diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/engine/model/builder/xml/DefaultDocumentLoader.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/engine/model/builder/xml/DefaultDocumentLoader.java
index 488e15c9..9b488f42 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/engine/model/builder/xml/DefaultDocumentLoader.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/engine/model/builder/xml/DefaultDocumentLoader.java
@@ -93,9 +93,7 @@ public class DefaultDocumentLoader implements DocumentLoader {
 	}
 
 	public Document loadDocument(Resource resource) throws IOException, ParserConfigurationException, SAXException {
-		InputStream is = null;
-		try {
-			is = resource.getInputStream();
+		try (InputStream is = resource.getInputStream()) {
 			DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
 			factory.setValidating(isValidating());
 			factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
@@ -111,10 +109,6 @@ public class DefaultDocumentLoader implements DocumentLoader {
 			docBuilder.setErrorHandler(new SimpleSaxErrorHandler(logger));
 			docBuilder.setEntityResolver(getEntityResolver());
 			return docBuilder.parse(is);
-		} finally {
-			if (is != null) {
-				is.close();
-			}
 		}
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/execution/repository/snapshot/SerializedFlowExecutionSnapshot.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/execution/repository/snapshot/SerializedFlowExecutionSnapshot.java
index 5d1b46e6..06b17281 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/execution/repository/snapshot/SerializedFlowExecutionSnapshot.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/execution/repository/snapshot/SerializedFlowExecutionSnapshot.java
@@ -168,13 +168,10 @@ public class SerializedFlowExecutionSnapshot extends FlowExecutionSnapshot imple
 	 */
 	protected byte[] serialize(FlowExecution flowExecution) throws IOException {
 		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(1024);
-		ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
-		try {
+		try (ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos)) {
 			oos.writeObject(flowExecution);
 			oos.flush();
 			return baos.toByteArray();
-		} finally {
-			oos.close();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -189,11 +186,8 @@ public class SerializedFlowExecutionSnapshot extends FlowExecutionSnapshot imple
 	 */
 	protected FlowExecution deserialize(byte[] data, ClassLoader classLoader) throws IOException,
 			ClassNotFoundException {
-		ObjectInputStream ois = new ConfigurableObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(data), classLoader);
-		try {
+		try (ObjectInputStream ois = new ConfigurableObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(data), classLoader)) {
 			return (FlowExecution) ois.readObject();
-		} finally {
-			ois.close();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -203,12 +197,9 @@ public class SerializedFlowExecutionSnapshot extends FlowExecutionSnapshot imple
 	 */
 	protected byte[] compress(byte[] dataToCompress) throws IOException {
 		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-		GZIPOutputStream gzipos = new GZIPOutputStream(baos);
-		try {
+		try (GZIPOutputStream gzipos = new GZIPOutputStream(baos)) {
 			gzipos.write(dataToCompress);
 			gzipos.flush();
-		} finally {
-			gzipos.close();
 		}
 		return baos.toByteArray();
 	}