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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8258422

Cleanup unnecessary null comparison before instanceof check in java.base

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • P4
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • None
    • 17
    • core-libs
    • b05

    Description

      Update code checks both non-null and instance of a class in java.base module classes.
      The checks and explicit casts could also be replaced with pattern matching for the instanceof operator.
      For example:
          The following code:
              if ((obj != null) && (obj instanceof File)) {
                  return compareTo((File)obj) == 0;
          Can be simplified to:
              if (obj instanceof File file) {
                  return compareTo(file) == 0;

      The initial patch was proposed by Andrey Turbanov(turbanoff):
      https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20

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              aefimov Aleksej Efimov
              aefimov Aleksej Efimov
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