider {
      *
      * @param file the FileObject for which we need an operation.
      * @param operationClass the Class which instance we are needed.
-     * @return the required operation instance.
+     * @return The required operation instance.
      * @throws FileSystemException if operation cannot be retrieved.
      */
     FileOperation getOperation(FileObject file, Class<? extends FileOperation> 
operationClass) throws FileSystemException;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/vcs/VcsStatus.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/vcs/VcsStatus.java
index e3b4ba879..ded1c0a42 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/vcs/VcsStatus.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/operations/vcs/VcsStatus.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public enum VcsStatus {
     /**
      * Gets the status.
      *
-     * @return the status of FileObject
+     * @return The status of FileObject
      */
     public int getStatus() {
         return status;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileName.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileName.java
index dec58c261..79ce83d10 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileName.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileName.java
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileName implements FileName {
     /**
      * Gets the URI without a password.
      *
-     * @return the URI without a password.
+     * @return The URI without a password.
      */
     @Override
     public String getFriendlyURI() {
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileName implements FileName {
     /**
      * Gets the name of the parent of the file.
      *
-     * @return the FileName of the parent.
+     * @return The FileName of the parent.
      */
     @Override
     public FileName getParent() {
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileName implements FileName {
     /**
      * Gets the string to end a URI.
      *
-     * @return the string to end a URI
+     * @return The string to end a URI
      */
     protected String getUriTrailer() {
         return getType().hasChildren() ? "/" : "";
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileName implements FileName {
     /**
      * Returns the URI of the file.
      *
-     * @return the FileName as a URI.
+     * @return The FileName as a URI.
      */
     @Override
     public String toString() {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileObject.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileObject.java
index c4f7f4f3c..d4f32327c 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileObject.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileObject.java
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileObject<AFS extends 
AbstractFileSystem> impleme
      * Deletes this file, and all children matching the {@code selector}.
      *
      * @param selector The FileSelector.
-     * @return the number of deleted files.
+     * @return The number of deleted files.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
      */
     @Override
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileObject<AFS extends 
AbstractFileSystem> impleme
     /**
      * Deletes this file and all children. Shorthand for {@code 
delete(Selectors.SELECT_ALL)}
      *
-     * @return the number of deleted files.
+     * @return The number of deleted files.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
      * @see #delete(FileSelector)
      * @see Selectors#SELECT_ALL
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileObject<AFS extends 
AbstractFileSystem> impleme
      * Determines the type of this file. Must not return null. The return 
value of this method is cached, so the
      * implementation can be expensive.
      *
-     * @return the type of the file.
+     * @return The type of the file.
      * @throws Exception if an error occurs.
      */
     protected abstract FileType doGetType() throws Exception;
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileObject<AFS extends 
AbstractFileSystem> impleme
     /**
      * Returns the file's content.
      *
-     * @return the FileContent for this FileObject.
+     * @return The FileContent for this FileObject.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
      */
     @Override
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileObject<AFS extends 
AbstractFileSystem> impleme
     /**
      * Returns the parent of the file.
      *
-     * @return the parent FileObject.
+     * @return The parent FileObject.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
      */
     @Override
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileObject<AFS extends 
AbstractFileSystem> impleme
     /**
      * Returns the URI as a String.
      *
-     * @return the URI as a String.
+     * @return The URI as a String.
      */
     @Override
     public String toString() {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileProvider.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileProvider.java
index 78bf7266d..f54b4f3a3 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileProvider.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileProvider.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileProvider extends 
AbstractVfsContainer implemen
     /**
      * Gets the FileSystemConfigBuilder.
      *
-     * @return the FileSystemConfigBuilder.
+     * @return The FileSystemConfigBuilder.
      */
     @Override
     public FileSystemConfigBuilder getConfigBuilder() {
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileProvider extends 
AbstractVfsContainer implemen
     /**
      * Gets the file name parser.
      *
-     * @return the file name parser.
+     * @return The file name parser.
      */
     protected FileNameParser getFileNameParser() {
         return fileNameParser;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileSystem.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileSystem.java
index 4f3602bb0..8592ff3b3 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileSystem.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileSystem.java
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileSystem extends 
AbstractVfsComponent implements
      * Decorates the given file object.
      *
      * @param file the file object.
-     * @return the decorated file object.
+     * @return The decorated file object.
      * @throws FileSystemException if a file system error occurs.
      */
     protected FileObject decorateFileObject(FileObject file) throws 
FileSystemException {
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileSystem extends 
AbstractVfsComponent implements
      * Gets the attribute with the specified name. The default implementation 
simply throws an exception.
      *
      * @param attrName The name of the attribute.
-     * @return the Object associated with the attribute or null if no object 
is.
+     * @return The Object associated with the attribute or null if no object 
is.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
      */
     @Override
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileSystem extends 
AbstractVfsComponent implements
     /**
      * Gets the FileSystemManager used to instantiate this file system.
      *
-     * @return the FileSystemManager.
+     * @return The FileSystemManager.
      */
     @Override
     public FileSystemManager getFileSystemManager() {
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileSystem extends 
AbstractVfsComponent implements
     /**
      * Gets the FileSystemOptions used to instantiate this file system.
      *
-     * @return the FileSystemOptions.
+     * @return The FileSystemOptions.
