diff --git a/tool/test/org/antlr/v4/test/TestXPath.java b/tool/test/org/antlr/v4/test/TestXPath.java
index 1e98a0122..f36864807 100644
--- a/tool/test/org/antlr/v4/test/TestXPath.java
+++ b/tool/test/org/antlr/v4/test/TestXPath.java
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ public class TestXPath extends BaseTest {
 		"INT :   [0-9]+ ;         // match integers\n" +
 		"NEWLINE:'\\r'? '\\n' -> skip;     // return newlines to parser (is end-statement signal)\n" +
 		"WS  :   [ \\t]+ -> skip ; // toss out whitespace\n";
+	public static final String SAMPLE_PROGRAM =
+			"def f(x,y) { x = 3+4; y; ; }\n" +
+			"def g(x) { return 1+2*x; }\n";
 
 	@Test public void testValidPaths() throws Exception {
 		boolean ok =
@@ -53,9 +56,6 @@ public class TestXPath extends BaseTest {
 										  "ExprLexer", false);
 		assertTrue(ok);
 
-		String input =
-			"def f(x,y) { x = 3+4; y; ; }\n" +
-			"def g(x) { return 1+2*x; }\n";
 		String xpath[] = {
 			"/prog/func",		// all funcs under prog at root
 			"/prog/*",			// all children of prog at root
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class TestXPath extends BaseTest {
 		};
 
 		for (int i=0; i<xpath.length; i++) {
-			List<String> nodes = getNodeStrings(input, xpath[i], "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
+			List<String> nodes = getNodeStrings(SAMPLE_PROGRAM, xpath[i], "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
 			String result = nodes.toString();
 			assertEquals("path "+xpath[i]+" failed", expected[i], result);
 		}
@@ -114,13 +114,10 @@ public class TestXPath extends BaseTest {
 										  "ExprLexer", false);
 		assertTrue(ok);
 
-		String input =
-			"def f(x,y) { x = 3+4; y; ; }\n" +
-			"def g(x) { return 1+2*x; }\n";
 		String path = "&";
 		String expected = "Invalid tokens or characters at index 0 in path '&'";
 
-		testError(input, path, expected, "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
+		testError(SAMPLE_PROGRAM, path, expected, "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
 	}
 
 	@Test public void testWeirdChar2() throws Exception {
@@ -129,13 +126,10 @@ public class TestXPath extends BaseTest {
 										  "ExprLexer", false);
 		assertTrue(ok);
 
-		String input =
-			"def f(x,y) { x = 3+4; y; ; }\n" +
-			"def g(x) { return 1+2*x; }\n";
 		String path = "//w&e/";
 		String expected = "Invalid tokens or characters at index 3 in path '//w&e/'";
 
-		testError(input, path, expected, "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
+		testError(SAMPLE_PROGRAM, path, expected, "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
 	}
 
 	@Test public void testBadSyntax() throws Exception {
@@ -144,13 +138,10 @@ public class TestXPath extends BaseTest {
 										  "ExprLexer", false);
 		assertTrue(ok);
 
-		String input =
-			"def f(x,y) { x = 3+4; y; ; }\n" +
-			"def g(x) { return 1+2*x; }\n";
 		String path = "///";
 		String expected = "/ at index 2 isn't a valid rule name";
 
-		testError(input, path, expected, "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
+		testError(SAMPLE_PROGRAM, path, expected, "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
 	}
 
 	@Test public void testMissingWordAtEnd() throws Exception {
@@ -159,13 +150,10 @@ public class TestXPath extends BaseTest {
 										  "ExprLexer", false);
 		assertTrue(ok);
 
-		String input =
-			"def f(x,y) { x = 3+4; y; ; }\n" +
-			"def g(x) { return 1+2*x; }\n";
 		String path = "//";
 		String expected = "Missing path element at end of path";
 
-		testError(input, path, expected, "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
+		testError(SAMPLE_PROGRAM, path, expected, "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
 	}
 
 	@Test public void testBadTokenName() throws Exception {
@@ -174,13 +162,10 @@ public class TestXPath extends BaseTest {
 										  "ExprLexer", false);
 		assertTrue(ok);
 
-		String input =
-			"def f(x,y) { x = 3+4; y; ; }\n" +
-			"def g(x) { return 1+2*x; }\n";
 		String path = "//Ick";
 		String expected = "Ick at index 2 isn't a valid token name";
 
-		testError(input, path, expected, "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
+		testError(SAMPLE_PROGRAM, path, expected, "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
 	}
 
 	@Test public void testBadRuleName() throws Exception {
@@ -189,13 +174,10 @@ public class TestXPath extends BaseTest {
 										  "ExprLexer", false);
 		assertTrue(ok);
 
-		String input =
-			"def f(x,y) { x = 3+4; y; ; }\n" +
-			"def g(x) { return 1+2*x; }\n";
 		String path = "/prog/ick";
 		String expected = "ick at index 6 isn't a valid rule name";
 
-		testError(input, path, expected, "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
+		testError(SAMPLE_PROGRAM, path, expected, "prog", "ExprParser", "ExprLexer");
 	}
 
 	protected void testError(String input, String path, String expected,