diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/NotifyServiceRest.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/NotifyServiceRest.java
index 7e23ba8c84..92a3eab7bc 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/NotifyServiceRest.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/NotifyServiceRest.java
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ package org.dspace.app.rest.model;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.dspace.app.rest.RestResourceController;
-
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.RestResourceController;
 
 /**
  * The NotifyServiceEntity REST Resource
@@ -113,6 +112,5 @@ public class NotifyServiceRest extends BaseObjectRest<Integer> {
     public void setScore(BigDecimal score) {
         this.score = score;
     }
-    
-    
+
 }
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/NotifyServiceRestRepository.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/NotifyServiceRestRepository.java
index f966e2997e..8c9bc579c1 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/NotifyServiceRestRepository.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/NotifyServiceRestRepository.java
@@ -13,12 +13,10 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.List;
 import javax.servlet.ServletInputStream;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-
 import org.dspace.app.ldn.NotifyServiceEntity;
 import org.dspace.app.ldn.NotifyServiceInboundPattern;
 import org.dspace.app.ldn.NotifyServiceOutboundPattern;
@@ -39,10 +37,8 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.ResourceNotFoundException;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-import org.springframework.web.server.ResponseStatusException;
 
 /**
  * This is the repository responsible to manage NotifyService Rest object
@@ -102,21 +98,21 @@ public class NotifyServiceRestRepository extends DSpaceRestRepository<NotifyServ
             throw new UnprocessableEntityException("Error parsing request body", e1);
         }
 
-        if(notifyServiceRest.getScore() != null) {
-            if(notifyServiceRest.getScore().compareTo(java.math.BigDecimal.ZERO) == -1 || 
+        if (notifyServiceRest.getScore() != null) {
+            if (notifyServiceRest.getScore().compareTo(java.math.BigDecimal.ZERO) == -1 ||
                 notifyServiceRest.getScore().compareTo(java.math.BigDecimal.ONE) == 1) {
                 throw new UnprocessableEntityException(format("Score out of range [0, 1] %s",
                     notifyServiceRest.getScore().setScale(4).toPlainString()));
-            }    
+            }
         }
-        
+
         NotifyServiceEntity notifyServiceEntity = notifyService.create(context);
         notifyServiceEntity.setName(notifyServiceRest.getName());
         notifyServiceEntity.setDescription(notifyServiceRest.getDescription());
         notifyServiceEntity.setUrl(notifyServiceRest.getUrl());
         notifyServiceEntity.setLdnUrl(notifyServiceRest.getLdnUrl());
         notifyServiceEntity.setEnabled(notifyServiceRest.isEnabled());
-        
+
         if (notifyServiceRest.getNotifyServiceInboundPatterns() != null) {
             appendNotifyServiceInboundPatterns(context, notifyServiceEntity,
                 notifyServiceRest.getNotifyServiceInboundPatterns());
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/patch/operation/ldn/NotifyServiceScoreAddOperation.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/patch/operation/ldn/NotifyServiceScoreAddOperation.java
index 699014745d..01c5dd3a66 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/patch/operation/ldn/NotifyServiceScoreAddOperation.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/patch/operation/ldn/NotifyServiceScoreAddOperation.java
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ public class NotifyServiceScoreAddOperation extends PatchOperation<NotifyService
         BigDecimal scoreBigDecimal = null;
         try {
             scoreBigDecimal = new BigDecimal(score.toString());
-        }catch(Exception e) {
+        } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new DSpaceBadRequestException(format("Score out of range [0, 1] %s", score.toString()));
         }
-        if(scoreBigDecimal.compareTo(java.math.BigDecimal.ZERO) == -1 || 
+        if (scoreBigDecimal.compareTo(java.math.BigDecimal.ZERO) == -1 ||
             scoreBigDecimal.compareTo(java.math.BigDecimal.ONE) == 1) {
             throw new UnprocessableEntityException(format("Score out of range [0, 1] %s",
                 scoreBigDecimal.setScale(4).toPlainString()));
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/patch/operation/ldn/NotifyServiceScoreReplaceOperation.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/patch/operation/ldn/NotifyServiceScoreReplaceOperation.java
index 98ab88264f..95824c7063 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/patch/operation/ldn/NotifyServiceScoreReplaceOperation.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/patch/operation/ldn/NotifyServiceScoreReplaceOperation.java
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ public class NotifyServiceScoreReplaceOperation extends PatchOperation<NotifySer
         }
         BigDecimal scoreBigDecimal = null;
         try {
-            scoreBigDecimal = new BigDecimal(score.toString());            
-        }catch(Exception e) {
+            scoreBigDecimal = new BigDecimal(score.toString());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new DSpaceBadRequestException(format("Score out of range [0, 1] %s", score));
         }
-        if(scoreBigDecimal.compareTo(java.math.BigDecimal.ZERO) == -1 || 
+        if (scoreBigDecimal.compareTo(java.math.BigDecimal.ZERO) == -1 ||
             scoreBigDecimal.compareTo(java.math.BigDecimal.ONE) == 1) {
             throw new UnprocessableEntityException(format("Score out of range [0, 1] %s", score));
         }
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/NotifyServiceRestRepositoryIT.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/NotifyServiceRestRepositoryIT.java
index 02d8c1173e..dc6252337b 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/NotifyServiceRestRepositoryIT.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/NotifyServiceRestRepositoryIT.java
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
-
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomUtils;
 import org.dspace.app.ldn.NotifyServiceEntity;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.model.NotifyServiceInboundPatternRest;
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ import org.dspace.builder.NotifyServiceBuilder;
 import org.dspace.builder.NotifyServiceInboundPatternBuilder;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-
 /**
  * Integration test class for {@link NotifyServiceRestRepository}.
  *