the if statement is redundant java

Question

I am creating a class for an application which has methods checking if the current time is within a specified range.

public boolean visitorEntry()
{
    currentTime = LocalTime.now();
    start = LocalTime.of(8, 30);
    finish = LocalTime.of(22,0);   

    if (currentTime.isAfter(start) && currentTime.isBefore(finish))
        return true;
    else return false;
}

I am using NetBeans and am being told that the if statement is redundant. I assume my condition is logically incorrect and always evaluates to true but I don't understand why.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

What it means is you can write :

return currentTime.isAfter(start) && currentTime.isBefore(finish);

On NetBeans, if you hit Alt-Enter while the cursor is on if and select "The if statement is redundant" it will do this simplification itself.