From 94d3c71b023956b47c901ffbd889ab0f87689a15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Terence Parr <parrt@antlr.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 14:47:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] rm unneeded IF check

---
 .../Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/atn/PredictionContext.java  | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/atn/PredictionContext.java b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/atn/PredictionContext.java
index 0ef654409..0e58cf4a0 100644
--- a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/atn/PredictionContext.java
+++ b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/atn/PredictionContext.java
@@ -106,9 +106,7 @@ public abstract class PredictionContext {
 
 		// If we have a parent, convert it to a PredictionContext graph
 		PredictionContext parent = EMPTY;
-		if ( outerContext.parent != null ) {
-			parent = PredictionContext.fromRuleContext(atn, outerContext.parent);
-		}
+		parent = PredictionContext.fromRuleContext(atn, outerContext.parent);
 
 		ATNState state = atn.states.get(outerContext.invokingState);
 		RuleTransition transition = (RuleTransition)state.transition(0);