+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 import org.openecomp.mso.properties.MsoJavaProperties;
 
 public class InfraUtils {
                 // Check for allowable actions
         String actionsPropertyName = requestType + "." + version + ".ApiAllowableActions";
         String allowableActions = props.getProperty(actionsPropertyName, null);
-        boolean actionAllowed = false;
-        if (allowableActions != null) {
-               String allowableActionsList[] = allowableActions.split(",");
-               for (int i=0; i<allowableActionsList.length; i++) {                     
-                       if (action.equals (allowableActionsList[i])) {
-                               actionAllowed = true;
-                               break;
-                       }
-               }
-        }
-        else {
-               actionAllowed = true;
-        }
-        return actionAllowed;
+        return allowableActions == null || Arrays.asList(allowableActions.split(",")).contains(action);
        }
        
        // Checks if the name is acceptable for heat stack
        public static boolean isValidHeatName(String name) {
-               if (name.matches("^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_\\.-]*$"))
-                       return true;
-               return false;
+               return name.matches("^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_\\.-]*$");
        }