never be null. */ protected void describeMismatchSafe(T item, Description mismatchDescription) { super.describeMismatch(item, mismatchDescription); } /** * Methods made final to prevent accidental override. * If you need to override this, there's no point on extending TypeSafeMatcher. * Instead, extend the {@link BaseMatcher}. */ @Override @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"}) public final boolean matches(Object item) { return item != null && expectedType.isInstance(item) && matchesSafely((T) item); } @...