diff --git a/src.java/crosby/binary/BinaryParser.java b/src.java/crosby/binary/BinaryParser.java
index 557c575..f32d41e 100644
--- a/src.java/crosby/binary/BinaryParser.java
+++ b/src.java/crosby/binary/BinaryParser.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public abstract class BinaryParser implements BlockReaderAdapter {
     /** Take a Info protocol buffer containing a date and convert it into a java Date object */
     protected Date getDate(Osmformat.Info info) {
       if (info.hasTimestamp()) {
-          return new Date(date_granularity * (long) info.getTimestamp());
+          return new Date(date_granularity * info.getTimestamp());
       } else
           return NODATE;
     }
diff --git a/src.java/crosby/binary/BinarySerializer.java b/src.java/crosby/binary/BinarySerializer.java
index 683c2b1..6ec1e56 100644
--- a/src.java/crosby/binary/BinarySerializer.java
+++ b/src.java/crosby/binary/BinarySerializer.java
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ public class BinarySerializer implements Closeable, Flushable {
     /** How many primitives have been seen in this batch */
     protected int batch_size = 0;
     protected int total_entities = 0;
-    private StringTable stringtable = new StringTable();
-    protected List<PrimGroupWriterInterface> groups = new ArrayList<PrimGroupWriterInterface>();
+    private final StringTable stringtable = new StringTable();
+    protected List<PrimGroupWriterInterface> groups = new ArrayList<>();
     protected BlockOutputStream output;
 
     public BinarySerializer(BlockOutputStream output) {
diff --git a/src.java/crosby/binary/StringTable.java b/src.java/crosby/binary/StringTable.java
index b7785e2..e2c1d2d 100644
--- a/src.java/crosby/binary/StringTable.java
+++ b/src.java/crosby/binary/StringTable.java
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ public class StringTable {
     private String set[];
 
     public void incr(String s) {
-        if (counts.containsKey(s)) {
-            counts.put(s, new Integer(counts.get(s).intValue() + 1));
-        } else {
-            counts.put(s, new Integer(1));
-        }
+        counts.merge(s, 1, Integer::sum);
     }
 
     /** After the stringtable has been built, return the offset of a string in it.
@@ -51,17 +47,11 @@ public class StringTable {
      * @return
      */
     public int getIndex(String s) {
-        return stringmap.get(s).intValue();
+        return stringmap.get(s);
     }
 
     public void finish() {
-        Comparator<String> comparator = new Comparator<String>() {
-            @Override
-            public int compare(final String s1, String s2) {
-                int diff = counts.get(s2) - counts.get(s1);
-                return diff;
-            }
-        };
+        Comparator<String> comparator = (s1, s2) -> counts.get(s2) - counts.get(s1);
 
         /* Sort the stringtable */
 
@@ -114,15 +104,15 @@ public class StringTable {
           Arrays.sort(set, Math.min(1 << 14, set.length-1), Math.min(1 << 21,
               set.length-1), comparator);
         }
-        stringmap = new HashMap<String, Integer>(2 * set.length);
+        stringmap = new HashMap<>(2 * set.length);
         for (int i = 0; i < set.length; i++) {
-            stringmap.put(set[i], new Integer(i+1)); // Index 0 is reserved for use as a delimiter.
+            stringmap.put(set[i], i + 1); // Index 0 is reserved for use as a delimiter.
         }
         counts = null;
     }
 
     public void clear() {
-        counts = new HashMap<String, Integer>(100);
+        counts = new HashMap<>(100);
         stringmap = null;
         set = null;
     }
@@ -131,8 +121,9 @@ public class StringTable {
         Osmformat.StringTable.Builder builder = Osmformat.StringTable
                 .newBuilder();
         builder.addS(ByteString.copyFromUtf8("")); // Add a unused string at offset 0 which is used as a delimiter.
-        for (int i = 0; i < set.length; i++)
-            builder.addS(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(set[i]));
+        for (String s : set) {
+            builder.addS(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(s));
+        }
         return builder;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src.java/crosby/binary/file/BlockOutputStream.java b/src.java/crosby/binary/file/BlockOutputStream.java
index 6932b5a..b0c6331 100644
--- a/src.java/crosby/binary/file/BlockOutputStream.java
+++ b/src.java/crosby/binary/file/BlockOutputStream.java
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ public class BlockOutputStream {
     }
 
     OutputStream outwrite;
-    List<FileBlockPosition> writtenblocks = new ArrayList<FileBlockPosition>();
+    List<FileBlockPosition> writtenblocks = new ArrayList<>();
     CompressFlags compression;
 }