diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/controller/BaseEditController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/controller/BaseEditController.java
index aa755021e..cdcf65cdb 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/controller/BaseEditController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/controller/BaseEditController.java
@@ -178,19 +178,16 @@ public class BaseEditController extends VitroHttpServlet {
 
        List<String> bodyVal = new ArrayList<String>();
        List<Option> options = new ArrayList<Option>();
-       Iterator<Option> itr = optionList.iterator();
-        while(itr.hasNext()){
-            Option option = itr.next();
-            hashMap.put(option.getBody(),option);
-           bodyVal.add(option.getBody());
+        for (Option option : optionList) {
+            hashMap.put(option.getBody(), option);
+            bodyVal.add(option.getBody());
         }
         
                 
        Collections.sort(bodyVal, new ListComparator(vreq.getCollator()));
-       ListIterator<String> itrStr = bodyVal.listIterator();
-       while(itrStr.hasNext()){
-           options.add(hashMap.get(itrStr.next()));
-       }
+        for (String aBodyVal : bodyVal) {
+            options.add(hashMap.get(aBodyVal));
+        }
        return options;
    }
     
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/tags/DynamicFieldsTag.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/tags/DynamicFieldsTag.java
index 927a4ba0d..ce1fcd34b 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/tags/DynamicFieldsTag.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/tags/DynamicFieldsTag.java
@@ -162,27 +162,26 @@ public class DynamicFieldsTag extends EditTag {
 
                     out.print(preWithVars);
 
-                    Iterator<DynamicFieldRow> rowIt = dynf.getRowList().iterator();
-                     while (rowIt.hasNext()) {
+                    for (DynamicFieldRow dynamicFieldRow : dynf.getRowList()) {
                         ++i;
-                        DynamicFieldRow row = rowIt.next();
-                        if (row.getValue()==null)
+                        DynamicFieldRow row = dynamicFieldRow;
+                        if (row.getValue() == null)
                             row.setValue("");
-                        if (row.getValue().length()>0) {
+                        if (row.getValue().length() > 0) {
                             StringBuilder taName = new StringBuilder().append("_").append(dynf.getTable()).append("_");
                             taName.append(row.getId()).append("_");
                             Iterator paramIt = row.getParameterMap().keySet().iterator();
-                            while(paramIt.hasNext()) {
+                            while (paramIt.hasNext()) {
                                 String key = (String) paramIt.next();
                                 String value = (String) row.getParameterMap().get(key);
                                 byte[] valueInBase64 = Base64.encodeBase64(value.getBytes());
                                 taName.append(key).append(":").append(new String(valueInBase64)).append(";");
                             }
-                            if (row.getValue().length()>0) {
+                            if (row.getValue().length() > 0) {
                                 String templateWithVars = templateMarkup;
-                                templateWithVars = strReplace(templateWithVars,type+"NN",Integer.toString(i));
-                                templateWithVars = strReplace(templateWithVars,"\\$taName",taName.toString());
-                                templateWithVars = strReplace(templateWithVars,"\\$\\$",row.getValue());
+                                templateWithVars = strReplace(templateWithVars, type + "NN", Integer.toString(i));
+                                templateWithVars = strReplace(templateWithVars, "\\$taName", taName.toString());
+                                templateWithVars = strReplace(templateWithVars, "\\$\\$", row.getValue());
                                 out.print(templateWithVars);
                             }
                         }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/IndividualImpl.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/IndividualImpl.java
index 4bf08e046..838e8ab05 100755
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/IndividualImpl.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/IndividualImpl.java
@@ -301,10 +301,8 @@ public class IndividualImpl extends BaseResourceBean implements Individual, Comp
     protected void sortEnts2EntsForDisplay(){
         if( getObjectPropertyList() == null ) return;
 
-        Iterator it = getObjectPropertyList().iterator();
-        while(it.hasNext()){
-            ObjectProperty prop = (ObjectProperty)it.next();
-            prop.sortObjectPropertyStatementsForDisplay(prop,prop.getObjectPropertyStatements());
+        for (ObjectProperty prop : getObjectPropertyList()) {
+            prop.sortObjectPropertyStatementsForDisplay(prop, prop.getObjectPropertyStatements());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/EntityEditController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/EntityEditController.java
index 850432fc5..e2523248f 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/EntityEditController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/EntityEditController.java
@@ -144,9 +144,7 @@ public class EntityEditController extends BaseEditController {
         try {
             List<Option> externalIdOptionList = new LinkedList<Option>();
             if (ent.getExternalIds() != null) {
-                Iterator<DataPropertyStatement> externalIdIt = ent.getExternalIds().iterator();
-                while (externalIdIt.hasNext()) {
-                    DataPropertyStatement eid = externalIdIt.next();
+                for (DataPropertyStatement eid : ent.getExternalIds()) {
                     String multiplexedString = "DatapropURI:" + new String(Base64.encodeBase64(eid.getDatapropURI().getBytes())) + ";" + "Data:" + new String(Base64.encodeBase64(eid.getData().getBytes()));
                     externalIdOptionList.add(new Option(multiplexedString, eid.getData()));
                 }
@@ -169,11 +167,9 @@ public class EntityEditController extends BaseEditController {
         try {
             List epiOptionList = new LinkedList();
             Collection<PropertyInstance> epiColl = piDao.getExistingProperties(ent.getURI(),null);
-            Iterator<PropertyInstance> epiIt = epiColl.iterator();
-            while (epiIt.hasNext()) {
-                PropertyInstance pi = epiIt.next();
+            for (PropertyInstance pi : epiColl) {
                 String multiplexedString = "PropertyURI:" + new String(Base64.encodeBase64(pi.getPropertyURI().getBytes())) + ";" + "ObjectEntURI:" + new String(Base64.encodeBase64(pi.getObjectEntURI().getBytes()));
-                epiOptionList.add(new Option(multiplexedString, pi.getDomainPublic()+" "+pi.getObjectName()));
+                epiOptionList.add(new Option(multiplexedString, pi.getDomainPublic() + " " + pi.getObjectName()));
             }
             OptionMap.put("ExistingPropertyInstances", epiOptionList);
         } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/EntityRetryController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/EntityRetryController.java
index c3d1641ed..451f1aaee 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/EntityRetryController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/EntityRetryController.java
@@ -211,25 +211,21 @@ public class EntityRetryController extends BaseEditController {
         Collections.sort(allApplicableDataprops);
         
         if (allApplicableDataprops != null) {
-            Iterator<DataProperty> datapropsIt = allApplicableDataprops.iterator();
 
-            while (datapropsIt.hasNext()){
-                DataProperty d = datapropsIt.next();
+            for (DataProperty d : allApplicableDataprops) {
                 if (!dpMap.containsKey(d.getURI())) {
-                    dpMap.put(d.getURI(),d);
+                    dpMap.put(d.getURI(), d);
                 }
-				
+
             }
 
             if (individualForEditing.getDataPropertyList() != null) {
-                Iterator<DataProperty> existingDps = individualForEditing.getDataPropertyList().iterator();
-                while (existingDps.hasNext()) {
-                    DataProperty existingDp = existingDps.next();
-					// Since the edit form begins with a "name" field, which gets saved as the rdfs:label,
-					// do not want to include the label as well. 
-					if ( !existingDp.getPublicName().equals("label") ) {
-						dpMap.put(existingDp.getURI(),existingDp);
-					}
+                for (DataProperty existingDp : individualForEditing.getDataPropertyList()) {
+                    // Since the edit form begins with a "name" field, which gets saved as the rdfs:label,
+                    // do not want to include the label as well.
+                    if (!existingDp.getPublicName().equals("label")) {
+                        dpMap.put(existingDp.getURI(), existingDp);
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -249,9 +245,7 @@ public class EntityRetryController extends BaseEditController {
                 rowTemplate.setParameterMap(parameterMap);
                 dynamo.setRowTemplate(rowTemplate);
                 try {
-                    Iterator<DataPropertyStatement> existingValues = dp.getDataPropertyStatements().iterator();
-                    while (existingValues.hasNext()) {
-                        DataPropertyStatement existingValue = existingValues.next();
+                    for (DataPropertyStatement existingValue : dp.getDataPropertyStatements()) {
                         DynamicFieldRow row = new DynamicFieldRow();
                         //TODO: UGH
                         //row.setId(existingValue.getId());
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ObjectPropertyStatementRetryController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ObjectPropertyStatementRetryController.java
index d400f17e1..d7f51a08d 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ObjectPropertyStatementRetryController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ObjectPropertyStatementRetryController.java
@@ -122,9 +122,7 @@ public class ObjectPropertyStatementRetryController extends BaseEditController {
         indList.addAll(possIndSet);
         sortForPickList(indList, vreq);
         List objectEntOptionList = new LinkedList();
-        Iterator<Individual> indIt = indList.iterator();
-        while (indIt.hasNext()) {
-            Individual objInd = indIt.next();
+        for (Individual objInd : indList) {
             Option objIndOpt = new Option(objInd.getURI(), objInd.getName());
             if (objectForEditing.getObjectEntURI() != null && objectForEditing.getObjectEntURI().equals(objInd.getURI())) {
                 objIndOpt.setSelected(true);
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/VclassEditController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/VclassEditController.java
index 16458c420..af5bab5c6 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/VclassEditController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/VclassEditController.java
@@ -203,9 +203,7 @@ public class VclassEditController extends BaseEditController {
     
     private List<VClass> getVClassesForURIList(List<String> vclassURIs, VClassDao vcDao) {
         List<VClass> vclasses = new ArrayList<VClass>();
-        Iterator<String> urIt = vclassURIs.iterator();
-        while (urIt.hasNext()) {
-            String vclassURI = urIt.next();
+        for (String vclassURI : vclassURIs) {
             VClass vclass = vcDao.getVClassByURI(vclassURI);
             if (vclass != null) {
                 vclasses.add(vclass);
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/IndividualsListingController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/IndividualsListingController.java
index fc94aee2a..2dda13159 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/IndividualsListingController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/IndividualsListingController.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class IndividualsListingController extends BaseEditController {
         String vclassURI = request.getParameter("VClassURI");
         VClass vc = vcDao.getVClassByURI(vclassURI);
         
-        List inds = dao.getIndividualsByVClassURI(vclassURI);
+        List<Individual> inds = dao.getIndividualsByVClassURI(vclassURI);
         //List inds = dao.getIndividualsByVClassURI(vclassURI,1,MAX_INDIVIDUALS);
 
