From becdc16d2b52a67c6f3b8eca965e1c91bc0d344a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Baltzell <baltzell@jlab.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:43:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] remove error checking in hash-based accessor

---
 .../src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/groups/IndexedList.java         | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/groups/IndexedList.java b/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/groups/IndexedList.java
index 6dce281502..21b9aca355 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/groups/IndexedList.java
+++ b/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/groups/IndexedList.java
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ public T getItem(int... index) {
      * @return the item with the hash, null if not found
      */
     public T getItemByHash(long hash){
-        if (!this.collection.containsKey(hash)) return null;
         return this.collection.get(hash);
     }