[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8274505: Too weak variable type leads to unnecessary cast in java.desktop

[Goetz Lindenmaier]

I backport this for parity with 17.0.14-oracle.

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Commit messages:
 - Backport 9ca6bf0d22ac39d4ee29c756903038f09087ca12

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2848/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk17u-dev&pr=2848&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8274505
  Stats: 78 lines in 11 files changed: 0 ins; 22 del; 56 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2848.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev.git pull/2848/head:pull/2848

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2848