http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/DataPartitioner.java
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diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/DataPartitioner.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/DataPartitioner.java
index 1bbecca..cd1e632 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/DataPartitioner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/DataPartitioner.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.schema.data.partitioner;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
@@ -35,32 +35,32 @@ public interface DataPartitioner extends Serializable
    * <p>
    * If the Object does not have/need a specific type identifier, use null
    */
-  public ArrayList<BigInteger> toPartitions(Object object, String type) throws 
Exception;
+  ArrayList<BigInteger> toPartitions(Object object, String type) throws 
Exception;
 
   /**
    * Method to reconstruct an Object given an ArrayList of its BigInteger 
partition elements and its type identifier
    * <p>
    * If the Object does not have/need a specific type identifier, use null
    */
-  public Object fromPartitions(ArrayList<BigInteger> parts, int partsIndex, 
String type) throws Exception;
+  Object fromPartitions(ArrayList<BigInteger> parts, int partsIndex, String 
type) throws Exception;
 
   /**
    * Method to return the number of bits of an object with the given type
    */
-  public int getBits(String type) throws Exception;
+  int getBits(String type) throws Exception;
 
   /**
    * Create partitions for an array of the same type of elements - used when a 
data value field is an array and we wish to encode these into the return value
    */
-  public ArrayList<BigInteger> arrayToPartitions(List<?> elementList, String 
type) throws Exception;
+  ArrayList<BigInteger> arrayToPartitions(List<?> elementList, String type) 
throws Exception;
 
   /**
    * Method to get an empty set of partitions by data type - used for padding 
return array values
    */
-  public ArrayList<BigInteger> getPaddedPartitions(String type) throws 
Exception;
+  ArrayList<BigInteger> getPaddedPartitions(String type) throws Exception;
 
   /**
    * Method to get the number of partitions of the data object given the type
    */
-  public int getNumPartitions(String type) throws Exception;
+  int getNumPartitions(String type) throws Exception;
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/IPDataPartitioner.java
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diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/IPDataPartitioner.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/IPDataPartitioner.java
index 25e49a4..494aba0 100644
--- 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/IPDataPartitioner.java
+++ 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/IPDataPartitioner.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.schema.data.partitioner;
 
 import java.math.BigInteger;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class IPDataPartitioner implements DataPartitioner
   @Override
   public ArrayList<BigInteger> toPartitions(Object object, String type) throws 
Exception
   {
-    ArrayList<BigInteger> parts = new ArrayList<BigInteger>();
+    ArrayList<BigInteger> parts = new ArrayList<>();
 
     String[] octets = ((String) object).split("\\.");
     for (String oct : octets)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class IPDataPartitioner implements DataPartitioner
   @Override
   public Object fromPartitions(ArrayList<BigInteger> parts, int partsIndex, 
String type) throws Exception
   {
-    Object element = null;
+    Object element;
 
     element = parts.get(partsIndex).toString() + "." + parts.get(partsIndex + 
1).toString() + "." + parts.get(partsIndex + 2).toString() + "."
         + parts.get(partsIndex + 3).toString();
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class IPDataPartitioner implements DataPartitioner
   @Override
   public ArrayList<BigInteger> getPaddedPartitions(String type) throws 
Exception
   {
-    ArrayList<BigInteger> parts = new ArrayList<BigInteger>();
+    ArrayList<BigInteger> parts = new ArrayList<>();
 
     for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
     {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class IPDataPartitioner implements DataPartitioner
   @Override
   public ArrayList<BigInteger> arrayToPartitions(List<?> elementList, String 
type) throws Exception
   {
-    ArrayList<BigInteger> parts = new ArrayList<BigInteger>();
+    ArrayList<BigInteger> parts = new ArrayList<>();
 
     int numArrayElementsToReturn = 
Integer.parseInt(SystemConfiguration.getProperty("pir.numReturnArrayElements", 
"1"));
     for (int i = 0; i < numArrayElementsToReturn; ++i)

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/ISO8601DatePartitioner.java
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diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/ISO8601DatePartitioner.java
 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/ISO8601DatePartitioner.java
index 4bd29b6..715bf15 100644
--- 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/ISO8601DatePartitioner.java
+++ 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/ISO8601DatePartitioner.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.schema.data.partitioner;
 
 import java.math.BigInteger;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class ISO8601DatePartitioner implements DataPartitioner
 {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-  PrimitiveTypePartitioner ptp = null;
+  private PrimitiveTypePartitioner ptp = null;
 
   public ISO8601DatePartitioner()
   {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/PrimitiveTypePartitioner.java
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diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/PrimitiveTypePartitioner.java
 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/PrimitiveTypePartitioner.java
index 1c3f42d..3688e81 100644
--- 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/PrimitiveTypePartitioner.java
+++ 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/data/partitioner/PrimitiveTypePartitioner.java
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@
  */
 package org.apache.pirk.schema.data.partitioner;
 
-import org.apache.http.util.ByteArrayBuffer;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import org.apache.pirk.utils.LogUtils;
-import org.apache.pirk.utils.SystemConfiguration;
-
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.http.util.ByteArrayBuffer;
+import org.apache.pirk.utils.SystemConfiguration;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 /**
  * Class for partitioning objects with primitive Java types
  * 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class PrimitiveTypePartitioner implements 
DataPartitioner
 {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-  private Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(PrimitiveTypePartitioner.class);
 
   public static final String BYTE = "byte";
   public static final String SHORT = "short";

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/LoadQuerySchemas.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/LoadQuerySchemas.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/LoadQuerySchemas.java
index 213e983..fa00756 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/LoadQuerySchemas.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/LoadQuerySchemas.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.schema.query;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.data.DataSchema;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.data.LoadDataSchemas;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.data.partitioner.DataPartitioner;
-import org.apache.pirk.utils.LogUtils;
 import org.apache.pirk.utils.SystemConfiguration;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@ import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
  */
 public class LoadQuerySchemas
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoadQuerySchemas.class);
 
-  public static HashMap<String,QuerySchema> schemaMap;
+  private static HashMap<String,QuerySchema> schemaMap;
 
   static
   {
     logger.info("Loading query schemas: ");
 
-    schemaMap = new HashMap<String,QuerySchema>();
+    schemaMap = new HashMap<>();
     try
     {
       initialize();
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ public class LoadQuerySchemas
 
   private static QuerySchema loadQuerySchemaFile(String schemaFile, boolean 
hdfs, FileSystem fs) throws Exception
   {
-    QuerySchema querySchema = null;
+    QuerySchema querySchema;
 
     DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
     DocumentBuilder dBuilder = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
 
     // Read in and parse the schema file
-    Document doc = null;
+    Document doc;
     if (hdfs)
     {
       Path filePath = new Path(schemaFile);
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public class LoadQuerySchemas
     }
     Element elements = (Element) elementsList.item(0);
 
-    TreeSet<String> elementNames = new TreeSet<String>();
+    TreeSet<String> elementNames = new TreeSet<>();
     int dataElementSize = 0;
     NodeList nList = elements.getElementsByTagName("name");
     for (int i = 0; i < nList.getLength(); i++)
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public class LoadQuerySchemas
         // Compute the number of bits for this element
         logger.info("name = " + name);
         logger.info("partitionerName = " + 
dataSchema.getPartitionerName(name));
-        if (((DataPartitioner) dataSchema.getPartitionerForElement(name)) == 
null)
+        if ((dataSchema.getPartitionerForElement(name)) == null)
         {
           logger.info("partitioner is null");
         }
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public class LoadQuerySchemas
     }
 
     // Extract the filterNames, if they exist
-    HashSet<String> filterNamesSet = new HashSet<String>();
+    HashSet<String> filterNamesSet = new HashSet<>();
     if (doc.getElementsByTagName("filterNames").item(0) != null)
     {
       NodeList filterNamesList = doc.getElementsByTagName("filterNames");
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ public class LoadQuerySchemas
    */
   private static String extractValue(Document doc, String valueName) throws 
Exception
   {
-    String value = null;
+    String value;
 
     NodeList itemList = doc.getElementsByTagName(valueName);
     if (itemList.getLength() > 1)

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/QuerySchema.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/QuerySchema.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/QuerySchema.java
index b3ea515..7610b52 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/QuerySchema.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/QuerySchema.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.schema.query;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
@@ -35,24 +35,24 @@ public class QuerySchema implements Serializable
 {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-  public static final String NO_FILTER = "noFilter";
+  static final String NO_FILTER = "noFilter";
 
-  String schemaName = null;
+  private String schemaName = null;
 
-  String dataSchemaName = null; // name of the DataSchema for this query schema
+  private String dataSchemaName = null; // name of the DataSchema for this 
query schema
 
-  TreeSet<String> elementNames = null; // names of elements in the data schema 
to
+  private TreeSet<String> elementNames = null; // names of elements in the 
data schema to
                                        // include in the response, order 
matters for packing/unpacking
 
-  String filter = null; // name of filter class to use in data filtering
+  private String filter = null; // name of filter class to use in data 
filtering
 
-  Object filterObj = null; // instance of the filter
+  private Object filterObj = null; // instance of the filter
 
-  HashSet<String> filterElementNames = null; // set of element names to apply 
filtering in pre-processing
+  private HashSet<String> filterElementNames = null; // set of element names 
to apply filtering in pre-processing
 
-  String selectorName = null; // name of element in the dataSchema to be used 
as the selector
+  private String selectorName = null; // name of element in the dataSchema to 
be used as the selector
 
-  int dataElementSize = 0; // total number of bits to be returned for each 
data element hit
+  private int dataElementSize = 0; // total number of bits to be returned for 
each data element hit
 
   public QuerySchema(String schemaNameInput, String dataSchemaNameInput, 
TreeSet<String> elementNamesInput, String selectorNameInput, int 
dataElementSizeInput,
       HashSet<String> filterElementNamesInput, String filterIn) throws 
Exception

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/DataFilter.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/DataFilter.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/DataFilter.java
index 17f387d..35c64e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/DataFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/DataFilter.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.schema.query.filter;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/FilterFactory.java
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diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/FilterFactory.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/FilterFactory.java
index 8c86235..946f803 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/FilterFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/FilterFactory.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.schema.query.filter;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ public class FilterFactory
       FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(new Configuration());
 
       // Grab the stopList
-      HashSet<String> stopList = new HashSet<String>();
+      HashSet<String> stopList = new HashSet<>();
       String stopListFile = 
SystemConfiguration.getProperty("pir.stopListFile", "none");
 
       if (!stopListFile.equals("none"))
       {
-        BufferedReader br = null;
+        BufferedReader br;
         if (fs.exists(new Path(stopListFile)))
         {
           br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fs.open(new 
Path(stopListFile))));
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class FilterFactory
           br = new BufferedReader(fr);
         }
 
-        String qLine = null;
+        String qLine;
         while ((qLine = br.readLine()) != null)
         {
           stopList.add(qLine);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/StopListFilter.java
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diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/StopListFilter.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/StopListFilter.java
index 1f458c1..6c58d2c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/StopListFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/query/filter/StopListFilter.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.schema.query.filter;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.ArrayWritable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.MapWritable;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.data.DataSchema;
-import org.apache.pirk.utils.LogUtils;
 import org.apache.pirk.utils.StopListUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.hadoop.mr.WritableArrayWritable;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Filter class to filter data elements based upon a stoplist applied to 
specified field elements
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ public class StopListFilter implements DataFilter
 {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(StopListFilter.class);
 
-  HashSet<String> filterSet = null;
-  HashSet<String> stopList = null;
+  private HashSet<String> filterSet = null;
+  private HashSet<String> stopList = null;
 
   public StopListFilter(HashSet<String> filterSetIn, HashSet<String> 
stopListIn)
   {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/response/QueryResponseJSON.java
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diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/response/QueryResponseJSON.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/response/QueryResponseJSON.java
index 5b3c108..5f7e79c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/response/QueryResponseJSON.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/schema/response/QueryResponseJSON.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.schema.response;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.pirk.query.wideskies.QueryInfo;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.data.DataSchema;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.data.LoadDataSchemas;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.query.LoadQuerySchemas;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.query.QuerySchema;
-import org.apache.pirk.utils.LogUtils;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
 import org.json.simple.JSONValue;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * JSON helper class for query results
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ public class QueryResponseJSON implements Serializable
 {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(QueryResponseJSON.class);
 
-  JSONObject jsonObj = null;
+  private JSONObject jsonObj = null;
 
-  DataSchema dSchema = null;
+  private DataSchema dSchema = null;
 
-  QueryInfo queryInfo = null;
+  private QueryInfo queryInfo = null;
 
   public static final String EVENT_TYPE = "event_type"; // notification type 
the matched the record
   public static final Text EVENT_TYPE_TEXT = new Text(EVENT_TYPE);
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public class QueryResponseJSON implements Serializable
     HashSet<String> schemaListRep = dSchema.getListRep();
     for (String key : schemaListRep)
     {
-      jsonObj.put(key, new ArrayList<Object>());
+      jsonObj.put(key, new ArrayList<>());
     }
   }
 