      */
     @Override
     public FileSystemOptions getFileSystemOptions() {
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileSystem extends 
AbstractVfsComponent implements
     /**
      * Gets the name of the root of this file system.
      *
-     * @return the root FileName.
+     * @return The root FileName.
      */
     @Override
     public FileName getRootName() {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/DefaultFileContent.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/DefaultFileContent.java
index cc17a3a5c..6cbc6c79b 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/DefaultFileContent.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/DefaultFileContent.java
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ public final class DefaultFileContent implements 
FileContent {
     /**
      * Returns the file that this is the content of.
      *
-     * @return the FileObject.
+     * @return The FileObject.
      */
     @Override
     public FileObject getFile() {
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ public final class DefaultFileContent implements 
FileContent {
      * Writes this content to another FileContent.
      *
      * @param fileContent The target FileContent.
-     * @return the total number of bytes written
+     * @return The total number of bytes written
      * @throws IOException if an error occurs writing the content.
      * @since 2.1
      */
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ public final class DefaultFileContent implements 
FileContent {
      * Writes this content to another FileObject.
      *
      * @param file The target FileObject.
-     * @return the total number of bytes written
+     * @return The total number of bytes written
      * @throws IOException if an error occurs writing the content.
      * @since 2.1
      */
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ public final class DefaultFileContent implements 
FileContent {
      * Writes this content to an OutputStream.
      *
      * @param output The target OutputStream.
-     * @return the total number of bytes written
+     * @return The total number of bytes written
      * @throws IOException if an error occurs writing the content.
      * @since 2.1
      */
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ public final class DefaultFileContent implements 
FileContent {
      *
      * @param output The target OutputStream.
      * @param bufferSize The buffer size to write data chunks.
-     * @return the total number of bytes written.
+     * @return The total number of bytes written.
      * @throws IOException if an error occurs writing the file.
      * @since 2.1
      */
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/DelegateFileObject.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/DelegateFileObject.java
index e58c3ffec..ec74f9fc8 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/DelegateFileObject.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/DelegateFileObject.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class DelegateFileObject<AFS extends 
AbstractFileSystem> extends Abstract
     /**
      * Gets file content info.
      *
-     * @return the file content info of the delegee.
+     * @return The file content info of the delegee.
      * @throws Exception Any thrown Exception is wrapped in 
FileSystemException.
      * @since 2.0
      */
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/GenericURLFileName.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/GenericURLFileName.java
index 6296dee95..8e6e60f65 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/GenericURLFileName.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/GenericURLFileName.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class GenericURLFileName extends GenericFileName {
     /**
      * Appends query string to the uri.
      *
-     * @return the uri
+     * @return The uri
      */
     @Override
     protected String createURI() {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class GenericURLFileName extends GenericFileName {
     /**
      * Gets the path and query string e.g. /path/servlet?param1=true.
      *
-     * @return the path and its query string
+     * @return The path and its query string
      */
     public String getPathQuery() {
         final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(BUFFER_SIZE);
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class GenericURLFileName extends GenericFileName {
     /**
      * Gets the query string.
      *
-     * @return the query string part of the file name
+     * @return The query string part of the file name
      */
     public String getQueryString() {
         return queryString;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/HostFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/HostFileNameParser.java
index 0cdad0f90..c09400873 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/HostFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/HostFileNameParser.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class HostFileNameParser extends 
AbstractFileNameParser {
         /**
          * Gets the host name.
          *
-         * @return the host name.
+         * @return The host name.
          * @since 2.0
          */
         public String getHostName() {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class HostFileNameParser extends 
AbstractFileNameParser {
         /**
          * Gets the user password.
          *
-         * @return the password or null.
+         * @return The password or null.
          * @since 2.0
          */
         public String getPassword() {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class HostFileNameParser extends 
AbstractFileNameParser {
         /**
          * Gets the port.
          *
-         * @return the port or -1.
+         * @return The port or -1.
          * @since 2.0
          */
         public int getPort() {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class HostFileNameParser extends 
AbstractFileNameParser {
         /**
          * Gets the connection schema.
          *
-         * @return the connection scheme.
+         * @return The connection scheme.
          * @since 2.0
          */
         public String getScheme() {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class HostFileNameParser extends 
AbstractFileNameParser {
         /**
          * Gets the user name.
          *
-         * @return the user name or null.
+         * @return The user name or null.
          * @since 2.0
          */
         public String getUserName() {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public class HostFileNameParser extends 
AbstractFileNameParser {
      * Extracts the hostname from a URI.
      *
      * @param name string buffer with the "scheme://[userinfo@]" part has been 
removed already. Will be modified.
-     * @return the host name or null.
+     * @return The host name or null.
      */
     protected String extractHostName(final StringBuilder name) {
         final int maxlen = name.length();
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ public class HostFileNameParser extends 
AbstractFileNameParser {
      * Extracts the user info from a URI.
      *
      * @param name string buffer with the "scheme://" part has been removed 
already. Will be modified.
-     * @return the user information up to the '@' or null.
+     * @return The user information up to the '@' or null.
      */
     protected String extractUserInfo(final StringBuilder name) {
         final int maxlen = name.length();
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ public class HostFileNameParser extends 
AbstractFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the default port.
      *
-     * @return the default port.
+     * @return The default port.
      */
     public int getDefaultPort() {
         return defaultPort;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/LayeredFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/LayeredFileNameParser.java
index ed71ba15d..439f7d20f 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/LayeredFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/LayeredFileNameParser.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class LayeredFileNameParser extends 
AbstractFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static LayeredFileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class LayeredFileNameParser extends 
AbstractFileNameParser {
      * Pops the root prefix off a URI, which has had the scheme removed.
      *
      * @param uri string builder which gets modified.
-     * @return the extracted root name.
+     * @return The extracted root name.
      */
     protected String extractRootName(final StringBuilder uri) {
         // Looking for <name>!<abspath> (staring at the end)
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/URLFileName.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/URLFileName.java
index d01d75990..e67014ba8 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/URLFileName.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/URLFileName.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class URLFileName extends GenericFileName {
     /**
      * Appends query string to the URI.
      *
-     * @return the URI
+     * @return The URI
      */
     @Override
     protected String createURI() {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class URLFileName extends GenericFileName {
     /**
      * Gets the path and query string e.g. /path/servlet?param1=true.
      *
-     * @return the path and its query string
+     * @return The path and its query string
      */
     public String getPathQuery() {
         final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(BUFFER_SIZE);
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class URLFileName extends GenericFileName {
     /**
      * Gets the query string.
      *
-     * @return the query string part of the file name
+     * @return The query string part of the file name
      */
     public String getQueryString() {
         return queryString;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/VfsComponentContext.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/VfsComponentContext.java
index 19114b7ab..2bbcca826 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/VfsComponentContext.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/VfsComponentContext.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public interface VfsComponentContext {
     /**
      * Gets the file system manager for the current context.
      *
-     * @return the file system manager
+     * @return The file system manager
      */
     FileSystemManager getFileSystemManager();
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public interface VfsComponentContext {
      * Returns a {@link FileObject} for a local file.
      *
      * @param file The File to convert to a FileObject.
-     * @return the FileObject.
+     * @return The FileObject.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
      */
     FileObject toFileObject(File file) throws FileSystemException;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/compressed/CompressedFileFileObject.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/compressed/CompressedFileFileObject.java
index 37cb640c8..478bb47da 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/compressed/CompressedFileFileObject.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/compressed/CompressedFileFileObject.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public abstract class CompressedFileFileObject<FS extends 
CompressedFileFileSyst
     /**
      * Gets the container.
      *
-     * @return the container.
+     * @return The container.
      */
     protected FileObject getContainer() {
         return container;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftp/FTPClientWrapper.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftp/FTPClientWrapper.java
index 6ae56b31a..63644cb86 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftp/FTPClientWrapper.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftp/FTPClientWrapper.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class FTPClientWrapper implements FtpClient {
     /**
      * Gets the FileSystemOptions.
      *
-     * @return the FileSystemOptions.
+     * @return The FileSystemOptions.
      */
     public FileSystemOptions getFileSystemOptions() {
         return fileSystemOptions;
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public class FTPClientWrapper implements FtpClient {
     /**
      * Package-private for debugging only, consider private.
      *
-     * @return the actual FTP client.
+     * @return The actual FTP client.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs while establishing a 
connection.
      */
     FTPClient getFtpClient() throws FileSystemException {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftp/FtpFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftp/FtpFileNameParser.java
index 5f940b452..e20813d92 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftp/FtpFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftp/FtpFileNameParser.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class FtpFileNameParser extends HostFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static FileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftp/FtpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftp/FtpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
index 093162aa9..97ac28c9f 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftp/FtpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftp/FtpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class FtpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static FtpFileSystemConfigBuilder getInstance() {
         return BUILDER;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class FtpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the active port range.
      *
      * @param options The FileSystemOptions.
-     * @return the Range of active ports
+     * @return The Range of active ports
      * @since 2.10.0
      */
     public Range<Integer> getActivePortRange(final FileSystemOptions options) {
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public class FtpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      *
      * @param options The FileSystemOptions.
      * @see #setEntryParser
-     * @return the key to the EntryParser.
+     * @return The key to the EntryParser.
      */
     public String getEntryParser(final FileSystemOptions options) {
         return getString(options, FACTORY_KEY);
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ public class FtpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the Proxy.
      *
      * @param options The FileSystemOptions.
-     * @return the Proxy
+     * @return The Proxy
      * @since 2.1
      */
     public Proxy getProxy(final FileSystemOptions options) {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftps/FtpsFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftps/FtpsFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
index 4bacff89a..f41817e2a 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftps/FtpsFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ftps/FtpsFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public final class FtpsFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FtpFileSystemConfigBuilde
     /**
      * Gets the singleton builder.
      *
-     * @return the singleton builder.
+     * @return The singleton builder.
      */
     public static FtpsFileSystemConfigBuilder getInstance() {
         return BUILDER;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public final class FtpsFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FtpFileSystemConfigBuilde
      * Gets the KeyManager used to provide a client-side certificate if the 
FTPS server requests it.
      *
      * @param opts The FileSystemOptions.
-     * @return the key manager instance or {@code null}
+     * @return The key manager instance or {@code null}
      * @see org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPSClient#setKeyManager(KeyManager)
      * @since 2.1
      */
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public final class FtpsFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FtpFileSystemConfigBuilde
      * </p>
      *
      * @param opts The FileSystemOptions.
