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Comparison of 'short' and 'char' values

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports equality comparisons between short and char values.

Such comparisons may cause subtle bugs because while both values are 2-byte long, short values are signed, and char values are unsigned.

Example:

if (Character.MAX_VALUE == shortValue()) {} //never can be true

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ComparisonOfShortAndChar
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Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Java, 243.23126