diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/aut/tar/TarInputStream.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/aut/tar/TarInputStream.java
index 1a2dd1547..47558c7f0 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/aut/tar/TarInputStream.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/aut/tar/TarInputStream.java
@@ -415,7 +415,8 @@ public class TarInputStream
         // properly skip over bytes via the TarBuffer...
         //
         final byte[] skipBuf = new byte[ 8 * 1024 ];
-        for( int num = numToSkip; num > 0; )
+        int num = numToSkip;
+        while( num > 0 )
         {
             final int count = ( num > skipBuf.length ) ? skipBuf.length : num;
             final int numRead = read( skipBuf, 0, count );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/aut/tar/TarUtils.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/aut/tar/TarUtils.java
index 84607748b..2e608444e 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/aut/tar/TarUtils.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/aut/tar/TarUtils.java
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ class TarUtils
      * @param buf Description of Parameter
      * @return The integer value of the entry's checksum.
      */
-    public static int getCheckSumOctalBytes( long value, byte[] buf, int offset, int length )
+    public static int getCheckSumOctalBytes( final long value,
+                                             final byte[] buf,
+                                             final int offset,
+                                             final int length )
     {
         getOctalBytes( value, buf, offset, length );
 
@@ -43,7 +46,10 @@ class TarUtils
      * @param buf Description of Parameter
      * @return The long value of the octal bytes.
      */
-    public static int getLongOctalBytes( long value, byte[] buf, int offset, int length )
+    public static int getLongOctalBytes( final long value,
+                                         final byte[] buf,
+                                         final int offset,
+                                         final int length )
     {
         byte[] temp = new byte[ length + 1 ];
 
@@ -62,18 +68,21 @@ class TarUtils
      * @param buf Description of Parameter
      * @return The number of bytes in a header's entry name.
      */
-    public static int getNameBytes( StringBuffer name, byte[] buf, int offset, int length )
+    public static int getNameBytes( final StringBuffer name,
+                                    final byte[] buffer,
+                                    final int offset,
+                                    final int length )
     {
         int i;
 
         for( i = 0; i < length && i < name.length(); ++i )
         {
-            buf[ offset + i ] = (byte)name.charAt( i );
+            buffer[ offset + i ] = (byte)name.charAt( i );
         }
 
         for( ; i < length; ++i )
         {
-            buf[ offset + i ] = 0;
+            buffer[ offset + i ] = 0;
         }
 
         return offset + length;
@@ -87,34 +96,37 @@ class TarUtils
      * @return The integer value of the octal bytes.
      */
     public static int getOctalBytes( final long value,
-                                     final byte[] buf,
+                                     final byte[] buffer,
                                      final int offset,
                                      final int length )
     {
         int idx = length - 1;
 
-        buf[ offset + idx ] = 0;
+        buffer[ offset + idx ] = 0;
         --idx;
-        buf[ offset + idx ] = (byte)' ';
+        buffer[ offset + idx ] = (byte)' ';
         --idx;
 
         if( value == 0 )
         {
-            buf[ offset + idx ] = (byte)'0';
+            buffer[ offset + idx ] = (byte)'0';
             --idx;
         }
         else
         {
-            for( long val = value; idx >= 0 && val > 0; --idx )
+            long val = value;
+            while( idx >= 0 && val > 0 )
             {
-                buf[ offset + idx ] = (byte)( (byte)'0' + (byte)( val & 7 ) );
+                buffer[ offset + idx ] = (byte)( (byte)'0' + (byte)( val & 7 ) );
                 val = val >> 3;
+                idx--;
             }
         }
 
-        for( ; idx >= 0; --idx )
+        while( idx >= 0 )
         {
-            buf[ offset + idx ] = (byte)' ';
+            buffer[ offset + idx ] = (byte)' ';
+            idx--;
         }
 
         return offset + length;
@@ -126,13 +138,13 @@ class TarUtils
      * @param buf The tar entry's header buffer.
      * @return The computed checksum.
      */
-    public static long computeCheckSum( byte[] buf )
+    public static long computeCheckSum( final byte[] buffer )
     {
         long sum = 0;
 
-        for( int i = 0; i < buf.length; ++i )
+        for( int i = 0; i < buffer.length; ++i )
         {
-            sum += 255 & buf[ i ];
+            sum += 255 & buffer[ i ];
         }
 
         return sum;
@@ -146,7 +158,9 @@ class TarUtils
      * @param length The number of header bytes to parse.
      * @return The header's entry name.
      */
-    public static StringBuffer parseName( byte[] header, int offset, int length )
+    public static StringBuffer parseName( final byte[] header,
+                                          final int offset,
+                                          final int length )
     {
         StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer( length );
         int end = offset + length;
@@ -173,7 +187,9 @@ class TarUtils
      * @param length The number of header bytes to parse.
      * @return The long value of the octal string.
      */
-    public static long parseOctal( byte[] header, int offset, int length )
+    public static long parseOctal( final byte[] header,
+                                   final int offset,
+                                   final int length )
     {
         long result = 0;
         boolean stillPadding = true;