         ArrayList results = new ArrayList();
@@ -64,16 +64,13 @@ public class IndividualsListingController extends BaseEditController {
         results.add("class");
 
         if (inds != null && inds.size()>0) {
-            Iterator indsIt = inds.iterator();
-            while (indsIt.hasNext()) {
-                Individual ind = (Individual) indsIt.next();
-
+            for (Individual ind : inds) {
                 results.add("XX");
 
                 if (ind.getName() != null) {
                     try {
-                        String individualName = (ind.getName()==null || ind.getName().length()==0) ? ind.getURI() : ind.getName();
-                        results.add("<a href=\"./entityEdit?uri="+URLEncoder.encode(ind.getURI(),"UTF-8")+"\">"+individualName+"</a>");
+                        String individualName = (ind.getName() == null || ind.getName().length() == 0) ? ind.getURI() : ind.getName();
+                        results.add("<a href=\"./entityEdit?uri=" + URLEncoder.encode(ind.getURI(), "UTF-8") + "\">" + individualName + "</a>");
                     } catch (Exception e) {
                         results.add(ind.getName());
                     }
@@ -84,8 +81,8 @@ public class IndividualsListingController extends BaseEditController {
 
                 if (vc != null) {
                     try {
-                        String vclassName = (vc.getName()==null || vc.getName().length()==0) ? vc.getURI() : vc.getName();
-                        results.add("<a href=\"./vclassEdit?uri="+URLEncoder.encode(vc.getURI(),"UTF-8")+"\">"+vclassName+"</a>");
+                        String vclassName = (vc.getName() == null || vc.getName().length() == 0) ? vc.getURI() : vc.getName();
+                        results.add("<a href=\"./vclassEdit?uri=" + URLEncoder.encode(vc.getURI(), "UTF-8") + "\">" + vclassName + "</a>");
                     } catch (Exception e) {
                         results.add(vc.getName());
                     }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListPropertyWebappsController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListPropertyWebappsController.java
index 0289a108d..b6620f65a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListPropertyWebappsController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListPropertyWebappsController.java
@@ -146,42 +146,41 @@ public class ListPropertyWebappsController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
                 if (props.size()==0) {
                     json = new StringBuilder("{ \"name\": \"" + noResultsMsgStr + "\" }");
                 } else {
-                    Iterator<ObjectProperty> propsIt = props.iterator();
-                    while (propsIt.hasNext()) {
-                        if ( counter > 0 ) {
+                    for (ObjectProperty prop1 : props) {
+                        if (counter > 0) {
                             json.append(", ");
                         }
-                        ObjectProperty prop = propsIt.next();
-                    
+                        ObjectProperty prop = prop1;
+
                         String propNameStr = ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.getDisplayLabel(prop);
 
                         try {
                             json.append("{ \"name\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote("<a href='./propertyEdit?uri=" + URLEncoder.encode(prop.getURI()) + "'>"
                                     + propNameStr + "</a>")).append(", ");
-                         } catch (Exception e) {
-                             json.append("{ \"name\": \"").append(propNameStr).append("\", ");
-                         }
-                    
-                         json.append("\"data\": { \"internalName\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(prop.getLocalNameWithPrefix())).append(", ");
-                    
-                         ObjectProperty opLangNeut = opDaoLangNeut.getObjectPropertyByURI(prop.getURI());
-                         if(opLangNeut == null) {
-                             opLangNeut = prop;
-                         }
-                         String domainStr = getVClassNameFromURI(opLangNeut.getDomainVClassURI(), vcDao, vcDaoLangNeut); 
-                         json.append("\"domainVClass\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(domainStr)).append(", ");
-                    
-                         String rangeStr = getVClassNameFromURI(opLangNeut.getRangeVClassURI(), vcDao, vcDaoLangNeut);
-                         json.append("\"rangeVClass\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(rangeStr)).append(", ");
-                    
-                         if (prop.getGroupURI() != null) {
-                             PropertyGroup pGroup = pgDao.getGroupByURI(prop.getGroupURI());
-                             json.append("\"group\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote((pGroup == null) ? "unknown group" : pGroup.getName())).append(" } } ");
-                         } else {
-                             json.append("\"group\": \"unspecified\" } }");
-                         }
-                         counter += 1;
-                     }
+                        } catch (Exception e) {
+                            json.append("{ \"name\": \"").append(propNameStr).append("\", ");
+                        }
+
+                        json.append("\"data\": { \"internalName\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(prop.getLocalNameWithPrefix())).append(", ");
+
+                        ObjectProperty opLangNeut = opDaoLangNeut.getObjectPropertyByURI(prop.getURI());
+                        if (opLangNeut == null) {
+                            opLangNeut = prop;
+                        }
+                        String domainStr = getVClassNameFromURI(opLangNeut.getDomainVClassURI(), vcDao, vcDaoLangNeut);
+                        json.append("\"domainVClass\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(domainStr)).append(", ");
+
+                        String rangeStr = getVClassNameFromURI(opLangNeut.getRangeVClassURI(), vcDao, vcDaoLangNeut);
+                        json.append("\"rangeVClass\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(rangeStr)).append(", ");
+
+                        if (prop.getGroupURI() != null) {
+                            PropertyGroup pGroup = pgDao.getGroupByURI(prop.getGroupURI());
+                            json.append("\"group\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote((pGroup == null) ? "unknown group" : pGroup.getName())).append(" } } ");
+                        } else {
+                            json.append("\"group\": \"unspecified\" } }");
+                        }
+                        counter += 1;
+                    }
                  }
                  body.put("jsonTree", json.toString());
              }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListVClassWebappsController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListVClassWebappsController.java
index 011ab887a..d0e4b3b14 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListVClassWebappsController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListVClassWebappsController.java
@@ -83,53 +83,52 @@ public class ListVClassWebappsController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
 
         if (classes != null) {
             sortForPickList(classes, vreq);
-            Iterator<VClass> classesIt = classes.iterator();
-            while (classesIt.hasNext()) {
-                if ( counter > 0 ) {
-                    json.append(", ");
-                }
-                VClass cls = (VClass) classesIt.next();
-                if ( (ontologyURI==null) || ( (ontologyURI != null) && (cls.getNamespace()!=null) && (ontologyURI.equals(cls.getNamespace())) ) ) {
-	                if (cls.getName() != null)
-	                    try {
-	                        json.append("{ \"name\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote("<a href='./vclassEdit?uri=" + URLEncoder.encode(cls.getURI(), "UTF-8") + "'>" + cls.getPickListName() + "</a>")).append(", ");
-	                    } catch (Exception e) {
-	                        json.append("{ \"name\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(cls.getPickListName())).append(", ");
-	                    }
-	                else
-	                    json.append("{ \"name\": \"\"");
-	                String shortDef = (cls.getShortDef() == null) ? "" : cls.getShortDef();
-	                
-	                json.append("\"data\": { \"shortDef\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(shortDef)).append(", ");
+			for (VClass aClass : classes) {
+				if (counter > 0) {
+					json.append(", ");
+				}
+				VClass cls = aClass;
+				if ((ontologyURI == null) || ((ontologyURI != null) && (cls.getNamespace() != null) && (ontologyURI.equals(cls.getNamespace())))) {
+					if (cls.getName() != null)
+						try {
+							json.append("{ \"name\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote("<a href='./vclassEdit?uri=" + URLEncoder.encode(cls.getURI(), "UTF-8") + "'>" + cls.getPickListName() + "</a>")).append(", ");
+						} catch (Exception e) {
+							json.append("{ \"name\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(cls.getPickListName())).append(", ");
+						}
+					else
+						json.append("{ \"name\": \"\"");
+					String shortDef = (cls.getShortDef() == null) ? "" : cls.getShortDef();
 
-	                // get group name
-	                WebappDaoFactory wadf = vreq.getUnfilteredWebappDaoFactory();
-	                VClassGroupDao groupDao= wadf.getVClassGroupDao();
-	                String groupURI = cls.getGroupURI();                
-	                String groupName = "";
-	                VClassGroup classGroup = null;
-	                if(groupURI != null) { 
-	                	classGroup = groupDao.getGroupByURI(groupURI);
-	                	if (classGroup!=null) {
-	                	    groupName = classGroup.getPublicName();
-	                	}
-	                }
-                    
-                    json.append("\"classGroup\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(groupName)).append(", ");
+					json.append("\"data\": { \"shortDef\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(shortDef)).append(", ");
 
-	                // get ontology name
-	                OntologyDao ontDao = wadf.getOntologyDao();
-	                String ontName = cls.getNamespace();
-	                Ontology ont = ontDao.getOntologyByURI(ontName);
-	                if (ont != null && ont.getName() != null) {
-	                    ontName = ont.getName();
-	                }
-	                json.append("\"ontology\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(ontName)).append("} }");
-	                
-	                counter++;
+					// get group name
+					WebappDaoFactory wadf = vreq.getUnfilteredWebappDaoFactory();
+					VClassGroupDao groupDao = wadf.getVClassGroupDao();
+					String groupURI = cls.getGroupURI();
+					String groupName = "";
+					VClassGroup classGroup = null;
+					if (groupURI != null) {
+						classGroup = groupDao.getGroupByURI(groupURI);
+						if (classGroup != null) {
+							groupName = classGroup.getPublicName();
+						}
+					}
 
-               }
-            }
+					json.append("\"classGroup\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(groupName)).append(", ");
+
+					// get ontology name
+					OntologyDao ontDao = wadf.getOntologyDao();
+					String ontName = cls.getNamespace();
+					Ontology ont = ontDao.getOntologyByURI(ontName);
+					if (ont != null && ont.getName() != null) {
+						ontName = ont.getName();
+					}
+					json.append("\"ontology\": ").append(JacksonUtils.quote(ontName)).append("} }");
+
+					counter++;
+
+				}
+			}
             body.put("jsonTree", json.toString());
         }      
         
