Remove variable assignment just before returning it

Use final

src/test/java/org/apache/commons/logging/PathableClassLoader.java

@@ -317,8 +317,7 @@ public class PathableClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
                 final String prefix = (String) entry.getKey();
                 if (name.startsWith(prefix)) {
                     final ClassLoader loader = (ClassLoader) entry.getValue();
-                    final Class clazz = Class.forName(name, resolve, loader);
-                    return clazz;
+                    return Class.forName(name, resolve, loader);
                 }
             }
         }

src/test/java/org/apache/commons/logging/avalon/AvalonLoggerTestCase.java

@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ public class AvalonLoggerTestCase extends AbstractLogTest {
 
     @Override
     public Log getLogObject() {
-        // Output does not seem to be used, so don't display it.
-        final Log log = new AvalonLogger(new NullLogger());
-        return log;
+        return new AvalonLogger(new NullLogger());
     }
 }

src/test/java/org/apache/commons/logging/security/SecurityForbiddenTestCase.java

@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ public class SecurityForbiddenTestCase extends TestCase {
     private Object loadClass(final String name, final ClassLoader classLoader) {
         try {
             final Class clazz = classLoader.loadClass(name);
-            final Object obj = clazz.getConstructor().newInstance();
-            return obj;
+            return clazz.getConstructor().newInstance();
         } catch (final Exception e) {
             final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
             final PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);

src/test/java/org/apache/commons/logging/slf4j/CallerInformationTestCase.java

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class CallerInformationTestCase extends TestCase {
         appender.clearAllFilters();
         appender.addFilter(new Filter<ILoggingEvent>() {
             @Override
-            public FilterReply decide(ILoggingEvent event) {
+            public FilterReply decide(final ILoggingEvent event) {
                 // Force the registration of caller data
                 event.getCallerData();
                 return FilterReply.NEUTRAL;

src/test/java/org/apache/commons/logging/tccl/BadTCCLTestCase.java

@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ public class BadTCCLTestCase extends TestCase {
     public static Test suite() throws Exception {
         final PathableClassLoader contextClassLoader = new PathableClassLoader(null);
         contextClassLoader.useExplicitLoader("junit.", Test.class.getClassLoader());
-        final PathableTestSuite suite = new PathableTestSuite(BadTCCLTestCase.class, contextClassLoader);
-        return suite;
+        return new PathableTestSuite(BadTCCLTestCase.class, contextClassLoader);
     }
 
     // test methods

src/test/java/org/apache/commons/logging/tccl/NullTCCLTestCase.java

@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 public class NullTCCLTestCase extends TestCase {
 
     public static Test suite() throws Exception {
-        final PathableTestSuite suite = new PathableTestSuite(NullTCCLTestCase.class, null);
-        return suite;
+        return new PathableTestSuite(NullTCCLTestCase.class, null);
     }
 
     // test methods