java - Why is my IDE telling me my if statement is redundant?

Question

Why is NetBeans with TMC (IDE recommended by MOOC fi Java) telling my that my final if statement is redundant?

@Override
    public boolean equals(Object object) {
        if (this == object) {
            return true;
        }
        if (object == null) {
            return false;
        }
        if (this.getClass() != object.getClass()) {
            return false;
        }
        LicensePlate compared = (LicensePlate) object;
        
        if (!this.country.equals(compared.country)) {
            return false;
        }
        if (!this.liNumber.equals(compared.liNumber)) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
        
    }

Answer 1

I would assume that you can simplify it using the return statement.

Example:

return this.liNumber.equals(compared.liNumber);