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowClassHierarchyController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowClassHierarchyController.java
index d00600d18..d18c0fbaa 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowClassHierarchyController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowClassHierarchyController.java
@@ -134,15 +134,14 @@ public class ShowClassHierarchyController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
         List<String> childURIstrs = vcDao.getSubClassURIs(parent.getURI());
         if ((childURIstrs.size()>0) && position<MAXDEPTH) {
             List<VClass> childClasses = new ArrayList<VClass>();
-            Iterator<String> childURIstrIt = childURIstrs.iterator();
-            while (childURIstrIt.hasNext()) {
-                String URIstr = childURIstrIt.next();
+            for (String URIstr : childURIstrs) {
                 try {
                     VClass child = vcDao.getVClassByURI(URIstr);
                     if (!child.getURI().equals(OWL.Nothing.getURI())) {
-                    	childClasses.add(child);
+                        childClasses.add(child);
                     }
-                } catch (Exception e) {}
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                }
             }
             sortForPickList(childClasses, vreq);
             Iterator<VClass> childClassIt = childClasses.iterator();
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowDataPropertyHierarchyController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowDataPropertyHierarchyController.java
index 75c073e45..0c4040193 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowDataPropertyHierarchyController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowDataPropertyHierarchyController.java
@@ -147,9 +147,7 @@ public class ShowDataPropertyHierarchyController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
         List<String> childURIstrs = dpDao.getSubPropertyURIs(parent.getURI());
         if ( (childURIstrs.size() > 0) && (position < MAXDEPTH) ) {
             List<DataProperty> childProps = new ArrayList<DataProperty>();
-            Iterator<String> childURIstrIt = childURIstrs.iterator();
-            while (childURIstrIt.hasNext()) {
-                String URIstr = childURIstrIt.next();
+            for (String URIstr : childURIstrs) {
                 DataProperty child = dpDao.getDataPropertyByURI(URIstr);
                 childProps.add(child);
             }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.java
index 2f4b1ce56..c9566f397 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.java
@@ -151,9 +151,7 @@ public class ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet
         List<String> childURIstrs = opDao.getSubPropertyURIs(parent.getURI());
         if ( (childURIstrs.size() > 0) && (position < MAXDEPTH) ) {
             List<ObjectProperty> childProps = new ArrayList<ObjectProperty>();
-            Iterator<String> childURIstrIt = childURIstrs.iterator();
-            while (childURIstrIt.hasNext()) {
-                String URIstr = childURIstrIt.next();
+            for (String URIstr : childURIstrs) {
                 ObjectProperty child = opDao.getObjectPropertyByURI(URIstr);
                 childProps.add(child);
             }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/grefine/GrefinePropertyListServlet.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/grefine/GrefinePropertyListServlet.java
index 38d14a676..82bdcd0e5 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/grefine/GrefinePropertyListServlet.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/grefine/GrefinePropertyListServlet.java
@@ -202,18 +202,16 @@ public class GrefinePropertyListServlet extends VitroHttpServlet {
 		HashMap<VClass, List<DataProperty>> classPropertiesMap = new HashMap<VClass, List<DataProperty>>();
 		List<DataProperty> props = new ArrayList<DataProperty>();
 		VClass topVc = vcDao.getVClassByURI(uri);
-	        Collection <DataProperty> dataProps = dao.getDataPropertiesForVClass(uri);
-	        Iterator<DataProperty> dataPropIt = dataProps.iterator();
-	        while (dataPropIt.hasNext()) {
-	            DataProperty dp = dataPropIt.next();
-	            if (!(propURIs.contains(dp.getURI()))) {
-	                propURIs.add(dp.getURI());
-	                DataProperty prop = dao.getDataPropertyByURI(dp.getURI());
-	                if (prop != null) {
-	                    props.add(prop);
-	                }
-	            }
-	        }
+		Collection <DataProperty> dataProps = dao.getDataPropertiesForVClass(uri);
+		for (DataProperty dp : dataProps) {
+			if (!(propURIs.contains(dp.getURI()))) {
+				propURIs.add(dp.getURI());
+				DataProperty prop = dao.getDataPropertyByURI(dp.getURI());
+				if (prop != null) {
+					props.add(prop);
+				}
+			}
+		}
         
     	
         if (props.size() > 0) {
@@ -256,22 +254,21 @@ public class GrefinePropertyListServlet extends VitroHttpServlet {
 	        List childURIstrs = vcDao.getSubClassURIs(parent.getURI());
 	        if ((childURIstrs.size()>0) && position<MAXDEPTH) {
 	            List childClasses = new ArrayList();
-	            Iterator childURIstrIt = childURIstrs.iterator();
-	            while (childURIstrIt.hasNext()) {
-	                String URIstr = (String) childURIstrIt.next();
-	                try {
-		                VClass child = (VClass) vcDao.getVClassByURI(URIstr);
-		                if (!child.getURI().equals(OWL.Nothing.getURI())) {
-		                	childClasses.add(child);
-		                }
-	                } catch (Exception e) {}
-	            }
+				for (Object childURIstr : childURIstrs) {
+					String URIstr = (String) childURIstr;
+					try {
+						VClass child = (VClass) vcDao.getVClassByURI(URIstr);
+						if (!child.getURI().equals(OWL.Nothing.getURI())) {
+							childClasses.add(child);
+						}
+					} catch (Exception e) {
+					}
+				}
 	            Collections.sort(childClasses);
-	            Iterator childClassIt = childClasses.iterator();
-	            while (childClassIt.hasNext()) {
-	                VClass child = (VClass) childClassIt.next();
-	                addChildren(vcDao, wadf, child, list, position + childShift, ontologyUri);
-	            }
+				for (Object childClass : childClasses) {
+					VClass child = (VClass) childClass;
+					addChildren(vcDao, wadf, child, list, position + childShift, ontologyUri);
+				}
 
 	        }
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/grefine/JSONReconcileServlet.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/grefine/JSONReconcileServlet.java
index d60b2b3f4..ac602682b 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/grefine/JSONReconcileServlet.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/grefine/JSONReconcileServlet.java
@@ -403,9 +403,7 @@ public class JSONReconcileServlet extends VitroHttpServlet {
         query.addFields(VitroSearchTermNames.NAME_RAW, VitroSearchTermNames.URI, "*", "score"); // fields to retrieve
  
 		// if propertiesList has elements, add extra queries to query
-		Iterator<String[]> it = propertiesList.iterator();
-		while (it.hasNext()) {
-			String[] pvPair = it.next();
+		for (String[] pvPair : propertiesList) {
 			query.addFilterQueries(tokenizeNameQuery(pvPair[1]), VitroSearchTermNames.RDFTYPE + ":\"" + pvPair[0] + "\"");
 		}       
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/jena/JenaIngestController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/jena/JenaIngestController.java
index 81dd98fed..21e1d4820 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/jena/JenaIngestController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/jena/JenaIngestController.java
@@ -500,9 +500,7 @@ public class JenaIngestController extends BaseEditController {
         List<Ontology> ontologiesObj = daoObj.getAllOntologies();
         List<String> prefixList = new ArrayList<>();       
         if(ontologiesObj !=null && ontologiesObj.size()>0){
-            Iterator<Ontology> ontItr = ontologiesObj.iterator();
-            while(ontItr.hasNext()){
-                Ontology ont = ontItr.next();
+            for (Ontology ont : ontologiesObj) {
                 prefixList.add(ont.getPrefix() == null ? "(not yet specified)" : ont.getPrefix());
                 prefixList.add(ont.getURI() == null ? "" : ont.getURI());
             }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/VClassDaoFiltering.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/VClassDaoFiltering.java
index dfe50cf6d..92790d527 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/VClassDaoFiltering.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/VClassDaoFiltering.java
@@ -190,11 +190,9 @@ public class VClassDaoFiltering extends BaseFiltering implements VClassDao{
         }
     }
 
-    public void addVClassesToGroups(List groups) {
+    public void addVClassesToGroups(List<VClassGroup> groups) {
         if ((groups != null) && (groups.size()>0)) {
-            Iterator groupIt = groups.iterator();
-            while (groupIt.hasNext()) {
-                VClassGroup g = (VClassGroup) groupIt.next();
+            for (VClassGroup g : groups) {
                 this.addVClassesToGroup(g);
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java
index ea7a242ab..6e7182ba2 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java
@@ -633,13 +633,11 @@ public class DataPropertyDaoJena extends PropertyDaoJena implements
                     		isRoot = true;
                     	} else {
                     		isRoot = true;
-                    	    Iterator<Property> pit = parentList.iterator();
-                    	    while (pit.hasNext()) {
-                    	    	Property pt = pit.next();
-                    	    	if ( (!pt.equals(op)) && (!(ontModel.contains(op,OWL.equivalentProperty,pt)) || (ontModel.contains(pt,OWL.equivalentProperty,op))) ) {
-                    	    		isRoot = false;
-                    	    	}
-                    	    }
+                            for (Property pt : parentList) {
+                                if ((!pt.equals(op)) && (!(ontModel.contains(op, OWL.equivalentProperty, pt)) || (ontModel.contains(pt, OWL.equivalentProperty, op)))) {
+                                    isRoot = false;
+                                }
+                            }
                     	} 
                     } else {
                     	isRoot = true;
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DependentResourceDeleteJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DependentResourceDeleteJena.java
index f01e640cf..62d3ff74a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DependentResourceDeleteJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DependentResourceDeleteJena.java
@@ -66,11 +66,9 @@ public class DependentResourceDeleteJena {
 		ListIterator <Statement>removed = removedStmts.listIterator();
 		while( removed.hasNext()){
 			Statement removedStmt = removed.next();
-			ListIterator <Statement>changed = changedStmts.listIterator();			
-			while( changed.hasNext()){
-				Statement changedStmt = changed.next();
-				if( removedStmt.equals(changedStmt) ){
-					removed.remove();					
+			for (Statement changedStmt : changedStmts) {
+				if (removedStmt.equals(changedStmt)) {
+					removed.remove();
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualDaoJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualDaoJena.java
index 15f114eba..c8ca354bd 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualDaoJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualDaoJena.java
@@ -69,17 +69,15 @@ public class IndividualDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements IndividualDao {
         HashSet<String> nonExternalIdPropURISet = new HashSet<String>();
         if (ind != null) {
             Collection<DataPropertyStatement> dpsColl = getWebappDaoFactory().getDataPropertyStatementDao().getDataPropertyStatementsForIndividualByDataPropertyURI(ind, dataPropertyURI);
-            Iterator<DataPropertyStatement> dpsIt = dpsColl.iterator();
-            while (dpsIt.hasNext()) {
-                DataPropertyStatement dps = dpsIt.next();
+            for (DataPropertyStatement dps : dpsColl) {
                 if (externalIdPropURISet.contains(dps.getDatapropURI())) {
                     externalIdStatements.add(dps);
                 } else if (!nonExternalIdPropURISet.contains(dps.getDatapropURI())) {
-                	OntModel tboxOntModel = getOntModelSelector().getTBoxModel();
+                    OntModel tboxOntModel = getOntModelSelector().getTBoxModel();
                     tboxOntModel.enterCriticalSection(Lock.READ);
                     try {
                         Resource dataprop = tboxOntModel.getResource(dps.getDatapropURI());
-                        if (dataprop != null && (tboxOntModel.contains(dataprop, DATAPROPERTY_ISEXTERNALID, ResourceFactory.createTypedLiteral(true)) || tboxOntModel.contains(dataprop, DATAPROPERTY_ISEXTERNALID, "TRUE") )) {
+                        if (dataprop != null && (tboxOntModel.contains(dataprop, DATAPROPERTY_ISEXTERNALID, ResourceFactory.createTypedLiteral(true)) || tboxOntModel.contains(dataprop, DATAPROPERTY_ISEXTERNALID, "TRUE"))) {
                             externalIdPropURISet.add(dps.getDatapropURI());
                             externalIdStatements.add(dps);
                         } else {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualDaoSDB.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualDaoSDB.java
index cd186f019..e26661533 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualDaoSDB.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualDaoSDB.java
@@ -311,12 +311,9 @@ public class IndividualDaoSDB extends IndividualDaoJena {
     private void fillIndividualsForObjectPropertyStatements(Individual entity){
         getOntModel().enterCriticalSection(Lock.READ);
         try {
-            Iterator e2eIt = entity.getObjectPropertyStatements().iterator();
-            while (e2eIt.hasNext()) {
-                ObjectPropertyStatement e2e = 
-                		(ObjectPropertyStatement) e2eIt.next();
+            for (ObjectPropertyStatement e2e : entity.getObjectPropertyStatements()) {
                 e2e.setSubject(makeIndividual(e2e.getSubjectURI()));
-                e2e.setObject(makeIndividual(e2e.getObjectURI()));       
+                e2e.setObject(makeIndividual(e2e.getObjectURI()));
             }
         } finally {
             getOntModel().leaveCriticalSection();
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualJena.java
index d2461fce9..9ea5f6541 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualJena.java
@@ -517,15 +517,13 @@ public class IndividualJena extends IndividualImpl implements Individual {
     protected void sortEnts2EntsForDisplay(){
         if( getObjectPropertyList() == null ) return;
 
