Removing apparently unnecessary null check.  I'm a little nervous about this; but this method  is a performance hot spot, and removing this  check doesn't break any test cases. If this breaks anything for anyone, provide a test case; and I'll put the check back in.
Removing apparently unnecessary null check. 
I'm a little nervous about this; but this method 
is a performance hot spot, and removing this 
check doesn't break any test cases. If this breaks anything
for anyone, provide a test case; and I'll put the check back in.


git-svn-id: 7abf240ce0ec4644a9bf59262a41ad5796234f37@647 43379f7c-b030-0410-81db-e0b70742847c

ukcrpb6/jaxen-wmb-extensions,appcelerator/jaxen_titanium