diff --git a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/MethodUtilsTest.java b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/MethodUtilsTest.java
index 1e7631d7ccb2b334fe7e81c0851685c9158e5fa6..4e5ca60c0793a464d0c1b22a4dc8cdcdbd47e761 100644
--- a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/MethodUtilsTest.java
+++ b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/MethodUtilsTest.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public final class MethodUtilsTest extends AssertJUnit
     {
         final Method method = Object.class.getMethods()[0];
         final String methodDescription = MethodUtils.describeMethod(method);
-        assertEquals("Object.hashCode", methodDescription);
+        assertEquals("Object." + Object.class.getMethods()[0].getName(), methodDescription);
     }
 
     //
diff --git a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/XMLInfraStructureTest.java b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/XMLInfraStructureTest.java
index 5a7bef88edec8bf41d48199e99928c203466a084..2b51a43bbe2e87864192c44082ac427951baa3c4 100644
--- a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/XMLInfraStructureTest.java
+++ b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/XMLInfraStructureTest.java
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
 
 /**
- * 
- *
  * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
  */
 public class XMLInfraStructureTest extends AssertJUnit
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ public class XMLInfraStructureTest extends AssertJUnit
     private static final class MockContentHandler extends DefaultHandler
     {
         private List<String> texts = new ArrayList<String>();
-        
+
         @Override
         public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) throws SAXException
         {
@@ -58,72 +56,60 @@ public class XMLInfraStructureTest extends AssertJUnit
             return texts.toString();
         }
     }
-    
+
     private static final String EXAMPLE_XSD =
             "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n"
                     + "<xs:schema targetNamespace='http://my.host.org' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'>\n"
-                    + "<xs:element name='note'>\n" 
-                    + "  <xs:complexType>\n" 
-                    + "    <xs:sequence>\n"
+                    + "<xs:element name='note'>\n" + "  <xs:complexType>\n" + "    <xs:sequence>\n"
                     + "      <xs:element name='to' type='xs:string'/>\n"
                     + "      <xs:element name='from' type='xs:string'/>\n"
                     + "      <xs:element name='heading' type='xs:string'/>\n"
-                    + "      <xs:element name='body' type='xs:string'/>\n" 
-                    + "    </xs:sequence>\n"
-                    + "  </xs:complexType>\n" 
-                    + "</xs:element>\n" 
-                    + "</xs:schema>";
-
-    private static final String VALID_EXAMPLE_XML =
-            "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n" + "<n:note\n" + "xmlns:n='http://my.host.org'\n"
-                    + "xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'\n"
-                    + "xsi:schemaLocation='http://my.host.org /note.xsd'>\n"
-                    + "  <to>Albert</to>\n" 
-                    + "  <from>Isaac</from>\n"
-                    + "  <heading>Space and Time</heading>\n"
-                    + "  <body>New theory on space and time.</body>\n" 
-                    + "</n:note>";
-
-    private static final String INVALID_EXAMPLE_XML =
-            "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n" + "<n:note\n" + "xmlns:n='http://my.host.org'\n"
-                    + "xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'\n"
-                    + "xsi:schemaLocation='http://my.host.org /note.xsd'>\n"
-                    + "  <to>Albert</to>\n" 
-                    + "  <from>Isaac</from>\n"
-                    + "  <heading>Space and Time</heading>\n" 
-                    + "</n:note>";
-    
-    private static final String NOT_WELLFORMED_EXAMPLE_XML =
-            "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n" + "<n:note\n" + "xmlns:n='http://my.host.org'\n"
-                    + "xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'\n"
-                    + "xsi:schemaLocation='http://my.host.org /note.xsd'>\n"
-                    + "  <to>Albert</to>\n";
+                    + "      <xs:element name='body' type='xs:string'/>\n" + "    </xs:sequence>\n"
+                    + "  </xs:complexType>\n" + "</xs:element>\n" + "</xs:schema>";
+
+    private static final String VALID_EXAMPLE_XML = "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n" + "<n:note\n"
+            + "xmlns:n='http://my.host.org'\n"
+            + "xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'\n"
+            + "xsi:schemaLocation='http://my.host.org /note.xsd'>\n" + "  <to>Albert</to>\n"
+            + "  <from>Isaac</from>\n" + "  <heading>Space and Time</heading>\n"
+            + "  <body>New theory on space and time.</body>\n" + "</n:note>";
+
+    private static final String INVALID_EXAMPLE_XML = "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n" + "<n:note\n"
+            + "xmlns:n='http://my.host.org'\n"
+            + "xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'\n"
+            + "xsi:schemaLocation='http://my.host.org /note.xsd'>\n" + "  <to>Albert</to>\n"
+            + "  <from>Isaac</from>\n" + "  <heading>Space and Time</heading>\n" + "</n:note>";
+
+    private static final String NOT_WELLFORMED_EXAMPLE_XML = "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n"
+            + "<n:note\n" + "xmlns:n='http://my.host.org'\n"
+            + "xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'\n"
+            + "xsi:schemaLocation='http://my.host.org /note.xsd'>\n" + "  <to>Albert</to>\n";
 
     private ContentHandler contentHandler;
 
     private EntityResolver entityResolver;
-    
+
     @BeforeMethod
     public void beforeMethod()
     {
         contentHandler = new MockContentHandler();
         entityResolver = new EntityResolver()
-        {
-            public InputSource resolveEntity(String publicId, String systemId) throws SAXException,
-            IOException
             {
-                assertEquals("file:///note.xsd", systemId);
-                return new InputSource(new StringReader(EXAMPLE_XSD));
-            }
-        };
+                public InputSource resolveEntity(String publicId, String systemId)
+                        throws SAXException, IOException
+                {
+                    assertEquals("file:///note.xsd", systemId);
+                    return new InputSource(new StringReader(EXAMPLE_XSD));
+                }
+            };
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testCreateSchema()
     {
         XMLInfraStructure.createSchema(new ByteArrayInputStream(EXAMPLE_XSD.getBytes()));
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testCreateInvalidSchema()
     {
@@ -136,53 +122,53 @@ public class XMLInfraStructureTest extends AssertJUnit
             // ignored
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testNoValidation()
     {
         XMLInfraStructure xmlInfraStructure = new XMLInfraStructure(false);
         xmlInfraStructure.setEntityResolver(entityResolver);
-        
+
         xmlInfraStructure.parse(new StringReader(INVALID_EXAMPLE_XML), contentHandler);
         assertEquals("[Albert, Isaac, Space and Time]", contentHandler.toString());
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testValidXML()
     {
         XMLInfraStructure xmlInfraStructure = new XMLInfraStructure(true);
         xmlInfraStructure.setEntityResolver(entityResolver);
-        
+
         xmlInfraStructure.parse(new StringReader(VALID_EXAMPLE_XML), contentHandler);
         assertEquals("[Albert, Isaac, Space and Time, New theory on space and time.]",
                 contentHandler.toString());
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testInvalidXML()
     {
         XMLInfraStructure xmlInfraStructure = new XMLInfraStructure(true);
         xmlInfraStructure.setEntityResolver(entityResolver);
-        
+
         try
         {
             xmlInfraStructure.parse(new StringReader(INVALID_EXAMPLE_XML), contentHandler);
             fail("Exception expected");
         } catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            assertEquals("org.xml.sax.SAXException: XML validation errors:\n"
-                    + "Error in line 9 column 10:cvc-complex-type.2.4.b: "
-                    + "The content of element 'n:note' is not complete. "
-                    + "One of '{\"\":body}' is expected.", ex.getMessage());
+            assertTrue(ex.getMessage(), ex.getMessage().indexOf(
+                    "org.xml.sax.SAXException: XML validation errors:\n"
+                            + "Error in line 9 column 10:cvc-complex-type.2.4.b: "
+                            + "The content of element 'n:note' is not complete. ") >= 0);
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testNotWellFormedXML()
     {
         XMLInfraStructure xmlInfraStructure = new XMLInfraStructure(true);
         xmlInfraStructure.setEntityResolver(entityResolver);
-        
+
         try
         {
             xmlInfraStructure.parse(new StringReader(NOT_WELLFORMED_EXAMPLE_XML), contentHandler);