Cost of compound if/or versus try/catch in Java 6

Question

We currently have the following compound if statement...

if ((billingRemoteService == null)
    || billingRemoteService.getServiceHeader() == null
    || !\"         


        

Answer 1

You could mix Groovy into your JVM-based application - the line will get considerably simpler then:

def result = billingRemoteService?.
  serviceBody?.
  serviceResponse?.
  customersList?.
  customersList[0];
if ('00' != billingRemoteService?.serviceHeader?.statusCode ||
   result?.
   billAccountInfo?.
   getEcpdId == null)
  throw new WebServicesException
...