public class B { private void computeDocumentNames(String[] onDiskNames, int[] positions, Object indexedDocuments) { int onDiskLength = onDiskNames.length; Object[] docNames = new Object[0]; Object[] referenceTables = new Object[1]; if (onDiskLength == 0) { // disk index was empty, so add every indexed document for (int i = 0, l = referenceTables.length; i < l; i++) if (referenceTables[i] != null) indexedDocuments.equals(null); // remember each new document } } }