[MCOMPILER-384] Remove null checks in conjunction with instanceof

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.9.0
• Assignee: Olivier Lamy
• Reporter: Russell Howe
• Created: 05/May/19 08:05
• Updated: 23/Dec/20 09:00
• Resolved: 20/May/19 06:34

Description

There are a few places where we check for nullity prior to checking type with instanceof.

These null checks are redundant as per the Java language specification https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se11/html/jls-15.html#jls-15.20.2