Useless casts

src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/IntrospectionHelper.java

@@ -875,13 +875,13 @@ public final class IntrospectionHelper {
      * @since Ant 1.6.3
      */
     public Method getElementMethod(final String elementName) throws BuildException {
-        final Object creator = nestedCreators.get(elementName);
+        final NestedCreator creator = nestedCreators.get(elementName);
         if (creator == null) {
             throw new UnsupportedElementException("Class "
                     + bean.getName() + " doesn't support the nested \""
                     + elementName + "\" element.", elementName);
         }
-        return ((NestedCreator) creator).method;
+        return creator.method;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -896,13 +896,13 @@ public final class IntrospectionHelper {
      * @since Ant 1.6.3
      */
     public Method getAttributeMethod(final String attributeName) throws BuildException {
-        final Object setter = attributeSetters.get(attributeName);
+        final AttributeSetter setter = attributeSetters.get(attributeName);
         if (setter == null) {
             throw new UnsupportedAttributeException("Class "
                     + bean.getName() + " doesn't support the \""
                     + attributeName + "\" attribute.", attributeName);
         }
-        return ((AttributeSetter) setter).method;
+        return setter.method;
     }
 
     /**

src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/selectors/SelectSelector.java

@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ public class SelectSelector extends BaseSelectorContainer {
      * referenced Selector.
      */
     private SelectSelector getRef() {
-        Object o = getCheckedRef(this.getClass(), "SelectSelector");
-        return (SelectSelector) o;
+        return getCheckedRef(this.getClass(), "SelectSelector");
     }
 
     /**