-        Iterator it = getObjectPropertyList().iterator();
-        while(it.hasNext()){
-            ObjectProperty prop = (ObjectProperty)it.next();
-        /*  if (prop.getObjectIndividualSortPropertyURI()==null) {
+		for (ObjectProperty prop : getObjectPropertyList()) {
+			/*  if (prop.getObjectIndividualSortPropertyURI()==null) {
             	prop.sortObjectPropertyStatementsForDisplay(prop,prop.getObjectPropertyStatements());
             } else {*/
-            	prop.sortObjectPropertyStatementsForDisplay(prop,prop.getObjectPropertyStatements());
+			prop.sortObjectPropertyStatementsForDisplay(prop, prop.getObjectPropertyStatements());
         /*  }*/
-        }
+		}
     }
     
     private Collator collator = Collator.getInstance();
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualSDB.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualSDB.java
index f92266499..f4df306c7 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualSDB.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualSDB.java
@@ -953,15 +953,13 @@ public class IndividualSDB extends IndividualImpl implements Individual {
     protected void sortEnts2EntsForDisplay(){ 
         if( getObjectPropertyList() == null ) return;
 
-        Iterator it = getObjectPropertyList().iterator();
-        while(it.hasNext()){
-            ObjectProperty prop = (ObjectProperty)it.next();
-        /*  if (prop.getObjectIndividualSortPropertyURI()==null) {
+		for (ObjectProperty prop : getObjectPropertyList()) {
+			/*  if (prop.getObjectIndividualSortPropertyURI()==null) {
             	prop.sortObjectPropertyStatementsForDisplay(prop,prop.getObjectPropertyStatements());
             } else {*/
-            	prop.sortObjectPropertyStatementsForDisplay(prop,prop.getObjectPropertyStatements());
+			prop.sortObjectPropertyStatementsForDisplay(prop, prop.getObjectPropertyStatements());
         /*  }*/
-        }
+		}
     }
     
     private Collator collator = Collator.getInstance();
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDao.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDao.java
index 760eef349..ca6093291 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDao.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDao.java
@@ -771,20 +771,18 @@ public class JenaBaseDao extends JenaBaseDaoCon {
     }
     
     private Literal getLabel(String lang, List<RDFNode>labelList) {
-    	Iterator<RDFNode> labelIt = labelList.iterator();
-    	while (labelIt.hasNext()) {
-    		RDFNode label = labelIt.next();
-    		if (label.isLiteral()) {
-    			Literal labelLit = ((Literal)label);
-    			String labelLanguage = labelLit.getLanguage();
-    			if ( (labelLanguage == null) && (lang == null || lang.isEmpty()) ) {
-    				return labelLit;
-    			}
-    			if ( (lang != null) && (lang.equals(labelLanguage)) ) {
-    				return labelLit;
-    			}
-    		}
-    	}
+        for (RDFNode label : labelList) {
+            if (label.isLiteral()) {
+                Literal labelLit = ((Literal) label);
+                String labelLanguage = labelLit.getLanguage();
+                if ((labelLanguage == null) && (lang == null || lang.isEmpty())) {
+                    return labelLit;
+                }
+                if ((lang != null) && (lang.equals(labelLanguage))) {
+                    return labelLit;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     	return null;
     }
     
@@ -1019,22 +1017,20 @@ public class JenaBaseDao extends JenaBaseDaoCon {
     	}
     	// Now for each value, work backwards and see if it has an alternate path to the original resource.
     	// If not, add it to the list of direct values.
-    	Iterator<Resource> possibleValueIt = possibleValueSet.iterator();
-    	while (possibleValueIt.hasNext()) {
-    		Resource possibleRes = possibleValueIt.next();
-    		StmtIterator pStmtIt = getOntModel().listStatements((Resource)null, prop, possibleRes);
-    		boolean hasAlternatePath = false;
-        	while (stmtIt.hasNext()) {
-        		Statement stmt = stmtIt.nextStatement();
-        		if (possibleValueSet.contains(stmt.getSubject())) {
-        			hasAlternatePath = true;
-        			break;
-        		}
-        	}
-        	if (!hasAlternatePath) {
-        		directValueList.add(possibleRes);
-        	}
-    	}
+        for (Resource possibleRes : possibleValueSet) {
+            StmtIterator pStmtIt = getOntModel().listStatements((Resource) null, prop, possibleRes);
+            boolean hasAlternatePath = false;
+            while (stmtIt.hasNext()) {
+                Statement stmt = stmtIt.nextStatement();
+                if (possibleValueSet.contains(stmt.getSubject())) {
+                    hasAlternatePath = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!hasAlternatePath) {
+                directValueList.add(possibleRes);
+            }
+        }
     	return directValueList;
     }
     
@@ -1048,22 +1044,20 @@ public class JenaBaseDao extends JenaBaseDaoCon {
     		possibleSubjectSet.add(stmt.getSubject());
     		
     	}
-    	Iterator<Resource> possibleSubjectIt = possibleSubjectSet.iterator();
-    	while (possibleSubjectIt.hasNext()) {
-    		Resource possibleRes = possibleSubjectIt.next();
-    		StmtIterator pStmtIt = getOntModel().listStatements(possibleRes, prop, (RDFNode)null);
-    		boolean hasAlternatePath = false;
-        	while (stmtIt.hasNext()) {
-        		Statement stmt = stmtIt.nextStatement();
-        		if (stmt.getObject().isResource() && possibleSubjectSet.contains(stmt.getObject())) {
-        			hasAlternatePath = true;
-        			break;
-        		}
-        	}
-        	if (!hasAlternatePath) {
-        		directSubjectList.add(possibleRes);
-        	}
-    	}
+        for (Resource possibleRes : possibleSubjectSet) {
+            StmtIterator pStmtIt = getOntModel().listStatements(possibleRes, prop, (RDFNode) null);
+            boolean hasAlternatePath = false;
+            while (stmtIt.hasNext()) {
+                Statement stmt = stmtIt.nextStatement();
+                if (stmt.getObject().isResource() && possibleSubjectSet.contains(stmt.getObject())) {
+                    hasAlternatePath = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!hasAlternatePath) {
+                directSubjectList.add(possibleRes);
+            }
+        }
     	return directSubjectList;
     }
     
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyDaoJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyDaoJena.java
index 4f806003e..0082b9ea9 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyDaoJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyDaoJena.java
@@ -497,9 +497,7 @@ public class ObjectPropertyDaoJena extends PropertyDaoJena implements ObjectProp
             }
 
             List<ObjectProperty> props = new ArrayList<ObjectProperty>();
-            Iterator<String> keyIt = hash.keySet().iterator();
-            while (keyIt.hasNext()) {
-                Object key = keyIt.next();
+            for (String key : hash.keySet()) {
                 props.add(hash.get(key));
             }
             return props;
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyDaoJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyDaoJena.java
index 3c2447bc6..78dce1a42 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyDaoJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyDaoJena.java
@@ -162,15 +162,13 @@ public class PropertyDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements PropertyDao {
     }
 
     private void getAllSubPropertyURIs(String propertyURI, HashSet<String> subtree){
-        List<String> directSubproperties = getSubPropertyURIs(propertyURI);     
-        Iterator<String> it=directSubproperties.iterator();
-        while(it.hasNext()){
-            String uri = it.next();
-            if (!subtree.contains(uri)) {
-            	subtree.add(uri);
-            	getAllSubPropertyURIs(uri,subtree);
-            }
-        }
+        List<String> directSubproperties = getSubPropertyURIs(propertyURI);
+		for (String uri : directSubproperties) {
+			if (!subtree.contains(uri)) {
+				subtree.add(uri);
+				getAllSubPropertyURIs(uri, subtree);
+			}
+		}
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -205,15 +203,13 @@ public class PropertyDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements PropertyDao {
     }
 
     private void getAllSuperPropertyURIs(String propertyURI, HashSet<String> subtree){
-        List<String> directSuperproperties = getSuperPropertyURIs(propertyURI,true);     
-        Iterator<String> it=directSuperproperties.iterator();
-        while(it.hasNext()){
-            String uri = it.next();
-            if (!subtree.contains(uri)) {
-            	subtree.add(uri);
-            	getAllSuperPropertyURIs(uri,subtree);
-            }
-        }
+        List<String> directSuperproperties = getSuperPropertyURIs(propertyURI,true);
+		for (String uri : directSuperproperties) {
+			if (!subtree.contains(uri)) {
+				subtree.add(uri);
+				getAllSuperPropertyURIs(uri, subtree);
+			}
+		}
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -420,18 +416,14 @@ public class PropertyDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements PropertyDao {
   
