diff --git a/adapters/mso-openstack-adapters/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/vnf/MsoVnfCloudifyAdapterImpl.java b/adapters/mso-openstack-adapters/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/vnf/MsoVnfCloudifyAdapterImpl.java
index 96e5db7..f09fa34 100644
--- a/adapters/mso-openstack-adapters/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/vnf/MsoVnfCloudifyAdapterImpl.java
+++ b/adapters/mso-openstack-adapters/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/vnf/MsoVnfCloudifyAdapterImpl.java
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@
 
                     // Include aliases.
                     String alias = htp.getParamAlias();
-                    if (alias != null && !alias.equals("") && !params.containsKey(alias)) {
+                    if (alias != null && !"".equals(alias) && !params.containsKey(alias)) {
                         params.put(alias, htp);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/adapters/mso-openstack-adapters/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/vnf/MsoVnfPluginAdapterImpl.java b/adapters/mso-openstack-adapters/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/vnf/MsoVnfPluginAdapterImpl.java
index d5fe285..41bcc8c 100644
--- a/adapters/mso-openstack-adapters/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/vnf/MsoVnfPluginAdapterImpl.java
+++ b/adapters/mso-openstack-adapters/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/vnf/MsoVnfPluginAdapterImpl.java
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
         String type = templateParam.getParamType();
         logger.debug("Parameter: {} is of type ", templateParam.getParamName(), type);
 
-        if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("number")) {
+        if ("number".equalsIgnoreCase(type)) {
             try {
                 return Integer.valueOf(inputValue.toString());
             } catch (Exception e) {