Take into account Sonar comments

Author: thboileau

org.restlet/src/main/java/org/restlet/util/Series.java

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /**
  * Copyright 2005-2024 Qlik
- *<p>
+ * <p>
  * The content of this file is subject to the terms of the Apache 2.0 open
  * source license available at https://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache-2.0
- *<p>
+ * <p>
  * Restlet is a registered trademark of QlikTech International AB.
  */
 package org.restlet.util;
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
+
 import org.restlet.Context;
 
 /**
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ public void copyTo(Map<String, Object> params) {
                     } else {
                         // Second value found for this entry
                         // Create a list of values
-                        values = new ArrayList<Object>();
+                        values = new ArrayList<>();
                         values.add(currentValue);
                         params.put(param.getName(), values);
                     }
@@ -162,19 +163,15 @@ public T createEntry(String name, String value) {
      * @return True if both values are equal.
      */
     private boolean equals(String value1, String value2, boolean ignoreCase) {
-        boolean result = (value1 == value2);
-
-        if (!result) {
-            if ((value1 != null) && (value2 != null)) {
-                if (ignoreCase) {
-                    result = value1.equalsIgnoreCase(value2);
-                } else {
-                    result = value1.equals(value2);
-                }
+        if ((value1 != null) && (value2 != null)) {
+            if (ignoreCase) {
+                return value1.equalsIgnoreCase(value2);
+            } else {
+                return value1.equals(value2);
             }
         }
 
-        return result;
+        return false;
     }
 
     /**