diff --git a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJAdviceParameterNameDiscoverer.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJAdviceParameterNameDiscoverer.java
index 73eea3bd4ef..44150e6a3d8 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJAdviceParameterNameDiscoverer.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJAdviceParameterNameDiscoverer.java
@@ -272,15 +272,7 @@ public class AspectJAdviceParameterNameDiscoverer implements ParameterNameDiscov
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		catch (AmbiguousBindingException ambigEx) {
-			if (this.raiseExceptions) {
-				throw ambigEx;
-			}
-			else {
-				return null;
-			}
-		}
-		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+		catch (AmbiguousBindingException | IllegalArgumentException ex) {
 			if (this.raiseExceptions) {
 				throw ex;
 			}
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ExpressionLanguageScenarioTests.java b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ExpressionLanguageScenarioTests.java
index 0ef096eb8bd..1243f6e2a69 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ExpressionLanguageScenarioTests.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ExpressionLanguageScenarioTests.java
@@ -80,13 +80,9 @@ public class ExpressionLanguageScenarioTests extends AbstractExpressionTests {
 			assertEquals("hello world", value);
 			assertEquals(String.class, value.getClass());
 		}
-		catch (EvaluationException ee) {
-			ee.printStackTrace();
-			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + ee.getMessage());
-		}
-		catch (ParseException pe) {
-			pe.printStackTrace();
-			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + pe.getMessage());
+		catch (EvaluationException | ParseException ex) {
+			ex.printStackTrace();
+			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + ex.getMessage());
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -189,13 +185,9 @@ public class ExpressionLanguageScenarioTests extends AbstractExpressionTests {
 			assertEquals("hellohello", value);
 
 		}
-		catch (EvaluationException ee) {
-			ee.printStackTrace();
-			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + ee.getMessage());
-		}
-		catch (ParseException pe) {
-			pe.printStackTrace();
-			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + pe.getMessage());
+		catch (EvaluationException | ParseException ex) {
+			ex.printStackTrace();
+			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + ex.getMessage());
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SetValueTests.java b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SetValueTests.java
index 563d23ad8a4..3bc4fd0841d 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SetValueTests.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SetValueTests.java
@@ -276,13 +276,9 @@ public class SetValueTests extends AbstractExpressionTests {
 			e.setValue(lContext, value);
 			assertEquals("Retrieved value was not equal to set value", value, e.getValue(lContext,value.getClass()));
 		}
-		catch (EvaluationException ee) {
-			ee.printStackTrace();
-			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + ee.getMessage());
-		}
-		catch (ParseException pe) {
-			pe.printStackTrace();
-			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + pe.getMessage());
+		catch (EvaluationException | ParseException ex) {
+			ex.printStackTrace();
+			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + ex.getMessage());
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -309,13 +305,9 @@ public class SetValueTests extends AbstractExpressionTests {
 //				assertEquals("Retrieved value was not equal to set value", expectedValue, e.getValue(lContext));
 			}
 		}
-		catch (EvaluationException ee) {
-			ee.printStackTrace();
-			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + ee.getMessage());
-		}
-		catch (ParseException pe) {
-			pe.printStackTrace();
-			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + pe.getMessage());
+		catch (EvaluationException | ParseException ex) {
+			ex.printStackTrace();
+			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + ex.getMessage());
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/jta/SpringJtaSynchronizationAdapter.java b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/jta/SpringJtaSynchronizationAdapter.java
index b490bd015ba..189b9fb3e24 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/jta/SpringJtaSynchronizationAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/jta/SpringJtaSynchronizationAdapter.java
@@ -121,14 +121,10 @@ public class SpringJtaSynchronizationAdapter implements Synchronization {
 			boolean readOnly = TransactionSynchronizationManager.isCurrentTransactionReadOnly();
 			this.springSynchronization.beforeCommit(readOnly);
 		}
-		catch (RuntimeException ex) {
+		catch (RuntimeException | Error ex) {
 			setRollbackOnlyIfPossible();
 			throw ex;
 		}
-		catch (Error err) {
-			setRollbackOnlyIfPossible();
-			throw err;
-		}
 		finally {
 			// Process Spring's beforeCompletion early, in order to avoid issues
 			// with strict JTA implementations that issue warnings when doing JDBC
diff --git a/spring-tx/src/test/java/org/springframework/transaction/jta/MockUOWManager.java b/spring-tx/src/test/java/org/springframework/transaction/jta/MockUOWManager.java
index 617748cf36e..a58c10e94ea 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/test/java/org/springframework/transaction/jta/MockUOWManager.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/test/java/org/springframework/transaction/jta/MockUOWManager.java
@@ -56,15 +56,10 @@ public class MockUOWManager implements UOWManager {
 			action.run();
 			this.status = (this.rollbackOnly ? UOW_STATUS_ROLLEDBACK : UOW_STATUS_COMMITTED);
 		}
-		catch (Error err) {
-			this.status = UOW_STATUS_ROLLEDBACK;
-			throw err;
-		}
-		catch (RuntimeException ex) {
+		catch (Error | RuntimeException ex) {
 			this.status = UOW_STATUS_ROLLEDBACK;
 			throw ex;
-		}
-		catch (Exception ex) {
+		} catch (Exception ex) {
 			this.status = UOW_STATUS_ROLLEDBACK;
 			throw new UOWActionException(ex);
 		}