         List<OntClass> classList = ontClass.listEquivalentClasses().toList();
         classList.addAll(ontClass.listSubClasses().toList());
-        
-        Iterator<OntClass> it = classList.iterator();
-		         
-        while (it.hasNext()) {
-        	OntClass oc = it.next();
-        	
-        	if (!oc.isAnon()) {
-        		classSet.add(oc.getURI());
-        	} else {
-        	    classSet.addAll(getRestrictedClasses(oc));
-        	}
-        }
+
+		for (OntClass oc : classList) {
+			if (!oc.isAnon()) {
+				classSet.add(oc.getURI());
+			} else {
+				classSet.addAll(getRestrictedClasses(oc));
+			}
+		}
         		
         return classSet;
     }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJena.java
index c9e425f03..182dd83c6 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJena.java
@@ -148,13 +148,9 @@ public class PropertyInstanceDaoJena extends PropertyDaoJena implements
         List existingPropertyInstances = new ArrayList();
         if (ent.getObjectPropertyList()==null)
             return existingPropertyInstances;
-        Iterator objPropertyIter = ent.getObjectPropertyList().iterator();
-        while (objPropertyIter.hasNext()) {
-            edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.ObjectProperty op = (edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.ObjectProperty) objPropertyIter.next();
-            Iterator objPropertyStmtIter = op.getObjectPropertyStatements().iterator();
-            while (objPropertyStmtIter.hasNext()) {
-                ObjectPropertyStatement objPropertyStmt = (ObjectPropertyStatement) objPropertyStmtIter.next();
-                if (propertyURI==null || objPropertyStmt.getPropertyURI().equals(propertyURI)) {
+        for (edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.ObjectProperty op : ent.getObjectPropertyList()) {
+            for (ObjectPropertyStatement objPropertyStmt : op.getObjectPropertyStatements()) {
+                if (propertyURI == null || objPropertyStmt.getPropertyURI().equals(propertyURI)) {
                     PropertyInstance pi = new PropertyInstance();
                     pi.setSubjectSide(true);
                     pi.setSubjectEntURI(ent.getURI());
@@ -166,7 +162,7 @@ public class PropertyInstanceDaoJena extends PropertyDaoJena implements
                     pi.setObjectEntURI(objPropertyStmt.getObjectURI());
                     pi.setPropertyURI(objPropertyStmt.getPropertyURI());
                     if (objPropertyStmt.getProperty() != null) {
-                        pi.setDomainPublic( (objPropertyStmt.getProperty().getDomainPublic()!=null) ? objPropertyStmt.getProperty().getDomainPublic() : objPropertyStmt.getProperty().getLocalName() );
+                        pi.setDomainPublic((objPropertyStmt.getProperty().getDomainPublic() != null) ? objPropertyStmt.getProperty().getDomainPublic() : objPropertyStmt.getProperty().getLocalName());
                     } else {
                         pi.setDomainPublic(objPropertyStmt.getPropertyURI());
                     }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassDaoJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassDaoJena.java
index bc8e927a8..c70cbbc4e 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassDaoJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassDaoJena.java
@@ -410,13 +410,11 @@ public class VClassDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements VClassDao {
     }
 
     public void getAllSubClassURIs(String classURI, HashSet<String> subtree){
-        List<String> directSubclasses = getSubClassURIs(classURI);     
-        Iterator<String> it=directSubclasses.iterator();
-        while(it.hasNext()){
-            String uri = it.next();
+        List<String> directSubclasses = getSubClassURIs(classURI);
+        for (String uri : directSubclasses) {
             if (!subtree.contains(uri)) {
                 subtree.add(uri);
-                getAllSubClassURIs(uri,subtree);
+                getAllSubClassURIs(uri, subtree);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -449,13 +447,11 @@ public class VClassDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements VClassDao {
     }
 
     public void getAllSuperClassURIs(String classURI, HashSet<String> subtree){
-        List<String> directSuperclasses = getSuperClassURIs(classURI, true);     
-        Iterator<String> it=directSuperclasses.iterator();
-        while(it.hasNext()){
-            String uri = it.next();
+        List<String> directSuperclasses = getSuperClassURIs(classURI, true);
+        for (String uri : directSuperclasses) {
             if (!subtree.contains(uri)) {
                 subtree.add(uri);
-                getAllSuperClassURIs(uri,subtree);
+                getAllSuperClassURIs(uri, subtree);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -787,13 +783,11 @@ public class VClassDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements VClassDao {
 						// if this model infers types based on the taxonomy, adding the subclasses will only
 						// waste time for no benefit
 						if (!isUnderlyingStoreReasoned()) {
-                        	Iterator classURIs = getAllSubClassURIs(getClassURIStr(superclass)).iterator();
-                        	while (classURIs.hasNext()) {
-                            	String classURI = (String) classURIs.next();
-                            	VClass vClass = getVClassByURI(classURI);
-                            	if (vClass != null)
-                            	    vClasses.add(vClass);
-                        	}
+                            for (String classURI : getAllSubClassURIs(getClassURIStr(superclass))) {
+                                VClass vClass = getVClassByURI(classURI);
+                                if (vClass != null)
+                                    vClasses.add(vClass);
+                            }
 						} 
                     }
                 }
@@ -919,12 +913,10 @@ public class VClassDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements VClassDao {
         getOntModel().enterCriticalSection(Lock.READ);
         try {
             if (groups != null) {
-                Iterator groupIt = groups.iterator();
-                while (groupIt.hasNext()) {
-                    VClassGroup g = (VClassGroup) groupIt.next();
+                for (VClassGroup g : groups) {
                     addVClassesToGroup(g);
                 }
-            } 
+            }
         } finally {
             getOntModel().leaveCriticalSection();
         }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassGroupDaoJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassGroupDaoJena.java
index b7b57146f..91eca3ce1 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassGroupDaoJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassGroupDaoJena.java
@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ public class VClassGroupDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements VClassGroupDao {
                 groupIt.close();
             }
             Collections.sort(groups);
-            Iterator<VClassGroup> groupsIt = groups.iterator();
-            while (groupsIt.hasNext()) {
-                VClassGroup group = groupsIt.next();
+            for (VClassGroup group : groups) {
                 map.put(group.getPublicName(), group);
             }
             return map;
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/listener/impl/IndividualDataPropertyStatementProcessor.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/listener/impl/IndividualDataPropertyStatementProcessor.java
index efd6d6f19..b6f921614 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/listener/impl/IndividualDataPropertyStatementProcessor.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/listener/impl/IndividualDataPropertyStatementProcessor.java
@@ -39,12 +39,10 @@ public class IndividualDataPropertyStatementProcessor implements ChangeListener
 
     private void processDataprops (EditProcessObject epo) {
         HashSet<String> deletedDataPropertyURIs = new HashSet<String>();
-        Map dpm = datapropParameterMap(epo.getRequestParameterMap());
+        Map<String, String[]> dpm = datapropParameterMap(epo.getRequestParameterMap());
         DataPropertyStatementDao dataPropertyStatementDao = (DataPropertyStatementDao)epo.getAdditionalDaoMap().get("DataPropertyStatement");
-        Iterator dpmIt = dpm.keySet().iterator();
-        while (dpmIt.hasNext()) {
-            String key = (String) dpmIt.next();
-            String[] data = (String[])dpm.get(key);
+        for (String key : dpm.keySet()) {
+            String[] data = (String[]) dpm.get(key);
             for (String aData : data) {
                 String[] keyArg = key.split("_");
                 String rowId = keyArg[2];
@@ -105,13 +103,11 @@ public class IndividualDataPropertyStatementProcessor implements ChangeListener
     }
 
     // might want to roll this into the other thing
-    private HashMap datapropParameterMap(Map requestParameterMap) {
-        HashMap dpm = new HashMap();
-        Iterator paramIt = requestParameterMap.keySet().iterator();
-        while (paramIt.hasNext()) {
-            String key = (String) paramIt.next();
+    private Map<String, String[]> datapropParameterMap(Map<String, String[]> requestParameterMap) {
+        Map<String, String[]> dpm = new HashMap<String, String[]>();
+        for (String key : requestParameterMap.keySet()) {
             if (key.startsWith("_DataPropertyStatement")) {
-                dpm.put(key,requestParameterMap.get(key));
+                dpm.put(key, requestParameterMap.get(key));
             }
         }
         return dpm;
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/ProcessRdfForm.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/ProcessRdfForm.java
index 1a857125a..d39946e51 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/ProcessRdfForm.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/ProcessRdfForm.java
@@ -463,16 +463,14 @@ public class ProcessRdfForm {
 	   Map<String, List<String>> newUris = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
 	   //Check if any values from the submission have the "force new uri" value
 	   //TODO: Check how to handle multiple new resource values
-	   Iterator<String> keyIterator = urisFromForm.keySet().iterator();
-	   while(keyIterator.hasNext()) {
-		   String key = keyIterator.next();
-		   if(urisFromForm.get(key).contains(EditConfigurationConstants.NEW_URI_SENTINEL)) {
-			   String newUri = urisForNewResources.get(key);
-			   List<String> newUrisForKey = new ArrayList<String>();
-			   newUrisForKey.add(newUri);
-			   newUris.put(key, newUrisForKey);
-		   }
-	   }
+       for (String key : urisFromForm.keySet()) {
+           if (urisFromForm.get(key).contains(EditConfigurationConstants.NEW_URI_SENTINEL)) {
+               String newUri = urisForNewResources.get(key);
+               List<String> newUrisForKey = new ArrayList<String>();
+               newUrisForKey.add(newUri);
+               newUris.put(key, newUrisForKey);
+           }
+       }
 	   if(newUris.size() > 0) {
 		   substituteInMultiURIs(newUris, requiredAsserts, optionalAsserts, uRLToReturnTo);
 	   }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/ABoxUpdater.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/ABoxUpdater.java
index c2b54656d..a20427f04 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/ABoxUpdater.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/ABoxUpdater.java
@@ -90,29 +90,25 @@ public class ABoxUpdater {
 	 *  knowledge base.                  
 	 */
 	public void processClassChanges(List<AtomicOntologyChange> changes) throws IOException {
-		
-		Iterator<AtomicOntologyChange> iter = changes.iterator();
-		
-		while (iter.hasNext()) {
-			AtomicOntologyChange change = iter.next();
 
