Java favorite refactoring techniques

if (<some test>) {
    return someObject;
} else {
    return someOtherObject;
}

replace with:

if (<some test>) {
    return someObject;
}

return someOtherObject;

or for even more brevity and if the line isn't too long (ie you aren't creating the objects in-line):

return <some test> ? someObject : someOtherObject;

Guiding principles/patterns:

• less code is good
• redundant code is bad - when an if returns, there is no need for an "else"
• less indentation is good