Unnecessary assignments are removed. (#1107)

diff --git a/modules/accumulo/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/accumulo/format/FluoFormatter.java b/modules/accumulo/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/accumulo/format/FluoFormatter.java
index e202816..96da40d 100644
--- a/modules/accumulo/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/accumulo/format/FluoFormatter.java
+++ b/modules/accumulo/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/accumulo/format/FluoFormatter.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
       return sb.toString();
     } else {
       long ts = key.getTimestamp();
-      String type = "";
+      String type;
       ColumnType colType = ColumnType.from(ts);
 
       switch (colType) {
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/VisibilityCacheTest.java b/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/VisibilityCacheTest.java
index 1e207f2..6f9f672 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/VisibilityCacheTest.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/VisibilityCacheTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,5 @@
   public void testVisibilityCacheConstructor() {
     VisibilityCache cache = new VisibilityCache(new FluoConfiguration());
     Assert.assertNotNull("VisibilityCache failed to instantiate.", cache);
-    cache = null;
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/integration/TestUtil.java b/modules/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/integration/TestUtil.java
index 61ce45e..af3d23f 100644
--- a/modules/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/integration/TestUtil.java
+++ b/modules/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/integration/TestUtil.java
@@ -27,17 +27,13 @@
   private static final Bytes ZERO = Bytes.of("0");
 
   public static void increment(TransactionBase tx, Bytes row, Column col, int val) {
-    int prev = 0;
     String prevStr = tx.get(row, col, ZERO).toString();
-    prev = Integer.parseInt(prevStr);
-    tx.set(row, col, Bytes.of(prev + val + ""));
+    tx.set(row, col, Bytes.of(Integer.toString(Integer.parseInt(prevStr) + val)));
   }
 
   public static void increment(TransactionBase tx, String row, Column col, int val) {
-    int prev = 0;
     String prevStr = tx.gets(row, col, "0");
-    prev = Integer.parseInt(prevStr);
-    tx.set(row, col, prev + val + "");
+    tx.set(row, col, Integer.toString(Integer.parseInt(prevStr) + val));
   }
 
   public static int getOrDefault(SnapshotBase snap, String row, Column col, int defaultVal) {