-			switch (change.getAtomicChangeType()){
-			   case ADD:
-				  addClass(change);
-			      break;
-			   case DELETE:
-				  if ("Delete".equals(change.getNotes())) {
-				     deleteIndividualsOfType(change);
-				  } else {
-					 renameClassToParent(change);
-				  }
-			      break;
-			   case RENAME:
-				  renameClass(change);
-			      break;
-			   default:
-				  logger.logError("unexpected change type indicator: " + change.getAtomicChangeType());
-		    }		
+		for (AtomicOntologyChange change : changes) {
+			switch (change.getAtomicChangeType()) {
+				case ADD:
+					addClass(change);
+					break;
+				case DELETE:
+					if ("Delete".equals(change.getNotes())) {
+						deleteIndividualsOfType(change);
+					} else {
+						renameClassToParent(change);
+					}
+					break;
+				case RENAME:
+					renameClass(change);
+					break;
+				default:
+					logger.logError("unexpected change type indicator: " + change.getAtomicChangeType());
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -235,35 +231,31 @@ public class ABoxUpdater {
 		if (namedClassList.isEmpty()) {
 			namedClassList.add(OWL_THING);
 		}
-		
-		Iterator<OntClass> classIter = namedClassList.iterator();
-		
-		while (classIter.hasNext()) {
-			OntClass parentOfAddedClass = classIter.next();
 
+		for (OntClass parentOfAddedClass : namedClassList) {
 			if (!parentOfAddedClass.equals(OWL.Thing)) {
-				
-			    Iterator<String> graphIt = dataset.listNames();
-	            while(graphIt.hasNext()) {
-	                String graph = graphIt.next();
-	                if(!KnowledgeBaseUpdater.isUpdatableABoxGraph(graph)){
-	                    continue;
-	                }
-			        Model aboxModel = dataset.getNamedModel(graph);
-			            
-    				StmtIterator stmtIter = aboxModel.listStatements(null, RDF.type, parentOfAddedClass);
-    				
-    				int count = stmtIter.toList().size();
-    					
+
+				Iterator<String> graphIt = dataset.listNames();
+				while (graphIt.hasNext()) {
+					String graph = graphIt.next();
+					if (!KnowledgeBaseUpdater.isUpdatableABoxGraph(graph)) {
+						continue;
+					}
+					Model aboxModel = dataset.getNamedModel(graph);
+
+					StmtIterator stmtIter = aboxModel.listStatements(null, RDF.type, parentOfAddedClass);
+
+					int count = stmtIter.toList().size();
+
 					if (count > 0) {
 						//TODO - take out the detailed logging after our internal testing is completed.
-				        logger.log("There " + ((count > 1) ? "are" : "is") + " " + count + " individual" + ((count > 1) ? "s" : "")  + " in the model that " + ((count > 1) ? "are" : "is") + " of type " + parentOfAddedClass.getURI() + "," +
-				        		    " and a new subclass of that class has been added: " + addedClass.getURI() + ". " +
-				        		    "Please review " + ((count > 1) ? "these" : "this") + " individual" + ((count > 1) ? "s" : "") + " to see whether " + ((count > 1) ? "they" : "it") + " should be of type: " +  addedClass.getURI() );
+						logger.log("There " + ((count > 1) ? "are" : "is") + " " + count + " individual" + ((count > 1) ? "s" : "") + " in the model that " + ((count > 1) ? "are" : "is") + " of type " + parentOfAddedClass.getURI() + "," +
+								" and a new subclass of that class has been added: " + addedClass.getURI() + ". " +
+								"Please review " + ((count > 1) ? "these" : "this") + " individual" + ((count > 1) ? "s" : "") + " to see whether " + ((count > 1) ? "they" : "it") + " should be of type: " + addedClass.getURI());
 					}
-				
-	            }
-			}			
+
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -414,36 +406,34 @@ public class ABoxUpdater {
 	}
 	
 	public void processPropertyChanges(List<AtomicOntologyChange> changes) throws IOException {
-				
-		Iterator<AtomicOntologyChange> propItr = changes.iterator();
-		while(propItr.hasNext()){
-			AtomicOntologyChange propChangeObj = propItr.next();
+
+		for (AtomicOntologyChange propChangeObj : changes) {
 			log.debug("processing " + propChangeObj);
 			try {
-			    if (propChangeObj.getAtomicChangeType() == null) {
-			        log.error("Missing change type; skipping " + propChangeObj);
-			        continue;
-			    }
-    			switch (propChangeObj.getAtomicChangeType()){
-    			  case ADD: 
-    			   log.debug("add");
-    			   addProperty(propChangeObj);
-    			   break;
-    			case DELETE: 
-    			   log.debug("delete");
-    			   deleteProperty(propChangeObj);
-    			   break;
-    			case RENAME: 
-    			   log.debug("rename");
-    			   renameProperty(propChangeObj);
-    			   break;
-    			default: 
-    			   log.debug("unknown");
-    			   logger.logError("unexpected change type indicator: " + propChangeObj.getAtomicChangeType());
-    			   break;
-    		    }	
+				if (propChangeObj.getAtomicChangeType() == null) {
+					log.error("Missing change type; skipping " + propChangeObj);
+					continue;
+				}
+				switch (propChangeObj.getAtomicChangeType()) {
+					case ADD:
+						log.debug("add");
+						addProperty(propChangeObj);
+						break;
+					case DELETE:
+						log.debug("delete");
+						deleteProperty(propChangeObj);
+						break;
+					case RENAME:
+						log.debug("rename");
+						renameProperty(propChangeObj);
+						break;
+					default:
+						log.debug("unknown");
+						logger.logError("unexpected change type indicator: " + propChangeObj.getAtomicChangeType());
+						break;
+				}
 			} catch (Exception e) {
-			    log.error(e,e);
+				log.error(e, e);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java
index f975f1268..5c5ec1f08 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java
@@ -418,41 +418,38 @@ public class KnowledgeBaseUpdater {
 		public AtomicOntologyChangeLists (
 				List<AtomicOntologyChange> changeList, OntModel newTboxModel,
 				OntModel oldTboxModel) throws IOException {
-			
-			Iterator<AtomicOntologyChange> listItr = changeList.iterator();
-			
-			while(listItr.hasNext()) {
-				AtomicOntologyChange changeObj = listItr.next();
-				if (changeObj.getSourceURI() != null){
-			        log.debug("triaging " + changeObj);
-					if (oldTboxModel.getOntProperty(changeObj.getSourceURI()) != null){
-						 atomicPropertyChanges.add(changeObj);
-						 log.debug("added to property changes");
+
+			for (AtomicOntologyChange changeObj : changeList) {
+				if (changeObj.getSourceURI() != null) {
+					log.debug("triaging " + changeObj);
+					if (oldTboxModel.getOntProperty(changeObj.getSourceURI()) != null) {
+						atomicPropertyChanges.add(changeObj);
+						log.debug("added to property changes");
 					} else if (oldTboxModel.getOntClass(changeObj.getSourceURI()) != null) {
-						 atomicClassChanges.add(changeObj);
-						 log.debug("added to class changes");
+						atomicClassChanges.add(changeObj);
+						log.debug("added to class changes");
 					} else if ("Prop".equals(changeObj.getNotes())) {
-						 atomicPropertyChanges.add(changeObj);
+						atomicPropertyChanges.add(changeObj);
 					} else if ("Class".equals(changeObj.getNotes())) {
-						 atomicClassChanges.add(changeObj);
-					} else{
-						 logger.log("WARNING: Source URI is neither a Property" +
-						    		" nor a Class. " + "Change Object skipped for sourceURI: " + changeObj.getSourceURI());
+						atomicClassChanges.add(changeObj);
+					} else {
+						logger.log("WARNING: Source URI is neither a Property" +
+								" nor a Class. " + "Change Object skipped for sourceURI: " + changeObj.getSourceURI());
 					}
-					
-				} else if(changeObj.getDestinationURI() != null){
-					
+
+				} else if (changeObj.getDestinationURI() != null) {
+
 					if (newTboxModel.getOntProperty(changeObj.getDestinationURI()) != null) {
 						atomicPropertyChanges.add(changeObj);
-					} else if(newTboxModel.getOntClass(changeObj.
-						getDestinationURI()) != null) {
+					} else if (newTboxModel.getOntClass(changeObj.
+							getDestinationURI()) != null) {
 						atomicClassChanges.add(changeObj);
-					} else{
+					} else {
 						logger.log("WARNING: Destination URI is neither a Property" +
 								" nor a Class. " + "Change Object skipped for destinationURI: " + changeObj.getDestinationURI());
 					}
-				} else{
-					logger.log("WARNING: Source and Destination URI can't be null. " + "Change Object skipped" );
+				} else {
+					logger.log("WARNING: Source and Destination URI can't be null. " + "Change Object skipped");
 				}
 			}
 			//logger.log("Property and Class change Object lists have been created");
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/filter/LanguageFilteringRDFService.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/filter/LanguageFilteringRDFService.java
index 9d07a49ca..937464339 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/filter/LanguageFilteringRDFService.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/filter/LanguageFilteringRDFService.java
@@ -171,10 +171,8 @@ public class LanguageFilteringRDFService implements RDFService {
                 s.sparqlSelectQuery(query, RDFService.ResultFormat.JSON));
         List<QuerySolution> solnList = getSolutionList(resultSet);
         List<String> vars = resultSet.getResultVars();
-        Iterator<String> varIt = vars.iterator();
-        while (varIt.hasNext()) {
-            String var = varIt.next();           
-            for (int i = 0 ; i < solnList.size(); i ++ ) {
+        for (String var : vars) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < solnList.size(); i++) {
                 QuerySolution s = solnList.get(i);
                 if (s == null) {
                     continue;
@@ -183,10 +181,10 @@ public class LanguageFilteringRDFService implements RDFService {
                 if (node == null || !node.isLiteral()) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                List<RowIndexedLiteral> candidatesForRemoval = 
+                List<RowIndexedLiteral> candidatesForRemoval =
                         new ArrayList<RowIndexedLiteral>();
                 candidatesForRemoval.add(new RowIndexedLiteral(node.asLiteral(), i));
-                for (int j = i + 1; j < solnList.size(); j ++) {
+                for (int j = i + 1; j < solnList.size(); j++) {
                     QuerySolution t = solnList.get(j);
                     if (t == null) {
                         continue;
@@ -204,7 +202,7 @@ public class LanguageFilteringRDFService implements RDFService {
                 Iterator<RowIndexedLiteral> candIt = candidatesForRemoval.iterator();
                 String langRegister = null;
                 boolean chuckRemaining = false;
-                while(candIt.hasNext()) {
+                while (candIt.hasNext()) {
                     RowIndexedLiteral rlit = candIt.next();
                     if (chuckRemaining) {
                         solnList.set(rlit.getIndex(), null);
@@ -218,9 +216,7 @@ public class LanguageFilteringRDFService implements RDFService {
             }
         }
         List<QuerySolution> compactedList = new ArrayList<QuerySolution>();
-        Iterator<QuerySolution> solIt = solnList.iterator();
-        while(solIt.hasNext()) {
-            QuerySolution soln = solIt.next();
+        for (QuerySolution soln : solnList) {
             if (soln != null) {
                 compactedList.add(soln);
             }
@@ -268,10 +264,8 @@ public class LanguageFilteringRDFService implements RDFService {
             protected void endProcessing() {
                 chainStartProcessing();
 
