I was about to say the same. I wish it did, and applied the rule that null
never matches.
You could probably trick it with an ugly cast though.
((Object)getScene()) instanceof Scene s
Maybe?
Scott
> On Dec 5, 2023, at 3:43 PM, Michael Strauß <michaelstr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, this doesn't work. The Java language doesn't allow a
> pattern to be the same type as the expression.
>
>
>> On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 1:27 PM John Hendrikx <john.hendr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> When this runs on the FX thread it has to be safe, but it's not very nice.
>>
>> These days you can do these kind of null chain checks like this:
>>
>> if (getScene() instanceof Scene s && s.getWindow() instanceof
>> Window w && w.isShowing()) {
>>
>> }
>>
>> --John