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ public class QueryResponseJSON implements Serializable
       {
         if (!(val instanceof ArrayList))
         {
-          ArrayList<Object> list = null;
+          ArrayList<Object> list;
           if (!jsonObj.containsKey(key))
           {
-            list = new ArrayList<Object>();
+            list = new ArrayList<>();
             jsonObj.put(key, list);
           }
           list = (ArrayList<Object>) jsonObj.get(key);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/DistributedTestCLI.java
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diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/DistributedTestCLI.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/DistributedTestCLI.java
index 977fa5e..1535e1f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/DistributedTestCLI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/DistributedTestCLI.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.test.distributed;
 
 import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ import org.apache.commons.cli.GnuParser;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.Option;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import org.apache.pirk.utils.LogUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * A container for Apache's Command Line Interface that contains custom 
functionality for the MapReduce functional tests.
  */
 public class DistributedTestCLI
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(DistributedTestCLI.class);
 
-  CommandLine commandLine = null;
-  Options cliOptions = null;
+  private CommandLine commandLine = null;
+  private Options cliOptions = null;
 
   /**
    * Create and parse allowable options

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/DistributedTestDriver.java
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diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/DistributedTestDriver.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/DistributedTestDriver.java
index f567bab..d822e81 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/DistributedTestDriver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/DistributedTestDriver.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,22 +15,22 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.test.distributed;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.data.LoadDataSchemas;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.query.LoadQuerySchemas;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.query.filter.StopListFilter;
 import org.apache.pirk.test.distributed.testsuite.DistTestSuite;
 import org.apache.pirk.test.utils.Inputs;
-import org.apache.pirk.utils.LogUtils;
 import org.apache.pirk.utils.SystemConfiguration;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Driver class to run the suite of functional tests for MR and Spark PIR
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
  */
 public class DistributedTestDriver
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(DistributedTestDriver.class);
 
   // Input
   public static final String JSON_PIR_INPUT_FILE_PROPERTY = 
"test.pir.inputJSONFile";

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/testsuite/DistTestSuite.java
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diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/testsuite/DistTestSuite.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/testsuite/DistTestSuite.java
index dec00f9..37cb43c 100644
--- 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/testsuite/DistTestSuite.java
+++ 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/distributed/testsuite/DistTestSuite.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.test.distributed.testsuite;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.pirk.encryption.Paillier;
 import org.apache.pirk.inputformat.hadoop.InputFormatConst;
 import org.apache.pirk.inputformat.hadoop.json.JSONInputFormatBase;
@@ -41,10 +40,11 @@ import 
org.apache.pirk.test.distributed.DistributedTestDriver;
 import org.apache.pirk.test.utils.BaseTests;
 import org.apache.pirk.test.utils.Inputs;
 import org.apache.pirk.test.utils.TestUtils;
-import org.apache.pirk.utils.LogUtils;
 import org.apache.pirk.utils.SystemConfiguration;
 import org.apache.spark.launcher.SparkLauncher;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Distributed test class for PIR
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
  */
 public class DistTestSuite
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(DistTestSuite.class);
 
   // This method also tests all non-query specific configuration 
options/properties
   // for the MapReduce version of PIR
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public class DistTestSuite
     SystemConfiguration.setProperty("pir.numReduceTasks", "1");
     SystemConfiguration.setProperty("pir.stopListFile", 
SystemConfiguration.getProperty(DistributedTestDriver.PIR_STOPLIST_FILE));
 
-    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results = null;
+    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results;
 
     // Create the temp result file
     File fileFinalResults = File.createTempFile("finalResultsFile", ".txt");
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ public class DistTestSuite
       // Build args
       String inputFormat = 
SystemConfiguration.getProperty("pir.dataInputFormat");
       logger.info("inputFormat = " + inputFormat);
-      ArrayList<String> args = new ArrayList<String>();
+      ArrayList<String> args = new ArrayList<>();
       args.add("-" + ResponderCLI.PLATFORM + "=spark");
       args.add("-" + ResponderCLI.DATAINPUTFORMAT + "=" + inputFormat);
       args.add("-" + ResponderCLI.QUERYINPUT + "=" + 
SystemConfiguration.getProperty("pir.queryInput"));

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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/BaseTests.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/BaseTests.java
index 621b64e..51497d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/BaseTests.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/BaseTests.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,41 +15,40 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.test.utils;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.pirk.query.wideskies.QueryUtils;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.response.QueryResponseJSON;
 import org.apache.pirk.test.distributed.testsuite.DistTestSuite;
-import org.apache.pirk.utils.LogUtils;
 import org.apache.pirk.utils.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.pirk.utils.SystemConfiguration;
 import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 /**
  * Class to hold the base functional distributed tests
  */
 public class BaseTests
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(BaseTests.class);
 
   public static double queryNum = 1.0;
   public static int dataPartitionBitSize = 8;
 
   // Selectors for domain and IP queries, queryNum is the first entry for file 
generation
-  public static ArrayList<String> selectorsDomain = new 
ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("s.t.u.net", "d.e.com", "r.r.r.r", "a.b.c.com", 
"something.else",
+  private static ArrayList<String> selectorsDomain = new 
ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("s.t.u.net", "d.e.com", "r.r.r.r", "a.b.c.com", 
"something.else",
       "x.y.net"));
-  public static ArrayList<String> selectorsIP = new 
ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("55.55.55.55", "5.6.7.8", "10.20.30.40", 
"13.14.15.16", "21.22.23.24"));
+  private static ArrayList<String> selectorsIP = new 
ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("55.55.55.55", "5.6.7.8", "10.20.30.40", 
"13.14.15.16", "21.22.23.24"));
 
   // Encryption variables -- Paillier mechanisms are tested in the Paillier 
test code, so these are fixed...
   public static int hashBitSize = 12;
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ public class BaseTests
     logger.info("Running testDNSHostnameQuery(): ");
 
     int numExpectedResults = 6;
-    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results = null;
+    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results;
     if (isDistributed)
     {
       results = DistTestSuite.performQuery(Inputs.DNS_HOSTNAME_QUERY, 
selectorsDomain, fs, isSpark, numThreads);
@@ -100,12 +99,12 @@ public class BaseTests
       }
 
       // Check that each qname appears once in the result set
-      HashSet<String> correctQnames = new HashSet<String>();
+      HashSet<String> correctQnames = new HashSet<>();
       correctQnames.add("a.b.c.com");
       correctQnames.add("d.e.com");
       correctQnames.add("something.else");
 