-                Iterator<String> varIt = vars.iterator();
-                while (varIt.hasNext()) {
-                    String var = varIt.next();
-                    for (int i = 0 ; i < solnList.size(); i ++ ) {
+                for (String var : vars) {
+                    for (int i = 0; i < solnList.size(); i++) {
                         QuerySolution s = solnList.get(i);
                         if (s == null) {
                             continue;
@@ -283,7 +277,7 @@ public class LanguageFilteringRDFService implements RDFService {
                         List<RowIndexedLiteral> candidatesForRemoval =
                                 new ArrayList<RowIndexedLiteral>();
                         candidatesForRemoval.add(new RowIndexedLiteral(node.asLiteral(), i));
-                        for (int j = i + 1; j < solnList.size(); j ++) {
+                        for (int j = i + 1; j < solnList.size(); j++) {
                             QuerySolution t = solnList.get(j);
                             if (t == null) {
                                 continue;
@@ -301,7 +295,7 @@ public class LanguageFilteringRDFService implements RDFService {
                         Iterator<RowIndexedLiteral> candIt = candidatesForRemoval.iterator();
                         String langRegister = null;
                         boolean chuckRemaining = false;
-                        while(candIt.hasNext()) {
+                        while (candIt.hasNext()) {
                             RowIndexedLiteral rlit = candIt.next();
                             if (chuckRemaining) {
                                 solnList.set(rlit.getIndex(), null);
@@ -315,9 +309,7 @@ public class LanguageFilteringRDFService implements RDFService {
                     }
                 }
 
-                Iterator<QuerySolution> solIt = solnList.iterator();
-                while(solIt.hasNext()) {
-                    QuerySolution soln = solIt.next();
+                for (QuerySolution soln : solnList) {
                     if (soln != null) {
                         chainProcessQuerySolution(soln);
                     }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/RDFServiceImpl.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/RDFServiceImpl.java
index 79e2ba1b6..5e609bc36 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/RDFServiceImpl.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/RDFServiceImpl.java
@@ -142,9 +142,7 @@ public abstract class RDFServiceImpl implements RDFService {
 	
     protected void notifyListeners(ModelChange modelChange) throws IOException {
         modelChange.getSerializedModel().reset();
-        Iterator<ChangeListener> iter = registeredListeners.iterator();
-        while (iter.hasNext()) {
-            ChangeListener listener = iter.next();
+        for (ChangeListener listener : registeredListeners) {
             listener.notifyModelChange(modelChange);
         }
         log.debug(registeredJenaListeners.size() + " registered Jena listeners");
@@ -173,16 +171,12 @@ public abstract class RDFServiceImpl implements RDFService {
         }
     }
     
-    public void notifyListenersOfEvent(Object event) {       
-        Iterator<ChangeListener> iter = registeredListeners.iterator();
-        while (iter.hasNext()) {
-            ChangeListener listener = iter.next();
+    public void notifyListenersOfEvent(Object event) {
+        for (ChangeListener listener : registeredListeners) {
             // TODO what is the graphURI parameter for?
             listener.notifyEvent(null, event);
         }
-        Iterator<ModelChangedListener> jenaIter = registeredJenaListeners.iterator();
-        while (jenaIter.hasNext()) {
-            ModelChangedListener listener = jenaIter.next();
+        for (ModelChangedListener listener : registeredJenaListeners) {
             listener.notifyEvent(null, event);
         }
     }    
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/jena/model/RDFServiceModel.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/jena/model/RDFServiceModel.java
index ad6caa0c6..99a247f14 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/jena/model/RDFServiceModel.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/jena/model/RDFServiceModel.java
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ public class RDFServiceModel extends RDFServiceJena implements RDFService {
                 this.notifyListenersOfEvent(o);
             }
 
-            Iterator<ModelChange> csIt = changeSet.getModelChanges().iterator();
-            while (csIt.hasNext()) {
-                ModelChange modelChange = csIt.next();
+            for (ModelChange modelChange : changeSet.getModelChanges()) {
                 if (!modelChange.getSerializedModel().markSupported()) {
                     byte[] bytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(modelChange.getSerializedModel());
                     modelChange.setSerializedModel(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
@@ -95,7 +93,7 @@ public class RDFServiceModel extends RDFServiceJena implements RDFService {
                     } else {
                         m = dataset.getDefaultModel();
                     }
-                }                
+                }
                 operateOnModel(m, modelChange, null);
             }
                         
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/sparql/RDFServiceSparql.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/sparql/RDFServiceSparql.java
index 4db1ea7e7..a94144f2b 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/sparql/RDFServiceSparql.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/sparql/RDFServiceSparql.java
@@ -178,9 +178,7 @@ public class RDFServiceSparql extends RDFServiceImpl implements RDFService {
 		        this.notifyListenersOfEvent(o);
 			}
 
-			Iterator<ModelChange> csIt = changeSet.getModelChanges().iterator();
-			while (csIt.hasNext()) {
-				ModelChange modelChange = csIt.next();
+			for (ModelChange modelChange : changeSet.getModelChanges()) {
 				if (!modelChange.getSerializedModel().markSupported()) {
 					byte[] bytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(modelChange.getSerializedModel());
 					modelChange.setSerializedModel(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/IndividualURIQueue.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/IndividualURIQueue.java
index 948c9eb8d..173aae609 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/IndividualURIQueue.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/IndividualURIQueue.java
@@ -73,13 +73,11 @@ public class IndividualURIQueue<E> implements Queue<E> {
     @Override
     public synchronized boolean retainAll(Collection<?> c) {
         boolean changed = false;
-        Iterator<E> it = m.keySet().iterator();
-        while(it.hasNext()) {
-            E e = it.next();
-            if(!c.contains(e)) {
-               m.remove(e);
-               q.remove(e);
-               changed = true;
+        for (E e : m.keySet()) {
+            if (!c.contains(e)) {
+                m.remove(e);
+                q.remove(e);
+                changed = true;
             }
         }
         return changed;
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java
index 4c60103bb..ec48483c7 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java
@@ -562,19 +562,17 @@ public class SimpleReasoner extends StatementListener
 	    sameIndividuals.add(resource);
 
 	    aboxModel.enterCriticalSection(Lock.READ);
-	    try {           
-	        Iterator<Resource> sameIter = sameIndividuals.iterator();
-	        while (sameIter.hasNext()) {
-	            Resource res = sameIter.next();
-	            StmtIterator typeIt = aboxModel.listStatements(res, RDF.type, (RDFNode) null);
-	            while (typeIt.hasNext()) {
-	                Statement stmt = typeIt.nextStatement();
-	                if (stmt.getObject().isURIResource()) {
-	                    String typeURI = stmt.getObject().asResource().getURI();
-	                    typeURIs.add(typeURI);
-	                }
-	            }
-	        }
+	    try {
+			for (Resource res : sameIndividuals) {
+				StmtIterator typeIt = aboxModel.listStatements(res, RDF.type, (RDFNode) null);
+				while (typeIt.hasNext()) {
+					Statement stmt = typeIt.nextStatement();
+					if (stmt.getObject().isURIResource()) {
+						String typeURI = stmt.getObject().asResource().getURI();
+						typeURIs.add(typeURI);
+					}
+				}
+			}
 	    } finally { 
 	        aboxModel.leaveCriticalSection();
 	    }   
@@ -802,20 +800,17 @@ public class SimpleReasoner extends StatementListener
 				if (handleSameAs) {
 					List<Resource> sameIndividuals = 
                         getSameIndividuals(infStmt.getSubject().asResource(), inferenceModel);
-					Iterator<Resource> sameIter = sameIndividuals.iterator();
-					while (sameIter.hasNext()) {
-						Resource subject = sameIter.next();
-						
-						Statement sameStmt = 
-                            ResourceFactory.createStatement(subject,infStmt.getPredicate(),
-                                                            infStmt.getObject());
-						if (subject.equals(infStmt.getObject()) 
-                            && OWL.sameAs.equals(infStmt.getPredicate())) {
+					for (Resource subject : sameIndividuals) {
+						Statement sameStmt =
+								ResourceFactory.createStatement(subject, infStmt.getPredicate(),
+										infStmt.getObject());
+						if (subject.equals(infStmt.getObject())
+								&& OWL.sameAs.equals(infStmt.getPredicate())) {
 							continue;
 						}
-						
-						if (!inferenceModel.contains(sameStmt) 
-                            && !aboxModel.contains(sameStmt)) {
+
+						if (!inferenceModel.contains(sameStmt)
+								&& !aboxModel.contains(sameStmt)) {
 							inferenceModel.add(sameStmt);
 						}
 					}				
@@ -859,18 +854,17 @@ public class SimpleReasoner extends StatementListener
 			try {	
 			    List<Resource> sameIndividuals = 
                     getSameIndividuals(infStmt.getSubject().asResource(), inferenceModel);
-			   
-			    Iterator<Resource> sameIter = sameIndividuals.iterator();	 
-			    while (sameIter.hasNext()) {
-				  Statement infStmtSame = 
-                      ResourceFactory.createStatement(sameIter.next(), 
-                                                      infStmt.getPredicate(), infStmt.getObject());
-				  if ((!checkEntailment 
-                       || !entailedStatement(infStmtSame)) 
-                      && inferenceModel.contains(infStmtSame)) { 
-					inferenceModel.remove(infStmtSame);
-				  }					 		   
-			    }
+
+				for (Resource sameIndividual : sameIndividuals) {
+					Statement infStmtSame =
+							ResourceFactory.createStatement(sameIndividual,
+									infStmt.getPredicate(), infStmt.getObject());
+					if ((!checkEntailment
+							|| !entailedStatement(infStmtSame))
+							&& inferenceModel.contains(infStmtSame)) {
+						inferenceModel.remove(infStmtSame);
+					}
+				}
 			} finally {
 				inferenceModel.leaveCriticalSection();
 			}
@@ -935,50 +929,40 @@ public class SimpleReasoner extends StatementListener
 	
