diff --git a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/UserSpecification.java b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/UserSpecification.java
index 8de25ea494..909f93a3e7 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/UserSpecification.java
+++ b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/UserSpecification.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class UserSpecification implements Specification<User> {
             return builder.lessThanOrEqualTo(root.<String> get(criteria.getKey()), criteria.getValue().toString());
         } else if (criteria.getOperation().equalsIgnoreCase(":")) {
             if (root.get(criteria.getKey()).getJavaType() == String.class) {
-                return builder.like(root.<String>get(criteria.getKey()), "%" + criteria.getValue() + "%");
+                return builder.like(root.<String> get(criteria.getKey()), "%" + criteria.getValue() + "%");
             } else {
                 return builder.equal(root.get(criteria.getKey()), criteria.getValue());
             }
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/impl/MyUserService.java b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/impl/MyUserService.java
index 20bc67a01d..804f4d41c0 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/impl/MyUserService.java
+++ b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/impl/MyUserService.java
@@ -34,4 +34,3 @@ public class MyUserService {
         repository.save(user);
     }
 }
-