2015-06-21 13:43 GMT+02:00 sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: > > > I'm not sure I understand; the equivalent of > > > > Boolean result = (Boolean) isSymbolicLink.invoke(null, path); > > return result.booleanValue(); > > > > Gives a style warning (uneccssary unboxing) in IntelliJ. > > That warning is wrong. > > Unboxing is clearly necessary here; it's just a question of whether it > is implicit or explicit. > > I have seen several cases where implicit boxing was associated with a code > bug. > For example, a local variable was defined as Boolean but always used as > boolean. >
This makes me curious; the only bug I know of in this context is the clasic NPE you can get in the automatic unboxing. Is there some other scenario you're thinking of ? (Uneccessary object allocation is obvious and something we try to avoid but hardly a bug. In this case I also think the object is unavoidable...) Kristian
