Examples of errors detected by the V1114 diagnostic

V1114. Suspicious use of type conversion operator when working with COM interfaces. Consider using the 'QueryInterface' member function.

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V1114 Suspicious use of 'static_cast' when working with COM interfaces. Consider using the 'QueryInterface' member function. uiaTextRange.cpp 84

namespace Microsoft::Console::Types
{
    class ScreenInfoUiaProviderBase :
        public WRL::RuntimeClass<
            WRL::RuntimeClassFlags<WRL::ClassicCom | WRL::InhibitFtmBase>,
            IRawElementProviderSimple,
            IRawElementProviderFragment,
            ITextProvider
        >,
        public IUiaTraceable
    ....
}

namespace Microsoft::Console::Interactivity::Win32
{
    class ScreenInfoUiaProvider final :
        public Microsoft::Console::Types::ScreenInfoUiaProviderBase
    {
        ....
    }
    ....
}

HWND UiaTextRange::_getWindowHandle() const
{
    const auto provider = static_cast<ScreenInfoUiaProvider*>(_pProvider); // <=
    return provider->GetWindowHandle();
}