There is implicit null check in line before. https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/431d4f7e18369466eedd00926a5162a1461d0b25/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/ObjectOutputStream.java#L1267-L1277
'cl' can't be null after that. ------------- Commit messages: - [PATCH] Remove redundant null check in ObjectOutputStream.writeProxyDesc Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20351/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=20351&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8337840 Stats: 2 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 2 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20351.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/20351/head:pull/20351 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20351
