From 7a8d6c3698c99a4707506e27c19d85a3cea78ed4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ribeaudc <ribeaudc>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:07:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] change: - Allow null as parameter.

SVN: 4467
---
 .../exceptions/CheckedExceptionTunnel.java    | 20 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/exceptions/CheckedExceptionTunnel.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/exceptions/CheckedExceptionTunnel.java
index af098c172e3..f7175425178 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/exceptions/CheckedExceptionTunnel.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/exceptions/CheckedExceptionTunnel.java
@@ -43,18 +43,17 @@ public final class CheckedExceptionTunnel extends RuntimeException
      * {@link RuntimeException}, itself is returned, otherwise a {@link CheckedExceptionTunnel} with <var>exception</var>
      * as checked exception argument.
      * 
-     * @param exception The exception to represent by the return value.
+     * @param exceptionOrNull The exception to represent by the return value.
      * @return A {@link RuntimeException} representing the <var>exception</var>.
      */
-    public final static RuntimeException wrapIfNecessary(final Exception exception)
+    public final static RuntimeException wrapIfNecessary(final Exception exceptionOrNull)
     {
-        assert exception != null : "Unspecified exception.";
-        if (exception instanceof RuntimeException)
+        if (exceptionOrNull instanceof RuntimeException)
         {
-            return (RuntimeException) exception;
+            return (RuntimeException) exceptionOrNull;
         } else
         {
-            return new CheckedExceptionTunnel(exception);
+            return new CheckedExceptionTunnel(exceptionOrNull);
         }
     }
 
@@ -62,16 +61,15 @@ public final class CheckedExceptionTunnel extends RuntimeException
      * Returns the original exception before being wrapped, if the exception has been wrapped, or <var>exception</var>
      * otherwise.
      */
-    public final static Exception unwrapIfNecessary(final RuntimeException exception)
+    public final static Exception unwrapIfNecessary(final Exception exceptionOrNull)
     {
-        assert exception != null : "Unspecified exception.";
-        if (exception instanceof CheckedExceptionTunnel)
+        if (exceptionOrNull instanceof CheckedExceptionTunnel)
         {
             // We are sur that the wrapped exception is an 'Exception'.
-            return (Exception) exception.getCause();
+            return (Exception) exceptionOrNull.getCause();
         } else
         {
-            return exception;
+            return exceptionOrNull;
         }
     }
 
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