-     * @return the trust manager instance or {@code null}
+     * @return The trust manager instance or {@code null}
      * @see org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPSClient#setTrustManager(TrustManager)
      * @since 2.1
      */
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileNameParser.java
index 4f3888b5c..88875c629 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileNameParser.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class HttpFileNameParser extends URLFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static FileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileObject.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileObject.java
index 2a64b7b93..e21504fae 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileObject.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileObject.java
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ public class HttpFileObject<FS extends HttpFileSystem> 
extends AbstractFileObjec
      * Encodes the given path.
      *
      * @param unescaped An unescaped path.
-     * @return the encoded path.
+     * @return The encoded path.
      * @throws URIException if the default protocol charset is not supported
      */
     protected String encodePath(final String unescaped) throws URIException {
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ public class HttpFileObject<FS extends HttpFileSystem> 
extends AbstractFileObjec
     /**
      * Gets the URL charset name.
      *
-     * @return the URL charset name.
+     * @return The URL charset name.
      */
     protected String getUrlCharset() {
         return urlCharset;
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public class HttpFileObject<FS extends HttpFileSystem> 
extends AbstractFileObjec
     /**
      * Gets the user agent.
      *
-     * @return the user agent.
+     * @return The user agent.
      */
     protected String getUserAgent() {
         return userAgent;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileSystem.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileSystem.java
index 2714b495f..b8d9bb5bb 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileSystem.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileSystem.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class HttpFileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
     /**
      * Gets the HTTP client.
      *
-     * @return the HttpClient.
+     * @return The HttpClient.
      */
     protected HttpClient getClient() {
         return httpClient;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
index b9bbdeca2..b925d8af6 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http/HttpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class HttpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton builder.
      *
-     * @return the singleton builder.
+     * @return The singleton builder.
      */
     public static HttpFileSystemConfigBuilder getInstance() {
         return BUILDER;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class HttpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the cookies to add to the request.
      *
      * @param opts The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the Cookie array.
+     * @return The Cookie array.
      */
     public Cookie[] getCookies(final FileSystemOptions opts) {
         return getParam(opts, "cookies");
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public class HttpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the charset used for url encoding.
      *
      * @param opts The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the charset name.
+     * @return The charset name.
      */
     public String getUrlCharset(final FileSystemOptions opts) {
         return getString(opts, "urlCharset");
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileNameParser.java
index 106953f75..ee092f53f 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileNameParser.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class Http4FileNameParser extends 
GenericURLFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static FileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileObject.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileObject.java
index ebe45b83d..5ead51f04 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileObject.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileObject.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class Http4FileObject<FS extends Http4FileSystem> 
extends AbstractFileObj
     /**
      * Gets the internal {@code URI} object mapped to this file object.
      *
-     * @return the internal {@code URI} object mapped to this file object.
+     * @return The internal {@code URI} object mapped to this file object.
      */
     protected URI getInternalURI() {
         return internalURI;
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class Http4FileObject<FS extends Http4FileSystem> 
extends AbstractFileObj
     /**
      * Gets the last executed HEAD {@code HttpResponse} object.
      *
-     * @return the last executed HEAD {@code HttpResponse} object.
+     * @return The last executed HEAD {@code HttpResponse} object.
      * @throws IOException in case of a problem or the connection was aborted.
      * @throws ClientProtocolException in case of an HTTP protocol error.
      */
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileSystem.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileSystem.java
index 4aa37e385..df4d5c486 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileSystem.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileSystem.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class Http4FileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
     /**
      * Gets the internal {@link HttpClient} instance.
      *
-     * @return the internal {@link HttpClient} instance
+     * @return The internal {@link HttpClient} instance
      */
     protected HttpClient getHttpClient() {
         return httpClient;
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class Http4FileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
     /**
      * Gets the internal {@link HttpClientContext} instance.
      *
-     * @return the internal {@link HttpClientContext} instance
+     * @return The internal {@link HttpClientContext} instance
      */
     protected HttpClientContext getHttpClientContext() {
         return httpClientContext;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class Http4FileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
     /**
      * Gets the internal base {@code URI} instance.
      *
-     * @return the internal base {@code URI} instance
+     * @return The internal base {@code URI} instance
      */
     protected URI getInternalBaseURI() {
         return internalBaseURI;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
index e0f576871..aee4eb652 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4/Http4FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public class Http4FileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton builder.
      *
-     * @return the singleton builder.
+     * @return The singleton builder.
      */
     public static Http4FileSystemConfigBuilder getInstance() {
         return BUILDER;
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public class Http4FileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the cookies to add to the request.
      *
      * @param opts The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the Cookie array.
+     * @return The Cookie array.
      */
     public Cookie[] getCookies(final FileSystemOptions opts) {
         return getParam(opts, "cookies");
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ public class Http4FileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Sets the charset used for url encoding.
      *
      * @param opts The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the charset name.
+     * @return The charset name.
      */
     public String getUrlCharset(final FileSystemOptions opts) {
         return getString(opts, "urlCharset");
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4s/Http4sFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4s/Http4sFileNameParser.java
index facbd9afa..00e1482f9 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4s/Http4sFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http4s/Http4sFileNameParser.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class Http4sFileNameParser extends 
GenericURLFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static FileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileNameParser.java
index 86f8c0485..3ca94b671 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileNameParser.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class Http5FileNameParser extends 
GenericURLFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static FileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileObject.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileObject.java
index ac7100eec..d925a29e6 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileObject.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileObject.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class Http5FileObject<FS extends Http5FileSystem> 
extends AbstractFileObj
     /**
      * Gets the internal {@code URI} object mapped to this file object.
