remove redundant inline casts in arguments where the type is inferred by the call target

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/Statement.qll

@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ class ThrowStmt extends Stmt, @throwstmt {
     or
     exists(Stmt mid |
       mid = this.findEnclosing() and
-      not exists(this.catchClauseForThis(mid.(TryStmt))) and
+      not exists(this.catchClauseForThis(mid)) and
       result = mid.getEnclosingStmt()
     )
   }
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ class ThrowStmt extends Stmt, @throwstmt {
   private CatchClause catchClauseForThis(TryStmt try) {
     result = try.getACatchClause() and
     result.getEnclosingCallable() = this.getEnclosingCallable() and
-    this.getExpr().getType().(RefType).hasSupertype*(result.getVariable().getType().(RefType)) and
+    this.getExpr().getType().(RefType).hasSupertype*(result.getVariable().getType()) and
     not this.getEnclosingStmt+() = result
   }
 

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/Type.qll

@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ class RefType extends Type, Annotatable, Modifiable, @reftype {
       this.getSourceDeclaration().inherits(f)
     )
     or
-    this.hasMethod(m.(Method), _)
+    this.hasMethod(m, _)
   }
 
   /** Holds if this is a top-level type, which is not nested inside any other types. */

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/rangeanalysis/SignAnalysisCommon.qll

@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ Sign exprSign(Expr e) {
       exists(VarAccess access | access = e |
         not exists(SsaVariable v | getARead(v) = access) and
         (
-          s = fieldSign(getField(access.(FieldAccess)))
+          s = fieldSign(getField(access))
           or
           anySign(s) and not access instanceof FieldAccess
         )

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/deadcode/DeadCode.qll

@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ predicate isLive(Callable c) {
  * would imply the liveness of `c`.
  */
 Callable possibleLivenessCause(Callable c, string reason) {
-  c.(Method).overridesOrInstantiates(result.(Method)) and
+  c.(Method).overridesOrInstantiates(result) and
   reason = "is overridden or instantiated by"
   or
   result.calls(c) and reason = "calls"
   or
-  result.callsConstructor(c.(Constructor)) and reason = "calls constructor"
+  result.callsConstructor(c) and reason = "calls constructor"
   or
   exists(ClassInstanceExpr e | e.getEnclosingCallable() = result |
     e.getConstructor() = c and reason = "constructs"
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class DeadMethod extends Callable {
     ) and
     not (
       this.(Method).isAbstract() and
-      exists(Method m | m.overridesOrInstantiates+(this.(Method)) | isLive(m))
+      exists(Method m | m.overridesOrInstantiates+(this) | isLive(m))
     ) and
     // A getter or setter associated with a live JPA field.
     //

java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Arithmetic/InformationLoss.ql

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class DangerousAssignOpExpr extends AssignOp {
   }
 }
 
-predicate problematicCasting(Type t, Expr e) { e.getType().(NumType).widerThan(t.(NumType)) }
+predicate problematicCasting(Type t, Expr e) { e.getType().(NumType).widerThan(t) }
 
 from DangerousAssignOpExpr a, Expr e
 where

java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-190/ArithmeticCommon.qll

@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ private import semmle.code.java.controlflow.internal.GuardsLogic
 predicate narrowerThanOrEqualTo(ArithExpr exp, NumType numType) {
   exp.getType().(NumType).widerThan(numType)
   implies
-  exists(CastExpr cast | cast.getAChildExpr() = exp |
-    numType.widerThanOrEqualTo(cast.getType().(NumType))
-  )
+  exists(CastExpr cast | cast.getAChildExpr() = exp | numType.widerThanOrEqualTo(cast.getType()))
 }
 
 private Guard sizeGuard(SsaVariable v, boolean branch, boolean upper) {

java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-681/NumericCastCommon.qll

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class NumericNarrowingCastExpr extends CastExpr {
     exists(NumericType sourceType, NumericType targetType |
       sourceType = getExpr().getType() and targetType = getType()
     |
-      not targetType.(NumType).widerThanOrEqualTo(sourceType.(NumType))
+      not targetType.(NumType).widerThanOrEqualTo(sourceType)
     )
   }
 }