-      HashSet<String> resultQnames = new HashSet<String>();
+      HashSet<String> resultQnames = new HashSet<>();
       for (QueryResponseJSON qrJSON : results)
       {
         resultQnames.add((String) qrJSON.getValue(Inputs.QNAME));
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ public class BaseTests
         removeTailElements = 3;
       }
 
-      ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> correctResults = new 
ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON>();
+      ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> correctResults = new ArrayList<>();
       int i = 0;
       while (i < (dataElements.size() - removeTailElements))
       {
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ public class BaseTests
   {
     logger.info("Running testDNSIPQuery(): ");
 
-    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results = null;
+    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results;
     if (isDistributed)
     {
       results = DistTestSuite.performQuery(Inputs.DNS_IP_QUERY, selectorsIP, 
fs, isSpark, numThreads);
@@ -218,7 +217,7 @@ public class BaseTests
     }
     printResultList(results);
 
-    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> correctResults = new 
ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON>();
+    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> correctResults = new ArrayList<>();
     int i = 0;
     while (i < (dataElements.size() - 3)) // last three data elements not hit 
- one on stoplist, two don't match selectors
     {
@@ -270,7 +269,7 @@ public class BaseTests
   {
     logger.info("Running testDNSNXDOMAINQuery(): ");
 
-    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results = null;
+    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results;
     if (isDistributed)
     {
       results = DistTestSuite.performQuery(Inputs.DNS_NXDOMAIN_QUERY, 
selectorsDomain, fs, isSpark, numThreads);
@@ -286,7 +285,7 @@ public class BaseTests
       fail("results.size() = " + results.size() + " -- must equal 1");
     }
 
-    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> correctResults = new 
ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON>();
+    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> correctResults = new ArrayList<>();
     int i = 0;
     while (i < dataElements.size())
     {
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ public class BaseTests
   {
     logger.info("Running testSRCIPQuery(): ");
 
-    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results = null;
+    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results;
     int removeTailElements = 0;
     int numExpectedResults = 1;
     if (isDistributed)
@@ -352,7 +351,7 @@ public class BaseTests
       fail("results.size() = " + results.size() + " -- must equal " + 
numExpectedResults);
     }
 
-    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> correctResults = new 
ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON>();
+    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> correctResults = new ArrayList<>();
     int i = 0;
     while (i < (dataElements.size() - removeTailElements))
     {
@@ -404,7 +403,7 @@ public class BaseTests
   {
     logger.info("Running testSRCIPQueryNoFilter(): ");
 
-    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results = null;
+    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results;
     int numExpectedResults = 3;
     if (isDistributed)
     {
@@ -421,7 +420,7 @@ public class BaseTests
       fail("results.size() = " + results.size() + " -- must equal " + 
numExpectedResults);
     }
 
-    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> correctResults = new 
ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON>();
+    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> correctResults = new ArrayList<>();
     int i = 0;
     while (i < dataElements.size())
     {
@@ -471,9 +470,9 @@ public class BaseTests
   // Method to convert a ArrayList<String> into the correct (padded) returned 
ArrayList
   private static ArrayList<String> parseArray(JSONObject dataMap, String 
fieldName, boolean isIP)
   {
-    ArrayList<String> retArray = new ArrayList<String>();
+    ArrayList<String> retArray = new ArrayList<>();
 
-    ArrayList<String> values = null;
+    ArrayList<String> values;
     if (dataMap.get(fieldName) instanceof ArrayList)
     {
       values = (ArrayList<String>) dataMap.get(fieldName);
@@ -506,7 +505,7 @@ public class BaseTests
   // Method to convert a ArrayList<Short> into the correct (padded) returned 
ArrayList
   private static ArrayList<Short> parseShortArray(JSONObject dataMap, String 
fieldName)
   {
-    ArrayList<Short> retArray = new ArrayList<Short>();
+    ArrayList<Short> retArray = new ArrayList<>();
 
     ArrayList<Short> values = (ArrayList<Short>) dataMap.get(fieldName);
 
@@ -529,7 +528,7 @@ public class BaseTests
   // Method to convert the String field value to the correct returned substring
   private static String parseString(JSONObject dataMap, String fieldName)
   {
-    String ret = null;
+    String ret;
 
     String element = (String) dataMap.get(fieldName);
     int numParts = 
Integer.parseInt(SystemConfiguration.getProperty("pir.stringBits")) / 
dataPartitionBitSize;
@@ -604,7 +603,7 @@ public class BaseTests
   // Method to pull the elements of a list (either an ArrayList or JSONArray) 
into a HashSet
   private static HashSet<String> getSetFromList(Object list)
   {
-    HashSet<String> set = new HashSet<String>();
+    HashSet<String> set = new HashSet<>();
 
     if (list instanceof ArrayList)
     {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/Inputs.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/Inputs.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/Inputs.java
index 1b362ef..5070672 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/Inputs.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/Inputs.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.test.utils;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.data.LoadDataSchemas;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.data.partitioner.IPDataPartitioner;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.data.partitioner.ISO8601DatePartitioner;
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ import 
org.apache.pirk.schema.data.partitioner.PrimitiveTypePartitioner;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.query.LoadQuerySchemas;
 import org.apache.pirk.test.distributed.DistributedTestDriver;
 import org.apache.pirk.utils.HDFS;
-import org.apache.pirk.utils.LogUtils;
 import org.apache.pirk.utils.SystemConfiguration;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
  */
 public class Inputs
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Inputs.class);
 
   // Test data schema fields
   public static final String DATE = "date";
@@ -126,16 +127,16 @@ public class Inputs
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public static ArrayList<JSONObject> createJSONDataElements()
   {
-    ArrayList<JSONObject> dataElementsJSON = new ArrayList<JSONObject>();
+    ArrayList<JSONObject> dataElementsJSON = new ArrayList<>();
 
     JSONObject jsonObj1 = new JSONObject();
     jsonObj1.put(DATE, "2016-02-20T23:29:05.000Z");
     jsonObj1.put(QNAME, "a.b.c.com"); // hits on domain selector
     jsonObj1.put(SRCIP, "55.55.55.55"); // hits on IP selector
     jsonObj1.put(DSTIP, "1.2.3.6");
-    jsonObj1.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<Short>(Arrays.asList((short) 1)));
+    jsonObj1.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList((short) 1)));
     jsonObj1.put(RCODE, 0);
-    jsonObj1.put(IPS, new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("10.20.30.40", 
"10.20.30.60")));
+    jsonObj1.put(IPS, new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("10.20.30.40", 
"10.20.30.60")));
 
     dataElementsJSON.add(jsonObj1);
 
