Reduce 'Object' class usage

3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/asm/src/main/java/org/aspectj/asm/AsmManager.java b/asm/src/main/java/org/aspectj/asm/AsmManager.java
index 5a94c69fb..048e3c180 100644
--- a/asm/src/main/java/org/aspectj/asm/AsmManager.java
+++ b/asm/src/main/java/org/aspectj/asm/AsmManager.java
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ public class AsmManager implements IStructureModel {
 		Set<String> deletedNodes = new HashSet<>();
 		for (File fileForCompilation : files) {
 			String correctedPath = getCanonicalFilePath(fileForCompilation);
-			IProgramElement progElem = (IProgramElement) hierarchy.findInFileMap(correctedPath);
+			IProgramElement progElem = hierarchy.findInFileMap(correctedPath);
 			if (progElem != null) {
 				// Found it, let's remove it
 				if (dumpDeltaProcessing) {
diff --git a/asm/src/main/java/org/aspectj/asm/IHierarchy.java b/asm/src/main/java/org/aspectj/asm/IHierarchy.java
index 681617942..5fabfe31b 100644
--- a/asm/src/main/java/org/aspectj/asm/IHierarchy.java
+++ b/asm/src/main/java/org/aspectj/asm/IHierarchy.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public interface IHierarchy extends Serializable {
 		setFileMap((Map<String, IProgramElement>) fileMap);
 	}
 
-	Object findInFileMap(Object key);
+	IProgramElement findInFileMap(String key);
 
 	Set<Map.Entry<String, IProgramElement>> getFileMapEntrySet();
 
diff --git a/asm/src/main/java/org/aspectj/asm/internal/AspectJElementHierarchy.java b/asm/src/main/java/org/aspectj/asm/internal/AspectJElementHierarchy.java
index 74c48a1b6..16fba3857 100644
--- a/asm/src/main/java/org/aspectj/asm/internal/AspectJElementHierarchy.java
+++ b/asm/src/main/java/org/aspectj/asm/internal/AspectJElementHierarchy.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class AspectJElementHierarchy implements IHierarchy {
 		this.fileMap = fileMap;
 	}
 
-	public Object findInFileMap(Object key) {
+	public IProgramElement findInFileMap(String key) {
 		return fileMap.get(key);
 	}
 
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ public class AspectJElementHierarchy implements IHierarchy {
 			} else {
 				String correctedPath = asm.getCanonicalFilePath(new File(sourceFile));
 				// StructureNode node = (StructureNode)getFileMap().get(correctedPath);//findFileNode(filePath, model);
-				IProgramElement node = (IProgramElement) findInFileMap(correctedPath);// findFileNode(filePath, model);
+				IProgramElement node = findInFileMap(correctedPath);// findFileNode(filePath, model);
 				if (node != null) {
 					return node;
 				} else {