3 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/client/client-monitoring/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/client/monitoring/rest/ApexMonitoringRestParameterParser.java b/client/client-monitoring/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/client/monitoring/rest/ApexMonitoringRestParameterParser.java
index f5c8ad8c0..a72fbe0a7 100644
--- a/client/client-monitoring/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/client/monitoring/rest/ApexMonitoringRestParameterParser.java
+++ b/client/client-monitoring/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/client/monitoring/rest/ApexMonitoringRestParameterParser.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException;
  */
 public class ApexMonitoringRestParameterParser {
     // Apache Commons CLI options
-    Options options;
+    private Options options;
 
     /**
      * Construct the options for the CLI RESTful services.
diff --git a/client/client-monitoring/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/client/monitoring/rest/ApexMonitoringRestResource.java b/client/client-monitoring/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/client/monitoring/rest/ApexMonitoringRestResource.java
index f8cee7741..6b7f12061 100644
--- a/client/client-monitoring/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/client/monitoring/rest/ApexMonitoringRestResource.java
+++ b/client/client-monitoring/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/client/monitoring/rest/ApexMonitoringRestResource.java
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ public class ApexMonitoringRestResource {
             parameterMap.put("AxArtifactKey#" + engineId, new String[]
                 { startStop });
             final AxArtifactKey engineKey = ParameterCheck.getEngineKey(parameterMap);
-            if (startStop.equals("Start")) {
+            if ("Start".equals(startStop)) {
                 engineServiceFacade.startEngine(engineKey);
-            } else if (startStop.equals("Stop")) {
+            } else if ("Stop".equals(startStop)) {
                 engineServiceFacade.stopEngine(engineKey);
             }
         } catch (final Exception e) {
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@ public class ApexMonitoringRestResource {
             parameterMap.put("period", new String[]
                 { Long.toString(period) });
             final AxArtifactKey engineKey = ParameterCheck.getEngineKey(parameterMap);
-            if (startStop.equals("Start")) {
+            if ("Start".equals(startStop)) {
                 engineServiceFacade.startPerioidicEvents(engineKey, period);
                 setPeriodicEventsState(host, true);
-            } else if (startStop.equals("Stop")) {
+            } else if ("Stop".equals(startStop)) {
                 engineServiceFacade.stopPerioidicEvents(engineKey);
                 setPeriodicEventsState(host, false);
             }
diff --git a/client/client-monitoring/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/client/monitoring/rest/ParameterCheck.java b/client/client-monitoring/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/client/monitoring/rest/ParameterCheck.java
index 90527751e..46e1452a5 100644
--- a/client/client-monitoring/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/client/monitoring/rest/ParameterCheck.java
+++ b/client/client-monitoring/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/client/monitoring/rest/ParameterCheck.java
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ public final class ParameterCheck {
         }
 
         ParameterCheck.StartStop startStop;
-        if (startStopValue[0].equalsIgnoreCase("start")) {
+        if ("start".equalsIgnoreCase(startStopValue[0])) {
             startStop = ParameterCheck.StartStop.START;
-        } else if (startStopValue[0].equalsIgnoreCase("stop")) {
+        } else if ("stop".equalsIgnoreCase(startStopValue[0])) {
             startStop = ParameterCheck.StartStop.STOP;
         } else {
             LOGGER.warn("value \"{}\"of parameter \"{}\" not \"start\" or \"stop\"", startStopValue[0], startStopPar);