fix code flow to allow warning to be issued if link is broken (#44)

hdmf-dev · May 1, 2019 · 3078775 · 3078775
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commit 3078775
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/src/hdmf/backends/hdf5/h5tools.py b/src/hdmf/backends/hdf5/h5tools.py
@@ -267,9 +267,9 @@ def __read_group(self, h5obj, name=None, ignore=set()):
             name = str(os.path.basename(h5obj.name))
         for k in h5obj:
             sub_h5obj = h5obj.get(k)
-            if sub_h5obj.name in ignore:
-                continue
             if not (sub_h5obj is None):
+                if sub_h5obj.name in ignore:
+                    continue
                 link_type = h5obj.get(k, getlink=True)
                 if isinstance(link_type, SoftLink) or isinstance(link_type, ExternalLink):
                     # Reading links might be better suited in its own function