From 28873f2dcfa8392321ee1a392775b7f0e28c1307 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tara Drwenski <tdrwenski@ucar.edu>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 09:49:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Remove dead code branch-- new NetcdfDataset never null

---
 .../main/java/thredds/featurecollection/InvDatasetFcFmrc.java   | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tds/src/main/java/thredds/featurecollection/InvDatasetFcFmrc.java b/tds/src/main/java/thredds/featurecollection/InvDatasetFcFmrc.java
index 1674181c31..7221ef67ac 100644
--- a/tds/src/main/java/thredds/featurecollection/InvDatasetFcFmrc.java
+++ b/tds/src/main/java/thredds/featurecollection/InvDatasetFcFmrc.java
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ public ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset getGridDataset(String matchPath) throws IOEx
         // the new API, that way we get any new RandomAccessFile implementations that rely
         // on the new API (e.g. S3RandomAccessFile).
         NetcdfDataset ncd = new NetcdfDataset(ncdNew.getReferencedFile(), null);
-        return ncd == null ? null : new ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset(ncd);
+        return new ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset(ncd);
       } else if (wantName.equals(hasName + FMRC)
           && wantDatasets.contains(FeatureCollectionConfig.FmrcDatasetType.TwoD)) {
         return fmrc.getDataset2D(null);