diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests.java
index 569031fd53..b055192105 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -16,14 +16,10 @@
 
 package org.springframework.http.converter.xml;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
-
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAttribute;
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
@@ -41,10 +37,13 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.http.MockHttpInputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
 /**
  * Test fixture for {@link Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverter}.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  */
 public class Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests {
 
@@ -71,6 +70,7 @@ public class Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests {
 		typeSetType = new ParameterizedTypeReference<Set<TestType>>() {}.getType();
 	}
 
+
 	@Test
 	public void canRead() throws Exception {
 		assertTrue(converter.canRead(rootElementListType, null, null));
@@ -151,9 +151,14 @@ public class Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests {
 			}
 		};
 
-		Collection<RootElement> result = converter.read(rootElementListType, null, inputMessage);
-		assertEquals(1, result.size());
-		assertEquals("", result.iterator().next().external);
+		try {
+			Collection<RootElement> result = converter.read(rootElementListType, null, inputMessage);
+			assertEquals(1, result.size());
+			assertEquals("", result.iterator().next().external);
+		}
+		catch (HttpMessageNotReadableException ex) {
+			// Some parsers raise exception by default
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -207,6 +212,7 @@ public class Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests {
 	}
 
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	@XmlRootElement
 	public static class RootElement {
 
@@ -270,9 +276,6 @@ public class Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests {
 		public int hashCode() {
 			return s.hashCode();
 		}
-
-
-
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverterTest.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverterTest.java
index 6b437f396f..21a8050969 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverterTest.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverterTest.java
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
 
-import static org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLAssert.*;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -41,7 +37,16 @@ import org.springframework.http.MockHttpInputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.MockHttpOutputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException;
 
-/** @author Arjen Poutsma */
+import static org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLAssert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+
+/**
+ * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ */
 public class Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverterTest {
 
 	private Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter converter;
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ public class Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverterTest {
 		rootElementCglib = (RootElement) proxy.getProxy();
 	}
 
+
 	@Test
 	public void canRead() throws Exception {
 		assertTrue("Converter does not support reading @XmlRootElement", converter.canRead(RootElement.class, null));
@@ -197,7 +203,6 @@ public class Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverterTest {
 	}
 
 	public static class RootElementSubclass extends RootElement {
-
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/SourceHttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/SourceHttpMessageConverterTests.java
index a73e1b18b5..69d6624444 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/SourceHttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/SourceHttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 /**
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  */
 public class SourceHttpMessageConverterTests {
 
@@ -254,4 +255,4 @@ public class SourceHttpMessageConverterTests {
 				outputMessage.getHeaders().getContentType());
 	}
 
-}
+}
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