Activate PMD rule SimplifyConditional: No need to check for null before an instanceof; the instanceof keyword returns false when given a null argument. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBIDE-3358 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-3358 Project: Tools (JBoss Tools) Issue Type: Sub-task Affects Versions: 3.0.0.cr1 Reporter: Denis Golovin Assignee: Denis Golovin Fix For: 3.1.0 Even simple search "!=.*null.*instanceof" through workspace shows around 200 matches -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira