== Why is this an issue?

Rather than creating a boxed primitive from a ``++String++`` to extract the primitive value, use the relevant ``++parse++`` method instead. It will be clearer and more efficient.


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,java]
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String myNum = "12.2";

float f = (new Float(myNum)).floatValue();  // Noncompliant; creates & discards a Float
----


=== Compliant solution

[source,java]
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String myNum = "12.2";

float f = Float.parseFloat(myNum);
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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

Use "XXX.parseYyy" for this string-to-yyy conversion.


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== Comments And Links
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=== on 10 Oct 2014, 13:58:53 Freddy Mallet wrote:
@Ann, for me this RSPEC fully duplicates RSPEC-2131, what's the difference ? Thanks

=== on 10 Oct 2014, 17:55:39 Ann Campbell wrote:
\[~freddy.mallet] they go in opposite directions. This one is string-to-primitive. The other is primitive-to-string. S'okay?

=== on 11 Oct 2014, 12:13:20 Freddy Mallet wrote:
Ok [~ann.campbell.2] !

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