From fa53d25edf55219c5725fbe49dc05442a5d97dea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cliff Click <cliffc@acm.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:36:53 -0700
Subject: Use isDead() instead of checking null inputs

---
 chapter09/src/main/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/node/Node.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'chapter09')

diff --git a/chapter09/src/main/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/node/Node.java b/chapter09/src/main/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/node/Node.java
index a5f26545..151cb6a7 100644
--- a/chapter09/src/main/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/node/Node.java
+++ b/chapter09/src/main/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/node/Node.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public abstract class Node {
     // 1234 sssss 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 tttttt
     public void _printLine(StringBuilder sb ) {
         sb.append("%4d %-7.7s ".formatted(_nid,label()));
-        if( _inputs==null ) {
+        if( isDead() ) {
             sb.append("DEAD\n");
             return;
         }
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