@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
 
 	[self release];
 
 	pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
 
-	if (![[element name] isEqual: [self className]] ||
-	    ![[element namespace] isEqual: OF_SERIALIZATION_NS])
+	if (![element.name isEqual: self.className] ||
+	    ![element.namespace isEqual: OF_SERIALIZATION_NS])
 		@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException exception];
 
 	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 
 	return [OFNull null];
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@
 - (OFXMLElement *)XMLElementBySerializing
 {
 	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
 	OFXMLElement *element;
 
-	element = [OFXMLElement elementWithName: [self className]
+	element = [OFXMLElement elementWithName: self.className
 				      namespace: OF_SERIALIZATION_NS];
 
 	[element retain];
 
 	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);