@@ -144,9 +145,9 @@ public class Inputs
     jsonObj2.put(QNAME, "d.e.com");
     jsonObj2.put(SRCIP, "127.128.129.130");
     jsonObj2.put(DSTIP, "1.2.3.4");
-    jsonObj2.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<Short>(Arrays.asList((short) 1)));
+    jsonObj2.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList((short) 1)));
     jsonObj2.put(RCODE, 0);
-    jsonObj2.put(IPS, new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("5.6.7.8")));
+    jsonObj2.put(IPS, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList("5.6.7.8")));
 
     dataElementsJSON.add(jsonObj2);
 
@@ -155,9 +156,9 @@ public class Inputs
     jsonObj3.put(QNAME, "d.e.com");
     jsonObj3.put(SRCIP, "131.132.133.134");
     jsonObj3.put(DSTIP, "9.10.11.12");
-    jsonObj3.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<Short>(Arrays.asList((short) 1)));
+    jsonObj3.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList((short) 1)));
     jsonObj3.put(RCODE, 0);
-    jsonObj3.put(IPS, new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("13.14.15.16")));
+    jsonObj3.put(IPS, new 
ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList("13.14.15.16")));
 
     dataElementsJSON.add(jsonObj3);
 
@@ -166,9 +167,9 @@ public class Inputs
     jsonObj4.put(QNAME, "d.e.com");
     jsonObj4.put(SRCIP, "135.136.137.138");
     jsonObj4.put(DSTIP, "17.18.19.20");
-    jsonObj4.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<Short>(Arrays.asList((short) 1)));
+    jsonObj4.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList((short) 1)));
     jsonObj4.put(RCODE, 3);
-    jsonObj4.put(IPS, new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("21.22.23.24")));
+    jsonObj4.put(IPS, new 
ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList("21.22.23.24")));
 
     dataElementsJSON.add(jsonObj4);
 
@@ -177,9 +178,9 @@ public class Inputs
     jsonObj5.put(QNAME, "d.e.com");
     jsonObj5.put(SRCIP, "139.140.141.142");
     jsonObj5.put(DSTIP, "25.26.27.28");
-    jsonObj5.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<Short>(Arrays.asList((short) 1)));
+    jsonObj5.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList((short) 1)));
     jsonObj5.put(RCODE, 0);
-    jsonObj5.put(IPS, new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("5.6.7.8")));
+    jsonObj5.put(IPS, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList("5.6.7.8")));
 
     dataElementsJSON.add(jsonObj5);
 
@@ -188,9 +189,9 @@ public class Inputs
     jsonObj6.put(QNAME, "d.e.com");
     jsonObj6.put(SRCIP, "143.144.145.146");
     jsonObj6.put(DSTIP, "33.34.35.36");
-    jsonObj6.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<Short>(Arrays.asList((short) 1)));
+    jsonObj6.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList((short) 1)));
     jsonObj6.put(RCODE, 0);
-    jsonObj6.put(IPS, new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("5.6.7.8")));
+    jsonObj6.put(IPS, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList("5.6.7.8")));
 
     dataElementsJSON.add(jsonObj6);
 
@@ -199,9 +200,9 @@ public class Inputs
     jsonObj7.put(QNAME, "something.else");
     jsonObj7.put(SRCIP, "1.1.1.1");
     jsonObj7.put(DSTIP, "2.2.2.2");
-    jsonObj7.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<Short>(Arrays.asList((short) 1)));
+    jsonObj7.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList((short) 1)));
     jsonObj7.put(RCODE, 0);
-    jsonObj7.put(IPS, new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("3.3.3.3")));
+    jsonObj7.put(IPS, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList("3.3.3.3")));
 
     dataElementsJSON.add(jsonObj7);
 
@@ -212,9 +213,9 @@ public class Inputs
     jsonObj8.put(QNAME, "something.else2");
     jsonObj8.put(SRCIP, "5.6.7.8");
     jsonObj8.put(DSTIP, "2.2.2.22");
-    jsonObj8.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<Short>(Arrays.asList((short) 1)));
+    jsonObj8.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList((short) 1)));
     jsonObj8.put(RCODE, 0);
-    jsonObj8.put(IPS, new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("3.3.3.132")));
+    jsonObj8.put(IPS, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList("3.3.3.132")));
 
     dataElementsJSON.add(jsonObj8);
 
@@ -224,9 +225,9 @@ public class Inputs
     jsonObj9.put(QNAME, "something.else.on.stoplist");
     jsonObj9.put(SRCIP, "55.55.55.55");
     jsonObj9.put(DSTIP, "2.2.2.232");
-    jsonObj9.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<Short>(Arrays.asList((short) 1)));
+    jsonObj9.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList((short) 1)));
     jsonObj9.put(RCODE, 0);
-    jsonObj9.put(IPS, new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("3.3.3.132")));
+    jsonObj9.put(IPS, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList("3.3.3.132")));
 
     dataElementsJSON.add(jsonObj9);
 
@@ -239,16 +240,16 @@ public class Inputs
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public static ArrayList<JSONObject> getRcode3JSONDataElements()
   {
-    ArrayList<JSONObject> dataElementsJSON = new ArrayList<JSONObject>();
+    ArrayList<JSONObject> dataElementsJSON = new ArrayList<>();
 
     JSONObject jsonObj4 = new JSONObject();
     jsonObj4.put(DATE, "2016-02-20T23:29:08.000Z");
     jsonObj4.put(QNAME, "d.e.com");
     jsonObj4.put(SRCIP, "135.136.137.138");
     jsonObj4.put(DSTIP, "17.18.19.20");
-    jsonObj4.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<Short>(Arrays.asList((short) 1)));
+    jsonObj4.put(QTYPE, new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList((short) 1)));
     jsonObj4.put(RCODE, 3);
-    jsonObj4.put(IPS, new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("21.22.23.24")));
+    jsonObj4.put(IPS, new 
ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList("21.22.23.24")));
 
     dataElementsJSON.add(jsonObj4);
 
@@ -393,9 +394,9 @@ public class Inputs
   {
     logger.info("PIR stopList file being created");
 
-    String tmpFileName = null;
+    String tmpFileName;
 
-    ArrayList<String> elements = new ArrayList<String>();
+    ArrayList<String> elements = new ArrayList<>();
     elements.add("something.else.on.stoplist");
     elements.add("3.3.3.132");
 
@@ -441,7 +442,7 @@ public class Inputs
     // Create and load the query schemas
     // DNS_HOSTNAME_QUERY
     List<String> dnsHostnameQueryElements = Arrays.asList(DATE, SRCIP, DSTIP, 
QTYPE, RCODE, IPS);
-    List<String> dnsHostnameQueryFilterElements = Arrays.asList(QNAME);
+    List<String> dnsHostnameQueryFilterElements = 
Collections.singletonList(QNAME);
 