      *
-     * @return the internal {@code URI} object mapped to this file object
+     * @return The internal {@code URI} object mapped to this file object
      */
     protected URI getInternalURI() {
         return internalURI;
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class Http5FileObject<FS extends Http5FileSystem> 
extends AbstractFileObj
     /**
      * Gets the last executed HEAD {@code HttpResponse} object.
      *
-     * @return the last executed HEAD {@code HttpResponse} object
+     * @return The last executed HEAD {@code HttpResponse} object
      * @throws IOException if IO error occurs
      */
     ClassicHttpResponse getLastHeadResponse() throws IOException {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileSystem.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileSystem.java
index abcc85bc4..a9cd81030 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileSystem.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileSystem.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class Http5FileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
     /**
      * Gets the internal {@link HttpClient} instance.
      *
-     * @return the internal {@link HttpClient} instance
+     * @return The internal {@link HttpClient} instance
      */
     protected HttpClient getHttpClient() {
         return httpClient;
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class Http5FileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
     /**
      * Gets the internal {@link HttpClientContext} instance.
      *
-     * @return the internal {@link HttpClientContext} instance
+     * @return The internal {@link HttpClientContext} instance
      */
     protected HttpClientContext getHttpClientContext() {
         return httpClientContext;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class Http5FileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
     /**
      * Gets the internal base {@code URI} instance.
      *
-     * @return the internal base {@code URI} instance
+     * @return The internal base {@code URI} instance
      */
     protected URI getInternalBaseURI() {
         return internalBaseURI;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
index 49d5538b4..c33b1e21d 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5/Http5FileSystemConfigBuilder.java
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public class Http5FileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton builder.
      *
-     * @return the singleton builder.
+     * @return The singleton builder.
      */
     public static Http5FileSystemConfigBuilder getInstance() {
         return BUILDER;
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public class Http5FileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the cookies to add to the request.
      *
      * @param opts The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the Cookie array.
+     * @return The Cookie array.
      */
     public Cookie[] getCookies(final FileSystemOptions opts) {
         return getParam(opts, "cookies");
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ public class Http5FileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the charset used for url encoding.
      *
      * @param opts The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the charset name
+     * @return The charset name
      */
     public String getUrlCharset(final FileSystemOptions opts) {
         return getString(opts, KEY_URL_CHARSET);
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5s/Http5sFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5s/Http5sFileNameParser.java
index d6ab8652d..689313c28 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5s/Http5sFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/http5s/Http5sFileNameParser.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class Http5sFileNameParser extends 
GenericURLFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static FileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/https/HttpsFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/https/HttpsFileNameParser.java
index 2257804cc..984c00863 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/https/HttpsFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/https/HttpsFileNameParser.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class HttpsFileNameParser extends URLFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static FileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/DefaultLocalFileProvider.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/DefaultLocalFileProvider.java
index cfe3e4bfc..73aa16360 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/DefaultLocalFileProvider.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/DefaultLocalFileProvider.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class DefaultLocalFileProvider extends 
AbstractOriginatingFileProvider im
      * Finds a local file.
      *
      * @param file The File to locate.
-     * @return the located FileObject.
+     * @return The located FileObject.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
      */
     @Override
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class DefaultLocalFileProvider extends 
AbstractOriginatingFileProvider im
      * Finds a local file, from its local name.
      *
      * @param name The name of the file to locate.
-     * @return the located FileObject.
+     * @return The located FileObject.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
      */
     @Override
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/GenericFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/GenericFileNameParser.java
index a8d46e631..597d4129c 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/GenericFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/GenericFileNameParser.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class GenericFileNameParser extends 
LocalFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance, never null.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static GenericFileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFile.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFile.java
index 46484a0dd..8b036f990 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFile.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFile.java
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public class LocalFile extends 
AbstractFileObject<LocalFileSystem> {
     /**
      * Gets the local file that this file object represents.
      *
-     * @return the local file that this file object represents.
+     * @return The local file that this file object represents.
      */
     protected File getLocalFile() {
         return file;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFileName.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFileName.java
index 50e6d3748..281d8cba3 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFileName.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFileName.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class LocalFileName extends AbstractFileName {
     /**
      * Returns the decoded URI of the file.
      *
-     * @return the FileName as a URI.
+     * @return The FileName as a URI.
      */
     @Override
     public String toString() {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFileNameParser.java
index 7a2a97e11..3e4b99754 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/local/LocalFileNameParser.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public abstract class LocalFileNameParser extends 
AbstractFileNameParser {
      *
      * @param name the URI to modify.
      * @param uri the whole URI for error reporting.
-     * @return the root prefix extracted.
+     * @return The root prefix extracted.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
      */
     protected abstract String extractRootPrefix(String uri, StringBuilder 
name) throws FileSystemException;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileData.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileData.java
index 4ffede7ed..80a037010 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileData.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileData.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ final class RamFileData implements Serializable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the children.
+     * @return The children.
      */
     Collection<RamFileData> getChildren() {
         if (name == null) {
@@ -134,28 +134,28 @@ final class RamFileData implements Serializable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the buffer.
+     * @return The buffer.
      */
     byte[] getContent() {
         return content;
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the lastModified.
+     * @return The lastModified.
      */
     long getLastModified() {
         return lastModifiedMillis;
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the name.
+     * @return The name.
      */
     FileName getName() {
         return name;
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the type.
+     * @return The type.
