diff --git a/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/ClientHttpRequestConnection.java b/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/ClientHttpRequestConnection.java
index 5af28985f..d96f2d0ce 100644
--- a/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/ClientHttpRequestConnection.java
+++ b/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/ClientHttpRequestConnection.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public Iterator<String> getResponseHeaderNames() throws IOException {
 	@Override
 	public Iterator<String> getResponseHeaders(String name) throws IOException {
 		List<String> headers = response.getHeaders().get(name);
-		return headers != null ? headers.iterator() : Collections.<String> emptyList().iterator();
+		return headers != null ? headers.iterator() : Collections.emptyIterator();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnection.java b/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnection.java
index 89f7c9218..47971491c 100644
--- a/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnection.java
+++ b/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnection.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public Iterator<String> getResponseHeaders(String name) throws IOException {
 		List<String> headerValues = headersListMappedByLowerCaseName.get(name.toLowerCase());
 
 		if (headerValues == null) {
-			return Collections.<String> emptyList().iterator();
+			return Collections.emptyIterator();
 		} else {
 			return headerValues.iterator();
 		}
diff --git a/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpExchangeConnection.java b/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpExchangeConnection.java
index acce7c697..a422d8fc8 100644
--- a/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpExchangeConnection.java
+++ b/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpExchangeConnection.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public Iterator<String> getRequestHeaderNames() throws IOException {
 	@Override
 	public Iterator<String> getRequestHeaders(String name) throws IOException {
 		List<String> headers = httpExchange.getRequestHeaders().get(name);
-		return headers != null ? headers.iterator() : Collections.<String> emptyList().iterator();
+		return headers != null ? headers.iterator() : Collections.emptyIterator();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/support/JmsTransportUtils.java b/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/support/JmsTransportUtils.java
index 1bff2ec5f..15ce2f0af 100644
--- a/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/support/JmsTransportUtils.java
+++ b/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/support/JmsTransportUtils.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public static Iterator<String> getHeaders(Message message, String name) throws J
 		if (value != null) {
 			return Collections.singletonList(value).iterator();
 		} else {
-			return Collections.<String> emptyList().iterator();
+			return Collections.emptyIterator();
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/xmpp/support/XmppTransportUtils.java b/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/xmpp/support/XmppTransportUtils.java
index f862cf780..9e7989af8 100644
--- a/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/xmpp/support/XmppTransportUtils.java
+++ b/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/xmpp/support/XmppTransportUtils.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public static Iterator<String> getHeaders(Message message, String name) {
 		if (value != null) {
 			return Collections.singletonList(value).iterator();
 		} else {
-			return Collections.<String> emptyList().iterator();
+			return Collections.emptyIterator();
 		}
 	}