 			List<OntClass> types2 = new ArrayList<OntClass>();
 			types2.addAll(types);
-			
-			Iterator<OntClass> typeIter = types.iterator();
-			
-			while (typeIter.hasNext()) {
-			    OntClass type = typeIter.next();
-			    			    
-			    boolean add = true;
-			    Iterator<OntClass> typeIter2 = types2.iterator();
-			    while (typeIter2.hasNext()) {
-			    	OntClass type2 = typeIter2.next();
-			    				    	
-			    	if (type.equals(type2)) { 
-			    		continue;
-			    	}
-			    	
-			    	if (type.hasSubClass(type2, false) && !type2.hasSubClass(type, false)) {
-			    		add = false;
-			    		break;
-			    	}
-			    }	
-			    
-			    if (add) {
-			    	typeURIs.add(type.getURI());
-			    	
-			    	ArrayList<Resource> equivalentClasses = new ArrayList<Resource>();
-			    	
-			    	Iterator<Statement> iter = tboxModel.listStatements((Resource) null, OWL.equivalentClass, type);
-			    	while (iter.hasNext()) {
-			    		Statement stmt = iter.next();
-			    		Resource res = stmt.getSubject();
-			    		if ((res == null) || res.isAnon() || equivalentClasses.contains(res)  ) {
-			    			continue;
-			    		}
-			    		equivalentClasses.add(res);
-			    	}
-			    	
-		            Iterator<Resource> eIter = equivalentClasses.iterator();
-		                
-		            while (eIter.hasNext()) {
-		                Resource equivClass = eIter.next();
-		                if (equivClass.isAnon()) continue;
-		                typeURIs.add(equivClass.getURI());
-		            }    
-			    }    	
+
+			for (OntClass type : types) {
+				boolean add = true;
+				for (OntClass type2 : types2) {
+					if (type.equals(type2)) {
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					if (type.hasSubClass(type2, false) && !type2.hasSubClass(type, false)) {
+						add = false;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+
+				if (add) {
+					typeURIs.add(type.getURI());
+
+					ArrayList<Resource> equivalentClasses = new ArrayList<Resource>();
+
+					Iterator<Statement> iter = tboxModel.listStatements((Resource) null, OWL.equivalentClass, type);
+					while (iter.hasNext()) {
+						Statement stmt = iter.next();
+						Resource res = stmt.getSubject();
+						if ((res == null) || res.isAnon() || equivalentClasses.contains(res)) {
+							continue;
+						}
+						equivalentClasses.add(res);
+					}
+
+					for (Resource equivClass : equivalentClasses) {
+						if (equivClass.isAnon()) continue;
+						typeURIs.add(equivClass.getURI());
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		} finally {
 			inferenceModel.leaveCriticalSection();
@@ -1017,13 +1001,11 @@ public class SimpleReasoner extends StatementListener
 		Iterator<Statement> rIter = retractions.listStatements();
 		while (rIter.hasNext()) {
 			removeInference(rIter.next(), inferenceModel, true, false);
-		}	
-		
-		Iterator<String> typeIter = typeURIs.iterator();		
-		while (typeIter.hasNext()) {
-			String typeURI = typeIter.next();
-			Statement mstStmt = ResourceFactory.createStatement(individual,mostSpecificType,ResourceFactory.createResource(typeURI));
-			addInference(mstStmt,inferenceModel,true);
+		}
+
+		for (String typeURI : typeURIs) {
+			Statement mstStmt = ResourceFactory.createStatement(individual, mostSpecificType, ResourceFactory.createResource(typeURI));
+			addInference(mstStmt, inferenceModel, true);
 		}
 
     }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/plugin/SimpleBridgingRule.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/plugin/SimpleBridgingRule.java
index b822ccdb5..eb1113be5 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/plugin/SimpleBridgingRule.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/plugin/SimpleBridgingRule.java
@@ -174,23 +174,21 @@ public abstract class SimpleBridgingRule implements ReasonerPlugin {
         } else if (stmt.getPredicate().equals(assertedProp2)) {
             z = stmt.getObject();
         }
-        Iterator<Statement> sit = aboxInferencesModel.listStatements(x, this.inferredProp, z).toList().iterator();
-        
-        while(sit.hasNext()) {
-        	Statement s = sit.next();
-        	Query ask = createQuery(this.retractionTestString, stmt, s);
-        	QueryExecution qe = QueryExecutionFactory.create(ask, aboxAssertionsModel);
-        	try {
-            	if (!qe.execAsk()) {
-                    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                        log.debug("==> removing " + s);
-                    }
-                    if (simpleReasoner != null) simpleReasoner.removeInference(s,aboxInferencesModel);            	    
-            	}
-        	} finally {
-        	    qe.close();
-        	}
-        }     
+
+		for (Statement s : aboxInferencesModel.listStatements(x, this.inferredProp, z).toList()) {
+			Query ask = createQuery(this.retractionTestString, stmt, s);
+			QueryExecution qe = QueryExecutionFactory.create(ask, aboxAssertionsModel);
+			try {
+				if (!qe.execAsk()) {
+					if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+						log.debug("==> removing " + s);
+					}
+					if (simpleReasoner != null) simpleReasoner.removeInference(s, aboxInferencesModel);
+				}
+			} finally {
+				qe.close();
+			}
+		}
     }
 	
     private boolean isRelevantPredicate(Statement stmt) {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/PagedSearchController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/PagedSearchController.java
index 1ee28176e..874d5454a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/PagedSearchController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/PagedSearchController.java
@@ -197,18 +197,16 @@ public class PagedSearchController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
             }            
             
             List<Individual> individuals = new ArrayList<Individual>(docs.size());
-            Iterator<SearchResultDocument> docIter = docs.iterator();
-            while( docIter.hasNext() ){
-                try {                                    
-                    SearchResultDocument doc = docIter.next();
-                    String uri = doc.getStringValue(VitroSearchTermNames.URI);                    
+            for (SearchResultDocument doc : docs) {
+                try {
+                    String uri = doc.getStringValue(VitroSearchTermNames.URI);
                     Individual ind = iDao.getIndividualByURI(uri);
-                    if(ind != null) {
-                      ind.setSearchSnippet( getSnippet(doc, response) );
-                      individuals.add(ind);
+                    if (ind != null) {
+                        ind.setSearchSnippet(getSnippet(doc, response));
+                        individuals.add(ind);
                     }
-                } catch(Exception e) {
-                    log.error("Problem getting usable individuals from search hits. ",e);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    log.error("Problem getting usable individuals from search hits. ", e);
                 }
             }          
   
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/sparql/GetAllClasses.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/sparql/GetAllClasses.java
index cee5a099d..453acca97 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/sparql/GetAllClasses.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/sparql/GetAllClasses.java
@@ -77,10 +77,8 @@ public class GetAllClasses extends BaseEditController {
 
 		while (classGroupIt.hasNext()) {
 			VClassGroup group = (VClassGroup) classGroupIt.next();
-			List classes = group.getVitroClassList();
-			Iterator classIt = classes.iterator();
-			while (classIt.hasNext()) {
-				VClass clazz = (VClass) classIt.next();
+			List<VClass> classes = group.getVitroClassList();
+			for (VClass clazz : classes) {
 				respo.append("<option>" + "<key>").append(clazz.getPickListName()).append("</key>").append("<value>").append(clazz.getURI()).append("</value>").append("</option>");
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/GroupedPropertyList.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/GroupedPropertyList.java
index d4ce25079..a112b2f6b 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/GroupedPropertyList.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/GroupedPropertyList.java
@@ -644,9 +644,7 @@ public class GroupedPropertyList extends BaseTemplateModel {
     }
     
     public PropertyGroupTemplateModel pullPropertyGroup(String groupName) {
-        Iterator<PropertyGroupTemplateModel> groupIt = groups.iterator();
-        while (groupIt.hasNext()) {
-            PropertyGroupTemplateModel group = groupIt.next();
+        for (PropertyGroupTemplateModel group : groups) {
             if (groupName.equals(group.getName())) {
                 groups.remove(group);
                 return group;
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassJenaTest.java b/api/src/test/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassJenaTest.java
index 6883f667b..1d3a3baa0 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassJenaTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassJenaTest.java
@@ -426,20 +426,18 @@ public class VClassJenaTest {
     }
     
     private String getLabel2(String lang, List<RDFNode>labelList) {
-    	Iterator<RDFNode> labelIt = labelList.iterator();
-    	while (labelIt.hasNext()) {
-    		RDFNode label = labelIt.next();
-    		if (label.isLiteral()) {
-    			Literal labelLit = ((Literal)label);
-    			String labelLanguage = labelLit.getLanguage();
-    			if ( (labelLanguage==null) && (lang==null) ) {
-    				return labelLit.getLexicalForm();
-    			}
-    			if ( (lang != null) && (lang.equals(labelLanguage)) ) {
-    				return labelLit.getLexicalForm();
-    			}
-    		}
-    	}
+		for (RDFNode label : labelList) {
+			if (label.isLiteral()) {
+				Literal labelLit = ((Literal) label);
+				String labelLanguage = labelLit.getLanguage();
+				if ((labelLanguage == null) && (lang == null)) {
+					return labelLit.getLexicalForm();
+				}
+				if ((lang != null) && (lang.equals(labelLanguage))) {
+					return labelLit.getLexicalForm();
+				}
+			}
+		}
     	return null;
     }