      */
     FileType getType() {
         return type;
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ final class RamFileData implements Serializable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the size of the buffer
+     * @return The size of the buffer
      */
     int size() {
         return content.length;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileObject.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileObject.java
index d71ccc771..df99ae48a 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileObject.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileObject.java
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public class RamFileObject extends 
AbstractFileObject<RamFileSystem> {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the data.
+     * @return The data.
      */
     RamFileData getData() {
         return data;
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public class RamFileObject extends 
AbstractFileObject<RamFileSystem> {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the size of the {@link RamFileData}.
+     * @return The size of the {@link RamFileData}.
      */
     int size() {
         return data == null ? 0 : data.size();
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileSystem.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileSystem.java
index fb6bddc82..d8f51f1a4 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileSystem.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileSystem.java
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public class RamFileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem 
implements Serializable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the size of the FileSystem
+     * @return The size of the FileSystem
      */
     long size() {
         synchronized (cache) {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
index be9612b0f..747c05721 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/ram/RamFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public final class RamFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton builder.
      *
-     * @return the singleton builder.
+     * @return The singleton builder.
      */
     public static RamFileSystemConfigBuilder getInstance() {
         return SINGLETON;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileName.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileName.java
index 447f3e0e3..e904db25b 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileName.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileName.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class ResourceFileName extends AbstractFileName {
     /**
      * Returns the decoded URI of the file.
      *
-     * @return the FileName as a URI.
+     * @return The FileName as a URI.
      */
     @Override
     public String toString() {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileNameParser.java
index 7ab013c35..47a646a73 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileNameParser.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class ResourceFileNameParser extends 
GenericFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static GenericFileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileProvider.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileProvider.java
index 74d80020b..d4ba8e29f 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileProvider.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileProvider.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class ResourceFileProvider extends 
AbstractFileProvider {
      * @param baseFile The base file.
      * @param uri The URI of the file to locate.
      * @param fileSystemOptions The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the FileObject.
+     * @return The FileObject.
      * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
      */
     @Override
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
index 93edafd29..66bd9e4cf 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/res/ResourceFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public final class ResourceFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuild
     /**
      * Gets the singleton builder.
      *
-     * @return the singleton builder.
+     * @return The singleton builder.
      */
     public static ResourceFileSystemConfigBuilder getInstance() {
         return BUILDER;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public final class ResourceFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuild
      * Gets the class loader from the FileSystemOptions.
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions The source FileSystemOptions.
-     * @return the class loader from the FileSystemOptions.
+     * @return The class loader from the FileSystemOptions.
      */
     public ClassLoader getClassLoader(final FileSystemOptions 
fileSystemOptions) {
         return getParam(fileSystemOptions, ClassLoader.class.getName());
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/BytesIdentityInfo.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/BytesIdentityInfo.java
index e41f10210..c5eb9db41 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/BytesIdentityInfo.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/BytesIdentityInfo.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class BytesIdentityInfo implements IdentityProvider {
     /**
      * Gets the passphrase.
      *
-     * @return the passphrase.
+     * @return The passphrase.
      * @since 2.10.0
      */
     public byte[] getPassphrase() {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class BytesIdentityInfo implements IdentityProvider {
     /**
      * Gets the passphrase.
      *
-     * @return the passphrase.
+     * @return The passphrase.
      * @deprecated Use {@link #getPassphrase()}.
      */
     @Deprecated
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class BytesIdentityInfo implements IdentityProvider {
     /**
      * Gets the private key.
      *
-     * @return the private key.
+     * @return The private key.
      */
     public byte[] getPrivateKeyBytes() {
         return Utils.clone(privateKey);
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class BytesIdentityInfo implements IdentityProvider {
     /**
      * Gets the public key.
      *
-     * @return the public key.
+     * @return The public key.
      */
     public byte[] getPublicKeyBytes() {
         return Utils.clone(publicKey);
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/IdentityInfo.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/IdentityInfo.java
index ec731da21..c0f3715a9 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/IdentityInfo.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/IdentityInfo.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class IdentityInfo implements IdentityProvider {
     /**
      * Gets the passphrase of the private key.
      *
-     * @return the passphrase
+     * @return The passphrase
      * @since 2.10.0
      */
     public byte[] getPassphrase() {
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class IdentityInfo implements IdentityProvider {
     /**
      * Gets the passphrase of the private key.
      *
-     * @return the passphrase
+     * @return The passphrase
      * @since 2.1
      * @deprecated Use {@link #getPassphrase()}.
      */
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public class IdentityInfo implements IdentityProvider {
     /**
      * Gets the file with the private key.
      *
-     * @return the file
+     * @return The file
      * @since 2.1
      */
     public File getPrivateKey() {
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public class IdentityInfo implements IdentityProvider {
     /**
      * Gets the file with the public key.
      *
-     * @return the file
+     * @return The file
      * @since 2.1
      */
     public File getPublicKey() {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileNameParser.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileNameParser.java
index a16f564fd..9f1d3f730 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileNameParser.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileNameParser.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class SftpFileNameParser extends URLFileNameParser {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static FileNameParser getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileSystem.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileSystem.java
index 32800bed4..bc93fec25 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileSystem.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileSystem.java
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public class SftpFileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
     /**
      * Gets the (numeric) group IDs.
      *
-     * @return the (numeric) group IDs.
+     * @return The (numeric) group IDs.
      * @throws JSchException If a problem occurs while retrieving the group 
IDs.
