#1495 [java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn with assert

[rei3ner]

I checked UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn with the following code:

int res = xxx; assert res>=0;
return res;

This should be ok.
I think the assertion is ignored.

[Andreas Dangel]

Thanks for reporting!
This bug will be fixed with PMD 5.4.4, 5.5.3 and later.