diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java
index e0af6613e..3f6e214fe 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ public class DirectoryScanner
      * @since Ant 1.6
      */
     public static void resetDefaultExcludes() {
-    defaultExcludes = new Vector();
+        defaultExcludes = new Vector();
 
         for (int i = 0; i < DEFAULTEXCLUDES.length; i++) {
             defaultExcludes.add(DEFAULTEXCLUDES[i]);
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/IntrospectionHelper.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/IntrospectionHelper.java
index cd3f8d750..f21235f85 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/IntrospectionHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/IntrospectionHelper.java
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ public final class IntrospectionHelper implements BuildListener {
             return true;
         }
 
-        if  ("setTaskType".equals(name)
+        if ("setTaskType".equals(name)
              && java.lang.String.class.equals(type)) {
             return true;
         }
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ public final class IntrospectionHelper implements BuildListener {
      *
      * @return a helper for the specified class
      */
-    public static synchronized IntrospectionHelper getHelper(Project p, Class c) {
+    public static synchronized IntrospectionHelper getHelper(Project p, 
+                                                             Class c) {
         IntrospectionHelper ih = (IntrospectionHelper) helpers.get(c);
         if (ih == null) {
             ih = new IntrospectionHelper(c);
@@ -1113,8 +1114,7 @@ public final class IntrospectionHelper implements BuildListener {
                 Class elementClass = nestedCreator.getElementClass();
                 ComponentHelper helper =
                     ComponentHelper.getComponentHelper(project);
-                nestedObject = ComponentHelper.getComponentHelper(project)
-                    .createComponent(polyType);
+                nestedObject = helper.createComponent(polyType);
                 if (nestedObject == null) {
                     throw new BuildException(
                         "Unable to create object of type " + polyType);
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectHelper.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectHelper.java
index 3540145fb..f8fde4316 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectHelper.java
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ public class ProjectHelper {
         for (int i = 0; i < attrs.getLength(); i++) {
             // reflect these into the target
             String value = replaceProperties(project, attrs.getValue(i),
-                                           project.getProperties());
+                                             project.getProperties());
             try {
                 ih.setAttribute(project, target,
                                 attrs.getName(i).toLowerCase(Locale.US), value);