Index: jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/persistence/mem/InMemPersistenceManager.java
===================================================================
--- jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/persistence/mem/InMemPersistenceManager.java	(revision 631472)
+++ jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/persistence/mem/InMemPersistenceManager.java	(working copy)
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     }
 
     public void setInitialCapacity(String initialCapacity) {
-        this.initialCapacity = Integer.valueOf(initialCapacity).intValue();
+        this.initialCapacity = Integer.parseInt(initialCapacity);
     }
 
     public String getInitialCapacity() {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     }
 
     public void setLoadFactor(String loadFactor) {
-        this.loadFactor = Float.valueOf(loadFactor).floatValue();
+        this.loadFactor = Float.parseFloat(loadFactor);
     }
 
     public String getLoadFactor() {
Index: jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/value/InternalValue.java
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--- jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/value/InternalValue.java	(revision 631472)
+++ jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/value/InternalValue.java	(working copy)
@@ -497,13 +497,13 @@
     public static InternalValue valueOf(String s, int type) {
         switch (type) {
             case PropertyType.BOOLEAN:
                 return create(Boolean.valueOf(s).booleanValue());
             case PropertyType.DATE:
                 return create(ISO8601.parse(s));
             case PropertyType.DOUBLE:
-                return create(Double.valueOf(s).doubleValue());
+                return create(Double.parseDouble(s));
             case PropertyType.LONG:
-                return create(Long.valueOf(s).longValue());
+                return create(Long.parseLong(s));
             case PropertyType.REFERENCE:
                 return create(new UUID(s));
             case PropertyType.PATH:
Index: jackrabbit-core/src/main/javacc/fulltext/QueryParser.jjt
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--- jackrabbit-core/src/main/javacc/fulltext/QueryParser.jjt	(revision 631472)
+++ jackrabbit-core/src/main/javacc/fulltext/QueryParser.jjt	(working copy)
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@
       if (boost != null) {
         float f = (float)1.0;
   try {
-    f = Float.valueOf(boost.image).floatValue();
+    f = Float.parseFloat(boost.image);
           q.setBoost(f);
   } catch (Exception ignored) { }
       }
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@
        } else if (fuzzy) {
        	  float fms = fuzzyMinSim;
        	  try {
-            fms = Float.valueOf(fuzzySlop.image.substring(1)).floatValue();
+            fms = Float.parseFloat(fuzzySlop.image.substring(1));
        	  } catch (Exception ignored) { }
        	 if(fms < 0.0f || fms > 1.0f){
        	   throw new ParseException("Minimum similarity for a FuzzyQuery has to be between 0.0f and 1.0f !");