src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/sound/midi/ShortMessage.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

@@ -430,13 +430,11 @@
      */
     @Override
     public Object clone() {
         byte[] newData = new byte[length];
         System.arraycopy(data, 0, newData, 0, newData.length);
-
-        ShortMessage msg = new ShortMessage(newData);
-        return msg;
+        return new ShortMessage(newData);
     }
 
     /**
      * Retrieves the number of data bytes associated with a particular status
      * byte value.