/**
* Casting an enclosing instance will considered as useful if removing it would actually bind to a
* different type
*/
public static void checkNeedForEnclosingInstanceCast(
BlockScope scope,
Expression enclosingInstance,
TypeBinding enclosingInstanceType,
TypeBinding memberType) {
if (scope.compilerOptions().getSeverity(CompilerOptions.UnnecessaryTypeCheck)
== ProblemSeverities.Ignore) return;
TypeBinding castedExpressionType = ((CastExpression) enclosingInstance).expression.resolvedType;
if (castedExpressionType == null) return; // cannot do better
// obvious identity cast
if (castedExpressionType == enclosingInstanceType) {
scope.problemReporter().unnecessaryCast((CastExpression) enclosingInstance);
} else if (castedExpressionType == TypeBinding.NULL) {
return; // tolerate null enclosing instance cast
} else {
TypeBinding alternateEnclosingInstanceType = castedExpressionType;
if (castedExpressionType.isBaseType() || castedExpressionType.isArrayType())
return; // error case
if (memberType
== scope.getMemberType(
memberType.sourceName(), (ReferenceBinding) alternateEnclosingInstanceType)) {
scope.problemReporter().unnecessaryCast((CastExpression) enclosingInstance);
}
}
}
