DATAJPA-1368 - Polishing.

Removed superfluous import, throws declaration and public modifiers.
Uses <> operator where applicable.

Original pull request: #280.

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/convert/QueryByExamplePredicateBuilder.java

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class QueryByExamplePredicateBuilder {
 	 * @return never {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	public static <T> Predicate getPredicate(Root<T> root, CriteriaBuilder cb, Example<T> example,
-											 EscapeCharacter escapeCharacter) {
+			EscapeCharacter escapeCharacter) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(root, "Root must not be null!");
 		Assert.notNull(cb, "CriteriaBuilder must not be null!");

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor.java

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import javax.persistence.QueryHint;
 
 import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor;
 import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
-
 import org.springframework.aop.Advisor;
 import org.springframework.aop.TargetSource;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory;
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ class CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor implements RepositoryProxyPostProcessor, B
 	 * Returns a {@link CrudMethodMetadata} proxy that will lookup the actual target object by obtaining a thread bound
 	 * instance from the {@link TransactionSynchronizationManager} later.
 	 */
-	public CrudMethodMetadata getCrudMethodMetadata() {
+	CrudMethodMetadata getCrudMethodMetadata() {
 
 		ProxyFactory factory = new ProxyFactory();
 
@@ -266,7 +265,7 @@ class CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor implements RepositoryProxyPostProcessor, B
 		 * @see org.springframework.aop.TargetSource#getTarget()
 		 */
 		@Override
-		public Object getTarget() throws Exception {
+		public Object getTarget() {
 
 			MethodInvocation invocation = ExposeRepositoryInvocationInterceptor.currentInvocation();
 			return TransactionSynchronizationManager.getResource(invocation.getMethod());
@@ -277,7 +276,7 @@ class CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor implements RepositoryProxyPostProcessor, B
 		 * @see org.springframework.aop.TargetSource#releaseTarget(java.lang.Object)
 		 */
 		@Override
-		public void releaseTarget(Object target) throws Exception {}
+		public void releaseTarget(Object target) {}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -285,7 +284,7 @@ class CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor implements RepositoryProxyPostProcessor, B
 	 * {@link ExposeInvocationInterceptor} that might expose nested proxy calls to e.g. proxied transaction managers.
 	 *
 	 * @author Mark Paluch
-	 * @since 1.11.13
+	 * @since 2.2.0
 	 * @see ExposeInvocationInterceptor
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("serial")