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Performance problem due to unnecessary ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException





------- Additional Comments From keshlam@us.ibm.com  2002-11-13 19:53 -------
This is a question of whether we believe null will be a common or uncommon case. 
If uncommon, the exception may be lower total cost than applying the if-NULL 
test every time.

And it _SHOULD_ be uncommon, as we should rarely be asking for the DTM belonging 
to the NULL handle.

If you're seeing a significant number of these exceptions thrown, we may want to 
look at higher-level code to determine why this is happening, and whether a fix 
should be applied here or in the callers. And we want to be darned careful to 
_measure_ both the current code and the fix; as I remember it, I switched to the 
current version after such a measurement suggested that it was a net gain.