Avoid unnecessary boxing.

Change-Id: I8fce87e3b1ba1f65f0e379c60e5d71d637228b61

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public class NullDeviceProvider extends AbstractProvider implements DeviceProvid
                 newDevNum = getDevicesConfig(s);
             }
             s = (String) properties.get("numPorts");
-            newPortNum = isNullOrEmpty(s) ? DEF_NUMPORTS : Integer.valueOf(s.trim());
+            newPortNum = isNullOrEmpty(s) ? DEF_NUMPORTS : Integer.parseInt(s.trim());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             log.warn(e.getMessage());
             newDevNum = numDevices;
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public class NullDeviceProvider extends AbstractProvider implements DeviceProvid
                 NodeId that = new NodeId(params[0].trim());
                 String nd = params[1];
                 if (clusterService.getLocalNode().id().equals(that)) {
-                    return Integer.valueOf(nd.trim());
+                    return Integer.parseInt(nd.trim());
                 }
                 continue;
             }

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public class NullLinkProvider extends AbstractProvider implements LinkProvider {
         String newNbor;
         try {
             String s = (String) properties.get("eventRate");
-            newRate = isNullOrEmpty(s) ? eventRate : Integer.valueOf(s.trim());
+            newRate = isNullOrEmpty(s) ? eventRate : Integer.parseInt(s.trim());
             s = (String) properties.get("neighbors");
             newNbor = isNullOrEmpty(s) ? neighbor : getNeighbor(s.trim());
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public class NullLinkProvider extends AbstractProvider implements LinkProvider {
 
                 String part = part(did.toString());
                 String npart = nIdPart(did.toString());
-                if (part.equals("ffff") & npart.equals(neighbor)) {
+                if (part.equals("ffff") && npart.equals(neighbor)) {
                     // 'tail' of our neighboring island - link us <- tail
                     tails.add(new ConnectPoint(did, SRCPORT));
                 }

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class NullPacketProvider extends AbstractProvider implements
         int newRate;
         try {
             String s = String.valueOf(properties.get("pktRate"));
-            newRate = isNullOrEmpty(s) ? pktRate : Integer.valueOf(s.trim());
+            newRate = isNullOrEmpty(s) ? pktRate : Integer.parseInt(s.trim());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             log.warn(e.getMessage());
             newRate = pktRate;