     TestUtils.createQuerySchema(DNS_HOSTNAME_QUERY_FILE, DNS_HOSTNAME_QUERY, 
TEST_DATA_SCHEMA_NAME, QNAME, dnsHostnameQueryElements,
         dnsHostnameQueryFilterElements, filter);
@@ -453,7 +454,7 @@ public class Inputs
 
     // DNS_IP_QUERY
     List<String> dnsIPQueryElements = Arrays.asList(SRCIP, DSTIP, IPS);
-    List<String> dnsIPQueryFilterElements = Arrays.asList(QNAME);
+    List<String> dnsIPQueryFilterElements = Collections.singletonList(QNAME);
 
     TestUtils.createQuerySchema(DNS_IP_QUERY_FILE, DNS_IP_QUERY, 
TEST_DATA_SCHEMA_NAME, IPS, dnsIPQueryElements, dnsIPQueryFilterElements, 
filter);
     if (hdfs)
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ public class Inputs
 
     // DNS_NXDOMAIN_QUERY
     List<String> dnsNXQueryElements = Arrays.asList(QNAME, SRCIP, DSTIP);
-    List<String> dnsNXQueryFilterElements = Arrays.asList(QNAME);
+    List<String> dnsNXQueryFilterElements = Collections.singletonList(QNAME);
 
     TestUtils
         .createQuerySchema(DNS_NXDOMAIN_QUERY_FILE, DNS_NXDOMAIN_QUERY, 
TEST_DATA_SCHEMA_NAME, QNAME, dnsNXQueryElements, dnsNXQueryFilterElements, 
filter);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/StandaloneQuery.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/StandaloneQuery.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/StandaloneQuery.java
index 027e042..aeda7dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/StandaloneQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/StandaloneQuery.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,17 +15,14 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.test.utils;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.pirk.encryption.Paillier;
 import org.apache.pirk.querier.wideskies.Querier;
 import org.apache.pirk.querier.wideskies.QuerierConst;
@@ -37,25 +34,23 @@ import org.apache.pirk.query.wideskies.QueryUtils;
 import org.apache.pirk.responder.wideskies.standalone.Responder;
 import org.apache.pirk.response.wideskies.Response;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.response.QueryResponseJSON;
-import org.apache.pirk.utils.LogUtils;
 import org.apache.pirk.utils.PIRException;
 import org.apache.pirk.utils.SystemConfiguration;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 public class StandaloneQuery
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(StandaloneQuery.class);
 
   static String queryFileDomain = "qfDomain";
   static String queryFileIP = "qfIP";
-  static String querySideOuputFilePrefix = "querySideOut"; // the file pre-fix 
for the query side output files
-  static String finalResultsFile = "finalResultFile"; // file to hold the 
final results
 
   String testDataSchemaName = "testDataSchema";
   String testQuerySchemaName = "testQuerySchema";
 
-  static String responseFile = "encryptedResponse"; // the PIR response file 
from the responder
-
   // Base method to perform the query
   public static ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> 
performStandaloneQuery(ArrayList<JSONObject> dataElements, String queryType, 
ArrayList<String> selectors,
       int numThreads, boolean testFalsePositive) throws IOException, 
InterruptedException, PIRException
@@ -65,9 +60,12 @@ public class StandaloneQuery
     ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results = null;
 
     // Create the necessary files
+    String querySideOuputFilePrefix = "querySideOut";
     File fileQuerier = File.createTempFile(querySideOuputFilePrefix + "-" + 
QuerierConst.QUERIER_FILETAG, ".txt");
     File fileQuery = File.createTempFile(querySideOuputFilePrefix + "-" + 
QuerierConst.QUERY_FILETAG, ".txt");
+    String responseFile = "encryptedResponse";
     File fileResponse = File.createTempFile(responseFile, ".txt");
+    String finalResultsFile = "finalResultFile";
     File fileFinalResults = File.createTempFile(finalResultsFile, ".txt");
 
     logger.info("fileQuerier = " + fileQuerier.getAbsolutePath() + " fileQuery 
 = " + fileQuery.getAbsolutePath() + " responseFile = "

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/TestUtils.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/TestUtils.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/TestUtils.java
index 11348cb..57af5c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/TestUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/test/utils/TestUtils.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.test.utils;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.response.QueryResponseJSON;
-import org.apache.pirk.utils.LogUtils;
 import org.apache.pirk.utils.SystemConfiguration;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
  */
 public class TestUtils
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestUtils.class);
 
   /**
    * Method to delete an ES index
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class TestUtils
 
     // Read the output from the command
     logger.info("Standard output of the command:\n");
-    String s = null;
+    String s;
     while ((s = stdInput.readLine()) != null)
     {
       logger.info(s);
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public class TestUtils
     logger.info("createQuerySchema: querySchemaName = " + querySchemaName);
 
     // Create a temporary file for the test schema, set in the properties
-    String fileName = null;
+    String fileName;
     File file = null;
     OutputStreamWriter osw = null;
     if (hdfs)
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public class TestUtils
       TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
       Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
       DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc);
-      StreamResult result = null;
+      StreamResult result;
       if (hdfs)
       {
         result = new StreamResult(osw);
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ public class TestUtils
    */
   public static ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> readResultsFile(File file)
   {
-    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results = new ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON>();
+    ArrayList<QueryResponseJSON> results = new ArrayList<>();
     try
     {
       FileReader fr = new FileReader(file);
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ public class TestUtils
    */
   public static String writeToTmpFile(ArrayList<String> list, String fileName, 
String suffix) throws IOException
   {
-    String filename = null;
+    String filename;
 
     File file = File.createTempFile(fileName, suffix);
     file.deleteOnExit();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/CSVOutputUtils.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/CSVOutputUtils.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/CSVOutputUtils.java
index ebb1f21..311fe87 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/CSVOutputUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/CSVOutputUtils.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.utils;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Utils class for CSV value output
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ public class CSVOutputUtils
 {
   public static String EMPTYFIELD = "";
 
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(CSVOutputUtils.class);
 
   public static Text setCSVOutput(String domain, String ip, String timestamp)
   {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/EpochDateParser.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/EpochDateParser.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/EpochDateParser.java
index 388726f..870128c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/EpochDateParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/EpochDateParser.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.utils;
 
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Class to parse dates in Epoch date format
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 public class EpochDateParser
 {
 
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(EpochDateParser.class);
 
   public static boolean isEpochDateFormat(String date)
   {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/FileConst.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/FileConst.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/FileConst.java
index 83e43d8..382b97d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/FileConst.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/FileConst.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.utils;
 
