removed unnecessary check (its always false)

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/logging/log4j/companions/extras/trunk@1483236 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/pattern/ExtrasPatternParser.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/pattern/ExtrasPatternParser.java
index da03273..5026977 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/pattern/ExtrasPatternParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/pattern/ExtrasPatternParser.java
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@
     if (pc == null) {
       StringBuffer msg;
 
-      if ((converterId == null) || (converterId.length() == 0)) {
+      if (converterId.length() == 0) {
         msg =
           new StringBuffer("Empty conversion specifier starting at position ");
       } else {