== Why is this an issue?

Appending `String.valueOf()` to a `String` decreases the code readability.

The argument passed to `String.valueOf()` should be directly appended instead.


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,java,diff-id=1,diff-type=noncompliant]
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String message = "Output is " + String.valueOf(12);
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=== Compliant solution

[source,java,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant]
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String message = "Output is " + 12;
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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

Directly append the argument of String.valueOf().


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== Comments And Links
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=== on 16 Aug 2013, 12:51:37 Dinesh Bolkensteyn wrote:
\[~ann.campbell.2] I though you didn't like 'source code' ... but here it is "and decreases the readability of the source code" ;-)

=== on 16 Aug 2013, 14:30:04 Dinesh Bolkensteyn wrote:
The deprecatied rule covered also this case AFAIK:


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String a = String.valueOf("foo");
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which will not be covered by this rule.

=== on 16 Aug 2013, 15:20:24 Dinesh Bolkensteyn wrote:
Implemented by \http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SONARJAVA-241

=== on 17 Aug 2013, 15:54:50 Ann Campbell wrote:
 I don't [~dinesh.bolkensteyn]], but without a list of rules, I try to conform to what appears to be the established standard. :-)

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