From 5bcf666979ac293567dbabfac8e6d2b69579a789 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laura Trotta <laura.trotta@elastic.co>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 13:00:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] reverting old changes

---
 .../transport/ElasticsearchTransportBase.java   | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/transport/ElasticsearchTransportBase.java b/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/transport/ElasticsearchTransportBase.java
index 8ee5567a7..6b0800e6e 100644
--- a/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/transport/ElasticsearchTransportBase.java
+++ b/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/transport/ElasticsearchTransportBase.java
@@ -375,21 +375,20 @@ private <ResponseT> ResponseT decodeTransportResponse(
 
         if (endpoint instanceof JsonEndpoint) {
 
-            // Expecting a body
-            if (entity == null) {
-                throw new TransportException(
-                    clientResp,
-                    "Expecting a response body, but none was sent",
-                    endpoint.id()
-                );
-            }
-
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
             JsonEndpoint<?, ResponseT, ?> jsonEndpoint = (JsonEndpoint<?, ResponseT, ?>) endpoint;
             // Successful response
             ResponseT response = null;
             JsonpDeserializer<ResponseT> responseParser = jsonEndpoint.responseDeserializer();
             if (responseParser != null) {
+                // Expecting a body
+                if (entity == null) {
+                    throw new TransportException(
+                        clientResp,
+                        "Expecting a response body, but none was sent",
+                        endpoint.id()
+                    );
+                }
                 checkJsonContentType(entity.contentType(), clientResp, endpoint);
                 try (
                     JsonParser parser = mapper.jsonProvider().createParser(entity.asInputStream())