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Too weak variable type leads to unnecessary cast

Reports type casts that can be removed if the variable type is narrowed to the cast type.

Example:

Object x = " string "; System.out.println(((String)x).trim());

Here, changing the type of x to String makes the cast redundant. The suggested quick-fix updates the variable type and removes all redundant casts on that variable:

String x = " string "; System.out.println(x.trim());

New in 2018.2

Inspection Details

Available in:

IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3

Plugin:

Java, 233.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 13 July 2023