GitHub user sachinbhalekar opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/4225
KAFKA-6218 : Optimize condition in if statement to reduce the number of comparisons Changed the condition in **if** statement **(schema.name() == null || !(schema.name().equals(LOGICAL_NAME)))** which requires two comparisons in worst case with **(!LOGICAL_NAME.equals(schema.name()))** which requires single comparison in all cases and _avoids null pointer exception.  _ ### Committer Checklist (excluded from commit message) - [+ ] Verify design and implementation - [+ ] Verify test coverage and CI build status - [+ ] Verify documentation (including upgrade notes) You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/sachinbhalekar/kafka trunk Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/4225.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #4225 ---- commit 0a0058cb680ce319794d26dcabc8c6c4415d2684 Author: sachinbhalekar <32234013+sachinbhale...@users.noreply.github.com> Date: 2017-11-16T02:40:59Z Merge pull request #2 from apache/trunk get latest code commit 2281e2fbab8d0ff65f56414d0bbb1d0cb2a2a9ad Author: sachinbhalekar <sachinbansibhale...@gmail.com> Date: 2017-11-16T02:49:42Z Changed the condition in if statement (schema.name() == null || !(schema.name().equals(LOGICAL_NAME))) which requires two comparisons in worst case with (!LOGICAL_NAME.equals(schema.name())) which requires single comparison in all cases and avoids null pointer exception. ---- ---