From 8a03144a43feb940dafe06bed8ccb83269b94d35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RossTheRoss <msattr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:50:56 -0600
Subject: Get rid of kludge try-catch and replace with if

---
 csci1913/Java/project3/project3_strap012.java | 14 +++-----------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

(limited to 'csci1913')

diff --git a/csci1913/Java/project3/project3_strap012.java b/csci1913/Java/project3/project3_strap012.java
index 16290aa..0bed110 100644
--- a/csci1913/Java/project3/project3_strap012.java
+++ b/csci1913/Java/project3/project3_strap012.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class AnagramTree {
     }
 
     private void findAnagrams(TreeNode subtree) {
-        try {
+        if (subtree != null) {
             if (subtree.words.next != null) {
                 System.out.println();
                 while (subtree.words != null) {
@@ -78,16 +78,8 @@ class AnagramTree {
                     subtree.words = subtree.words.next;
                 }
             }
-            if (subtree != null) {
-                findAnagrams(subtree.left);
-                findAnagrams(subtree.right);
-            }
-        } catch (NullPointerException ignore) {
-            /*
-             This exception exists as a kludge for any time
-             subtree is null. The program does bad things
-             if this is not present.
-            */
+            findAnagrams(subtree.left);
+            findAnagrams(subtree.right);
         }
     }
     
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