Index: java/src/org/apache/xalan/lib/sql/DefaultConnectionPool.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xalan/lib/sql/DefaultConnectionPool.java,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -r1.20 DefaultConnectionPool.java
--- java/src/org/apache/xalan/lib/sql/DefaultConnectionPool.java	23 Feb 2004 10:29:35 -0000	1.20
+++ java/src/org/apache/xalan/lib/sql/DefaultConnectionPool.java	9 Jul 2004 17:28:42 -0000
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
   /**
    * The basic information to make a JDBC Connection
    */
-  private String m_driver = new String("");
+  private String m_driver = "";
   /**
    */
-  private String m_url = new String("");
+  private String m_url = "";
 
 
   /**
Index: java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/QName.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/QName.java,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 QName.java
--- java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/QName.java	16 Feb 2004 22:24:29 -0000	1.6
+++ java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/QName.java	9 Jul 2004 17:29:26 -0000
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
     }
 
     public String dump() {
-	return new String("QName: " + _namespace + "(" + _prefix + "):" 
-	    + _localname);
+	return "QName: " + _namespace + "(" + _prefix + "):" + _localname;
     }
 }
Index: java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/SymbolTable.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/SymbolTable.java,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.11 SymbolTable.java
--- java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/SymbolTable.java	16 Feb 2004 22:25:10 -0000	1.11
+++ java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/SymbolTable.java	9 Jul 2004 17:29:57 -0000
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     private int _nsCounter = 0;
 
     public String generateNamespacePrefix() {
-	return(new String("ns"+(_nsCounter++)));
+	return("ns"+(_nsCounter++));
     }
 
     /**
Index: java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/util/ErrorMsg.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/util/ErrorMsg.java,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.25 ErrorMsg.java
--- java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/util/ErrorMsg.java	24 Feb 2004 03:55:48 -0000	1.25
+++ java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/util/ErrorMsg.java	9 Jul 2004 17:30:32 -0000
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
      */
     public String toString() {
 	String suffix = (_params == null) ? 
-	    (null != _code ? new String(getErrorMessage()) : _message)
+	    (null != _code ? getErrorMessage() : _message)
 	    : MessageFormat.format(getErrorMessage(), _params);
 	return formatLine() + suffix;
     }
Index: java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/trax/TransformerImpl.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/trax/TransformerImpl.java,v
retrieving revision 1.81
diff -u -r1.81 TransformerImpl.java
--- java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/trax/TransformerImpl.java	24 Mar 2004 15:41:12 -0000	1.81
+++ java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/trax/TransformerImpl.java	9 Jul 2004 17:32:07 -0000
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@
 	try {        
             // Argument to document function was: document('');
             if (href.length() == 0) {
-                href = new String(baseURI);
+                href = baseURI;
             }    
 
             /*