src/hotspot/share/oops/metadata.cpp

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.

@@ -42,12 +42,8 @@
 }
 
 char* Metadata::print_value_string() const {
   char buf[256];
   stringStream st(buf, sizeof(buf));
-  if (this == NULL) {
-    st.print("NULL");
-  } else {
     print_value_on(&st);
-  }
   return st.as_string();
 }