 /**

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/FileIOUtils.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/FileIOUtils.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/FileIOUtils.java
index 52bde2e..17b97ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/FileIOUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/FileIOUtils.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.utils;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ import java.util.AbstractCollection;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Class holding basic fileIO utils
  */
 public class FileIOUtils
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(FileIOUtils.class);
 
   public interface Callable<V>
   {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/HDFS.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/HDFS.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/HDFS.java
index 8f3992e..32e0c05 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/HDFS.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/HDFS.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.utils;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -33,15 +33,16 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Class for basic HDFS fileIO utils
  */
 public class HDFS
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HDFS.class);
 
   public static void writeFile(Collection<String> elements, FileSystem fs, 
String path, boolean deleteOnExit)
   {
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ public class HDFS
   public static HashSet<String> readFileHashSet(FileSystem fs, Path path)
   {
 
-    HashSet<String> rv = new HashSet<String>();
+    HashSet<String> rv = new HashSet<>();
     try
     {
       InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(fs.open(path));

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/ISO8601DateParser.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/ISO8601DateParser.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/ISO8601DateParser.java
index 0826322..675fb21 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/ISO8601DateParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/ISO8601DateParser.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.utils;
 
 import java.text.ParseException;
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Class to parse a date in ISO86091 format
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
  */
 public class ISO8601DateParser
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(ISO8601DateParser.class);
 
   static
   {
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ public class ISO8601DateParser
     try
     {
       return format.parse(date).getTime() + "";
-    } catch (Exception e)
+    } catch (Exception ignore)
     {}
 
     return null;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/KeyedHash.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/KeyedHash.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/KeyedHash.java
index 481108e..579b196 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/KeyedHash.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/KeyedHash.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.utils;
 
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Class for the PIR keyed hash
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
  */
 public class KeyedHash
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(KeyedHash.class);
 
   /**
    * Hash method that uses the java String hashCode()
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@ public class KeyedHash
    */
   public static int hash(String key, int bitSize, String input, String 
hashType)
   {
-    int bitLimitedHash = 0;
+    int bitLimitedHash;
 
-    MessageDigest md = null;
+    MessageDigest md;
     try
     {
       md = MessageDigest.getInstance(hashType);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/LogUtils.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/LogUtils.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/LogUtils.java
deleted file mode 100755
index d10d43b..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/LogUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
-package org.apache.pirk.utils;
-
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.util.Properties;
-
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator;
-
-/**
- * Class for basic logging utils
- */
-public class LogUtils
-{
-  public static Logger logger;
-
-  static
-  {
-    initialize();
-  }
-
-  public static void initialize()
-  {
-    Properties props = new Properties();
-    try
-    {
-      String log4jFilename = 
SystemConfiguration.getProperty("log4jPropertiesFile");
-      if (log4jFilename == null)
-      {
-        System.err.println("log4jPropertiesFile property not found during 
LogUtils initialization.");
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        InputStream stream = 
SystemConfiguration.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(log4jFilename);
-        if (stream != null)
-        {
-          System.out.println("Loading log4j properties file: '" + 
log4jFilename + "'");
-          props.load(stream);
-          PropertyConfigurator.configure(props);
-          stream.close();
-        }
-        else
-        {
-          System.err.println("log4j properties file not found: '" + 
log4jFilename + "'");
-        }
-      }
-    } catch (Exception e)
-    {
-      System.err.println("Exception occured configuring the log4j system: " + 
e.toString());
-      e.printStackTrace();
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Should be called at the from from each class using log4j. Example: static 
private Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
-   * 
-   * @return
-   */
-  public static Logger getLoggerForThisClass()
-  {
-    // We use the third stack element; second is this method, first is
-    // .getStackTrace()
-    StackTraceElement myCaller = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[2];
-    return Logger.getLogger(myCaller.getClassName());
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the name of the class calling this method.
-   * 
-   */
-  public static String getNameForThisClass()
-  {
-    // We use the third stack element; second is this method, first is
-    // .getStackTrace()
-    StackTraceElement myCaller = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[2];
-    return myCaller.getClassName();
-  }
-
-  public static String entering()
-  {
-    StackTraceElement myCaller = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[2];
-    String methodName = myCaller.getMethodName();
-    return entering(methodName);
-  }
-
-  public static String exiting()
-  {
-    StackTraceElement myCaller = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[2];
-    String methodName = myCaller.getMethodName();
-    return exiting(methodName);
-  }
-
-  public static String entering(String methodName)
-  {
-    return String.format("Entering %s", methodName);
-  }
-
-  public static String exiting(String methodName)
-  {
-    return String.format("Exiting %s", methodName);
-  }
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/PIRException.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/PIRException.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/PIRException.java
index 9010c0f..7ec9c8b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/PIRException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/PIRException.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.utils;
 
 /**

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/QueryParserUtils.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/QueryParserUtils.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/QueryParserUtils.java
index 5bc9794..afef6c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/QueryParserUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/QueryParserUtils.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,21 +15,23 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.utils;
 
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.MapWritable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.pirk.inputformat.hadoop.TextArrayWritable;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.data.DataSchema;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.data.partitioner.IPDataPartitioner;
 import org.elasticsearch.hadoop.mr.WritableArrayWritable;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Class used for URI query parsing
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.hadoop.mr.WritableArrayWritable;
  */
 public class QueryParserUtils
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(QueryParserUtils.class);
 
   /**
    * Given a URI query string, checks to see if the given document satisfies 
the query
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
 
     String[] queryTokens = 
uriQuery.split("\\+(?=AND)|\\+(?=OR)|\\+(?=[a-z])"); // booleans of the form 
+AND+, +OR+, don't split on +T0+
     int index = 0;
-    String item = null;
+    String item;
     while (index < queryTokens.length)
     {
       boolean ignoreCase = false;
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
       {
         if (queryTokens[index].equals("AND")) // Do nothing and keep going
         {
-          if (satisfiesQuery == false)
+          if (!satisfiesQuery)
           {
             break;
           }
@@ -247,7 +249,7 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
             satisfiesQuery = true; // reset so that we pick up matches for the 
next term
           }
         }
-        else if (satisfiesQuery == false)
+        else if (!satisfiesQuery)
         {
           logger.debug("Does not satisfy the query and no boolean ops 
next...");
           break;
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
 
