PMD Rule:UnusedNullCheckInEquals

[blacelle]

status != null && "hardcoded".equals(status)

[INFO] PMD version: 6.28.0
[INFO] PMD Failure: SomeClass:123 Rule:UnusedNullCheckInEquals Priority:3 Invoke equals() on the object you've already ensured is not null.

This rule looks quite easy to implement.

[blacelle]

https://pmd.sourceforge.io/pmd-6.31.0/pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#unusednullcheckinequals