Index: src/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/BasicRowProcessor.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/BasicRowProcessor.java	(revision 752322)
+++ src/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/BasicRowProcessor.java	(working copy)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     /**
      * Use this to process beans.
      */
-    private BeanProcessor convert = null;
+    private final BeanProcessor convert;
 
     /**
      * BasicRowProcessor constructor.  Bean processing defaults to a 
Index: src/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/QueryLoader.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/QueryLoader.java	(revision 752322)
+++ src/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/QueryLoader.java	(working copy)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     /**
      * Maps query set names to Maps of their queries.
      */
-    private Map queries = new HashMap();
+    private final Map queries = new HashMap();
 
     /**
      * QueryLoader constructor.
Index: src/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/ResultSetIterator.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/ResultSetIterator.java	(revision 752322)
+++ src/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/ResultSetIterator.java	(working copy)
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@
     /**
      * The wrapped <code>ResultSet</code>.
      */
-    private ResultSet rs = null;
+    private final ResultSet rs;
     
     /**
      * The processor to use when converting a row into an Object[].
      */
-    private RowProcessor convert = new BasicRowProcessor();
+    private final RowProcessor convert;
 
     /**
      * Constructor for ResultSetIterator.
      * @param rs Wrap this <code>ResultSet</code> in an <code>Iterator</code>.
      */
     public ResultSetIterator(ResultSet rs) {
-        this.rs = rs;
+        this(rs , new BasicRowProcessor());
     }
     
     /**