     String[] queryTokens = 
uriQuery.split("\\+(?=AND)|\\+(?=OR)|\\+(?=[a-z])"); // booleans of the form 
+AND+, +OR+, don't split on +T0+
     int index = 0;
-    String item = null;
+    String item;
     while (index < queryTokens.length)
     {
       item = queryTokens[index];
@@ -374,12 +376,12 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
               logger.debug("itemTokens[1] = " + itemTokens[1] + " contains 
wildcard");
               if (!Pattern.matches(wildcardToRegex(itemTokens[1]), (String) 
value))
               {
-                logger.debug("stringValue = " + (String) value + " did not 
satisfy itemTokens[1] = " + itemTokens[1]);
+                logger.debug("stringValue = " + value + " did not satisfy 
itemTokens[1] = " + itemTokens[1]);
                 satisfiesQuery = false;
               }
-              logger.debug("stringValue = " + (String) value + " did satisfy 
itemTokens[1] = " + itemTokens[1]);
+              logger.debug("stringValue = " + value + " did satisfy 
itemTokens[1] = " + itemTokens[1]);
             }
-            else if (!((String) value).equals(itemTokens[1])) // Single value 
match
+            else if (!(value).equals(itemTokens[1])) // Single value match
             {
               logger.debug("We do not have a single value match: stringValue " 
+ (String) value + " != itemTokens[1] = " + itemTokens[1]);
               satisfiesQuery = false;
@@ -427,7 +429,7 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
       {
         if (queryTokens[index].equals("AND")) // Do nothing and keep going
         {
-          if (satisfiesQuery == false)
+          if (!satisfiesQuery)
           {
             break;
           }
@@ -447,7 +449,7 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
             satisfiesQuery = true; // reset so that we pick up matches for the 
next term
           }
         }
-        else if (satisfiesQuery == false)
+        else if (!satisfiesQuery)
         {
           logger.debug("Does not satisfy the query and no boolean ops 
next...");
           break;
@@ -474,7 +476,7 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
 
     String[] queryTokens = 
uriQuery.split("\\+(?=AND)|\\+(?=OR)|\\+(?=[a-z])"); // booleans of the form 
+AND+, +OR+, don't split on +T0+
     int index = 0;
-    String item = null;
+    String item;
     while (index < queryTokens.length)
     {
       boolean ignoreCase = false;
@@ -628,7 +630,7 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
       {
         if (queryTokens[index].equals("AND")) // Do nothing and keep going
         {
-          if (satisfiesQuery == false)
+          if (!satisfiesQuery)
           {
             break;
           }
@@ -648,7 +650,7 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
             satisfiesQuery = true; // reset so that we pick up matches for the 
next term
           }
         }
-        else if (satisfiesQuery == false)
+        else if (!satisfiesQuery)
         {
           logger.debug("Does not satisfy the query and no boolean ops 
next...");
           break;
@@ -690,7 +692,7 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
       String[] ranges = query.split("\\+TO\\+");
       logger.info("ranges[0] = " + ranges[0] + " ranges[1] = " + ranges[1]);
 
-      if ((inclusive == false) && (value.equals(ranges[0]) || 
value.equals(ranges[1])))
+      if ((!inclusive) && (value.equals(ranges[0]) || value.equals(ranges[1])))
       {
         logger.debug("inclusive = false and either value.equals(ranges[0]) or 
value.equals(ranges[1])");
         matches = false;
@@ -769,10 +771,10 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
           toMilli = Integer.parseInt(toDateArr[1]);
         } catch (Exception e)
         {
-          logger.info(e.getStackTrace().toString());
+          logger.info(Arrays.toString(e.getStackTrace()));
         }
 
-        if ((inclusive == false) && (fromDate == valueDate || toDate == 
valueDate))
+        if ((!inclusive) && (fromDate == valueDate || toDate == valueDate))
         {
           logger.debug("(inclusive == false) && (fromDate == valueDate || 
toDate == valueDate))");
           matches = false;
@@ -800,7 +802,7 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
         {
           e.printStackTrace();
         }
-        if ((inclusive == false) && (lower == valueDate || upper == valueDate))
+        if ((!inclusive) && (lower == valueDate || upper == valueDate))
         {
           logger.debug("(inclusive == false) && (lower == valueDate || upper 
== valueDate))");
           matches = false;
@@ -830,7 +832,7 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
       int valueInt = Integer.parseInt(value);
       logger.debug("valueInt = " + valueInt + " lower = " + lower + " upper = 
" + upper);
 
-      if ((inclusive == false) && (lower == valueInt || upper == valueInt))
+      if ((!inclusive) && (lower == valueInt || upper == valueInt))
       {
         logger.debug("(inclusive == false) && (lower == valueInt || upper == 
valueInt))");
         matches = false;
@@ -855,7 +857,7 @@ public class QueryParserUtils
    */
   public static String wildcardToRegex(String wildcard)
   {
-    StringBuffer s = new StringBuffer(wildcard.length());
+    StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder(wildcard.length());
     for (int i = 0, is = wildcard.length(); i < is; i++)
     {
       char c = wildcard.charAt(i);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/StopListUtils.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/StopListUtils.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/StopListUtils.java
index 2019fe1..285179e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/StopListUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/StopListUtils.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.utils;
 
 import java.util.HashSet;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pirk/blob/ef8d1c1a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/StringUtils.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/StringUtils.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/StringUtils.java
index 9ac0279..be8ea09 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
- 
*******************************************************************************/
+ */
 package org.apache.pirk.utils;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.io.ArrayWritable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.MapWritable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.pirk.schema.data.DataSchema;
 import org.elasticsearch.hadoop.mr.WritableArrayWritable;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
 import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
 import org.json.simple.parser.ParseException;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Pirk-specific string utilities
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ import org.json.simple.parser.ParseException;
  */
 public class StringUtils
 {
-  private static Logger logger = LogUtils.getLoggerForThisClass();
+  private static final Logger logger = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(StringUtils.class);
 
   /**
    * Method to convert a MapWritable into a JSON string
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ public class StringUtils
    */
   public static Map<String,Object> jsonStringToMap(String jsonString, 
DataSchema dataSchema)
   {
-    Map<String,Object> value = new HashMap<String,Object>();
+    Map<String,Object> value = new HashMap<>();
     JSONParser jsonParser = new JSONParser();
 
     try
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ public class StringUtils
     modString = modString.replaceAll("\"", "");
     String[] elements = modString.split("\\s*,\\s*");
 
-    return new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(elements));
+    return new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(elements));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -266,8 +267,6 @@ public class StringUtils
     String modString = jsonString.replaceFirst("\\[", "");
     modString = modString.replaceFirst("\\]", "");
     modString = modString.replaceAll("\"", "");
-    String[] elements = modString.split("\\s*,\\s*");
-
-    return elements;
+    return modString.split("\\s*,\\s*");
   }
 }

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