      * @throws IOException   if an I/O error is detected.
      * @since 2.1
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ public class SftpFileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
      * Parses the output of the 'id -G' command
      *
      * @param output The output from the command
-     * @return the (numeric) group IDs.
+     * @return The (numeric) group IDs.
      */
     int[] parseGroupIdOutput(final StringBuilder output) {
         // Retrieve the different groups
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
index 103aeaf14..3d2a8d358 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public final class SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton builder.
      *
-     * @return the singleton builder.
+     * @return The singleton builder.
      */
     public static SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder getInstance() {
         return BUILDER;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public final class SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the config repository.
      *
      * @param options The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the ConfigRepository
+     * @return The ConfigRepository
      */
     public ConfigRepository getConfigRepository(final FileSystemOptions 
options) {
         return getParam(options, CONFIG_REPOSITORY);
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public final class SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the file name encoding.
      *
      * @param options The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the file name encoding
+     * @return The file name encoding
      */
     public String getFileNameEncoding(final FileSystemOptions options) {
         return this.getString(options, ENCODING);
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public final class SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * </p>
      *
      * @param options The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the array of identity Files.
+     * @return The array of identity Files.
      * @see #setIdentities
      * @deprecated As of 2.1 use {@link #getIdentityInfo(FileSystemOptions)}
      */
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public final class SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the identity infos.
      *
      * @param options The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the array of identity info.
+     * @return The array of identity info.
      * @see #setIdentityInfo
      */
     public IdentityInfo[] getIdentityInfo(final FileSystemOptions options) {
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public final class SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the identity providers.
      *
      * @param options The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the array of identity providers.
+     * @return The array of identity providers.
      * @see #setIdentityProvider
      * @since 2.4
      */
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public final class SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the identity repository factory.
      *
      * @param options The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the IdentityRepositoryFactory
+     * @return The IdentityRepositoryFactory
      */
     public IdentityRepositoryFactory getIdentityRepositoryFactory(final 
FileSystemOptions options) {
         return getParam(options, IDENTITY_REPOSITORY_FACTORY);
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ public final class SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the option value for specific key exchange algorithm.
      *
      * @param options The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the option value for specific key exchange algorithm.
+     * @return The option value for specific key exchange algorithm.
      * @see #setKeyExchangeAlgorithm(FileSystemOptions, String)
      * @since 2.4
      */
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ public final class SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the known hosts File.
      *
      * @param options The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the known hosts File.
+     * @return The known hosts File.
      * @see #setKnownHosts
      */
     public File getKnownHosts(final FileSystemOptions options) {
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ public final class SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the option value The host key checking.
      *
      * @param options The FileSystem options.
-     * @return the option value The host key checking.
+     * @return The option value The host key checking.
      * @see #setStrictHostKeyChecking(FileSystemOptions, String)
      */
     public String getStrictHostKeyChecking(final FileSystemOptions options) {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/tar/TarFileSystem.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/tar/TarFileSystem.java
index 543ac6491..6a2f9e887 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/tar/TarFileSystem.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/tar/TarFileSystem.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class TarFileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
      * Returns the input stream for the given entry.
      *
      * @param entry The entry to seek.
-     * @return the input stream for the given entry.
+     * @return The input stream for the given entry.
      * @throws FileSystemException If an I/O error occurs.
      */
     public InputStream getInputStream(final TarArchiveEntry entry) throws 
FileSystemException {
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public class TarFileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
     /**
      * Gets the TarArchiveInputStream.
      *
-     * @return the TarArchiveInputStream.
+     * @return The TarArchiveInputStream.
      * @throws FileSystemException if a file system error occurs.
      */
     protected TarArchiveInputStream getTarFile() throws FileSystemException {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/zip/ZipFileSystem.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/zip/ZipFileSystem.java
index 0156957da..311ee9044 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/zip/ZipFileSystem.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/zip/ZipFileSystem.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public class ZipFileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
     /**
      * Gets the Charset, defaults to {@link StandardCharsets#UTF_8}, the value 
used in {@link ZipFile}.
      *
-     * @return the Charset.
+     * @return The Charset.
      */
     protected Charset getCharset() {
         return charset;
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class ZipFileSystem extends AbstractFileSystem {
     /**
      * Gets the zip file.
      *
-     * @return the zip file.
+     * @return The zip file.
      * @throws FileSystemException if a file system error occurs.
      */
     protected ZipFile getZipFile() throws FileSystemException {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/zip/ZipFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/zip/ZipFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
index 4c76c53db..ac6a3d5ea 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/zip/ZipFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/zip/ZipFileSystemConfigBuilder.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class ZipFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
     /**
      * Gets the singleton instance.
      *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
+     * @return The singleton instance.
      */
     public static final ZipFileSystemConfigBuilder getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class ZipFileSystemConfigBuilder extends 
FileSystemConfigBuilder {
      * Gets the Charset from the FileSystemOptions or {@link 
StandardCharsets#UTF_8} if absent.
      *
      * @param fileSystemOptions The source FileSystemOptions.
-     * @return the Charset from the FileSystemOptions.
+     * @return The Charset from the FileSystemOptions.
      */
     public Charset getCharset(final FileSystemOptions fileSystemOptions) {
         return getParamOrDefault(fileSystemOptions, KEY_CHARSET, 
StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/CombinedResources.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/CombinedResources.java
index 2f168e61a..1acdeaee8 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/CombinedResources.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/CombinedResources.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class CombinedResources extends ResourceBundle {
     /**
      * Gets the resource name.
      *
-     * @return the resource name.
+     * @return The resource name.
      */
     public String getResourceName() {
         return resourceName;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/DelegatingFileSystemOptionsBuilder.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/DelegatingFileSystemOptionsBuilder.java
index 1e4900295..e66bc2c18 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/DelegatingFileSystemOptionsBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/DelegatingFileSystemOptionsBuilder.java
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public class DelegatingFileSystemOptionsBuilder {
     /**
      * Gets the FileSystemManager.
      *
-     * @return the FileSystemManager.
+     * @return The FileSystemManager.
      */
     protected FileSystemManager getManager() {
         return manager;
diff --git a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/Os.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/Os.java
index a2b1eae6a..304f1b0d3 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/Os.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/Os.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public final class Os {
      * Locates an OsFamily by name (case-insensitive).
      *
      * @param name The family name to lookup.
-     * @return the OS family, or null if not found.
+     * @return The OS family, or null if not found.
      */
     public static OsFamily getFamily(final String name) {
         for (final OsFamily osFamily : ALL_FAMILIES) {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/PosixPermissions.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/PosixPermissions.java
index 111fb9863..347124219 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/PosixPermissions.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/PosixPermissions.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class PosixPermissions {
         /**
          * Gets the mask for this permission.
          *
-         * @return the mask for this permission.
+         * @return The mask for this permission.
          */
         public int getMask() {
             return mask;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public class PosixPermissions {
      *
      * @param executable Whether the new permissions should be readable.
      * @param ownerOnly Whether the new permissions are only for the owner.
-     * @return the new permissions.
+     * @return The new permissions.
      */
     public int makeExecutable(final boolean executable, final boolean 
ownerOnly) {
         final EnumMap<Type, Boolean> map = new EnumMap<>(Type.class);
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public class PosixPermissions {
      *
      * @param readable Whether the new permissions should be readable.
      * @param ownerOnly Whether the new permissions are only for the owner.
-     * @return the new permissions.
+     * @return The new permissions.
      */
     public Integer makeReadable(final boolean readable, final boolean 
ownerOnly) {
         final EnumMap<Type, Boolean> map = new EnumMap<>(Type.class);
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ public class PosixPermissions {
      *
      * @param writable Whether the new permissions should be readable.
      * @param ownerOnly Whether the new permissions are only for the owner.
-     * @return the new permissions.
+     * @return The new permissions.
      */
     public Integer makeWritable(final boolean writable, final boolean 
ownerOnly) {
         final EnumMap<Type, Boolean> map = new EnumMap<>(Type.class);
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/URIUtils.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/URIUtils.java
index 9b004c6b4..a63acceee 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/URIUtils.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/URIUtils.java
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public class URIUtils {
      * the default protocol charset.
      *
      * @param unescaped an unescaped string
-     * @return the escaped string
+     * @return The escaped string
      */
     public static String encodePath(final String unescaped) {
         return encodePath(unescaped, DEFAULT_PROTOCOL_CHARSET);
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public class URIUtils {
      *
      * @param unescaped an unescaped string
      * @param charset the charset
-     * @return the escaped string
+     * @return The escaped string
      */
     public static String encodePath(final String unescaped, final String 
charset) {
         if (unescaped == null) {
diff --git a/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileInfo.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileInfo.java
index ec46b602f..67973d38a 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileInfo.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileInfo.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class FileInfo {
     /**
      * Returns the base name for the file.
      *
-     * @return the base name
+     * @return The base name
      */
     public String getBaseName() {
         return baseName;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class FileInfo {
 
     /**
      * Returns a {@code Map} of this {@code FileInfo}'s children.
-     * @return the {@code FileInfo}'s children
+     * @return The {@code FileInfo}'s children
      */
     public Map<String, FileInfo> getChildren() {
         return children;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class FileInfo {
     /**
      * Returns file's content.
      *
-     * @return the content as a {@code String}
+     * @return The content as a {@code String}
      */
     public String getContent() {
         return content;
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/ProviderReadTests.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/ProviderReadTests.java
index 9e99e8f01..c7185d9c4 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/ProviderReadTests.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/ProviderReadTests.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class ProviderReadTests extends 
AbstractProviderTestCase {
     /**
      * Returns the read folder named "dir1".
      *
-     * @return the read folder named "dir1".
+     * @return The read folder named "dir1".
      * @throws FileSystemException
      */
     protected FileObject getReadFolderDir1() throws FileSystemException {
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/VfsTestUtils.java 
b/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/VfsTestUtils.java
index e9869ad95..540f883e3 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/VfsTestUtils.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/VfsTestUtils.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public abstract class VfsTestUtils {
      *
      * {@link #getTestDirectoryFile()} should be preferred.
      *
-     * @return the test directory as a String
+     * @return The test directory as a String
      */
     public static String getTestDirectory() {
         return System.getProperty(TEST_BASE_DIR, 
"target/test-classes/test-data");
diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpTestServerHelper.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpTestServerHelper.java
index 0937d3110..56dcc1b88 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpTestServerHelper.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/sftp/SftpTestServerHelper.java
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public final class SftpTestServerHelper {
     /**
      * Gets the connection URI for the embedded server.
      *
-     * @return the connection URI, or null if server is not started
+     * @return The connection URI, or null if server is not started
      */
     public static String getConnectionUri() {
         return connectionUri;


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